100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF), a non-profit organisation for professionals in the alternative investment industry, has selected Solidarité Femmes as the beneficiary of all 2016 fundraising activities in Switzerland. Funds raised by 100 Women in Hedge Funds will be
All six of Market Vectors Index Solutions (MVIS) investable Long/Short Equity Indices recorded negative performance in January. Each index is constructed using transparent, liquid ETFs and US Treasury securities to produce hedge fund-style returns without hedge fund pricing, opaqueness and
The Libero Development Fund has beaten its objective of a return of 12 per cent net per annum for investors, returning 12.6 per cent. Founded by asset management professionals Mary Murphy (pictured), and Iain Cahill, the fund is now in
With 3,506.2 billion EURof assets under management as at 31 December 2015, Luxembourg has retained its position as the leading investment fund domicile in Europe, growing by 13.29 per cent during 2015. The number of investment funds stood at 3,878.
Prestige Capital Management Limited (PCM), the AIFMD-licensed Malta arm of the Prestige group of companies, has expanded its Malta-based operation with the appointment of Dario Inclimona as junior portfolio manager to its growing team. Inclimona will be working alongside Jonathan
Preqin’s 2016 Global Hedge Fund Report finds that 2015 was another challenging year for the industry, during which the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark recorded gains of 2.02 per cent, compared with 4.65 per cent in 2014. Despite this, total
Returns from Quaero Capital’s Infrastructure Securities strategy have taken off after the manager backed Europe’s outperforming airports. The Airports sector was up by over 10 per cent in the last month. Spanish operator Aena was up 11 per cent, and
The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index (CSLAB), which aims to reflect the performance of the global hedge fund industry, finished down 1.42 per cent in January. The Managed Futures strategy was the strongest performer for the month, with a
McObject and GoldenSource have teamed up to deliver deliver what they say is the fastest available Enterprise Data Management (EDM) designed for regulatory compliance, using McObject’s database technology, eXtremeDB, in the GoldenSource Market Data Solution. GoldenSource is an independent provider
The Chicago Board Options Exchange plans to list S&P 500 Index (SPX) Wednesday-expiring Weeklys options beginning 23 February, 2016. CBOE's new SPX Wednesday-expiring Weeklys options, or "Wednesday Weeklys," will generally have the same characteristics as CBOE's Friday-expiring SPX Weeklys options,
