Risk management has joined the performance, philosophy and pedigree of hedge fund managers among the key criteria for investors in manager selection, according to the sixth annual Alternat
Deutsche Bank has published its tenth annual Alternative Investment Survey, which was conducted in December 2011 by the Bank’s Global Prime Finance business. Approximately 400 investor entities worldwide, representing more than USD1.35 trillion in hedge fund assets and over two
SGAM Alternative Investments has received authorisation in France, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, Austria and Germany for SGAM AI Equity Fund, a Ucits III Sic
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index increased by 2.45 per cent in May and is up by 7.86 per cent for the first five months of 2007, according to Hennessee Group, a registered adviser to hedge f
State Street Corporation and InfraHedge, a UK-based company providing an independent governance and risk management infrastructure for institutional investors to invest in hedge funds through managed accounts, have formed a new strategic alliance marked by State Street’s majority equity investment
Allocations to hedge funds have slowed to their lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2005 as volatile financial markets prompt investors to adjust strategy exposures, according to Chic
Early estimates indicate that the HFN Hedge Fund Aggregate Average, an equal weighted average of all single-manager hedge funds and CTA/managed futures products in the HedgeFund.net databa
Oaks, Pennsylvania-based SEI has passed the USD100bn mark in alternative investment assets under administration, bringing worldwide total assets administered by the firm to more than USD42
Institutional investors are poised to pump USD85bn of new money into hedge funds and funds of hedge funds over the next 12 to 18 months, according to a survey of more than 950 institutions
Forty per cent of fund managers worldwide have diversified into long-only funds and 30 per cent into alternatives over the last three years, causing convergence between investment strategi
