The post-2008 influx of institutional money into hedge funds has resulted in a marked increase in the global industry’s operational sophistication and transparency to investors, according to a new report by KPMG and the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the
The aim of this document is to show the real life application of the ‘Style Analysis’ feature applied to a hedge fund claiming to deliver alpha.
Hedge fund investors are keen to commit to the asset class, with more than half making two or more investments on average per year, a Preqin study reveals. Just under one-third make between two and three new investments per year,
State Street Corporation is to provide custody, transfer agency and Luxemburg fund administration services to Danish investment firm Maj Invest’s newly launched sinAl fund, a long-short equity fund. The “stock market investing Artificial Intelligence” Fund (sinAI Fund), was launched in
Alternative investment firm Evanston Capital Management has published a report examining the intricacies of hedge fund replication strategies. Recognising the investment community’s significant interest in hedge fund replication and related topics such as alternative beta, the report – Hedge Fund
The GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for April 2012 measured 2.00%, down from 3.23% in March. “April’s forward redemptions dropped to two percent, the second lowest month on record and the lowest April in the history of the Indicator,” says
The GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for June 2011 recorded a modest increase to 4.01%, up from 3.92% in May but lower than the 4.39% of a year ago. “July is typically a heavy redemption month,” says Hans Hufschmid, chief executive
Silver Mountain Group is offering operational due diligence to investors in hedge funds, private equity funds and other alternative investments. Silver Mountain combines subject matter expertise with a blend of quantitative and qualitative analysis to create reports that add value
Investors who continue to search for yield in a zero interest rate environment may have finally found a solution in 2013: bank loan funds. Investors have poured nearly USD15bn into bank loan mutual funds in the first quarter of 2013,
EDHEC-Risk Institute has launched its smart beta index design and production activity, ERI Scientific Beta. The aim is to revolutionise the index world through, firstly, a new approach to smart beta investing called Smart Beta 2.0, which enables investors to choose
