Fixed income trading volume generated by US hedge funds increased more than 30 per cent from Q2 2011 to Q2 2012, according to the results of Greenwich Associates 2012 North American Fixed Income Study. That growth far surpassed the 20
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down 0.44% in November. Year-to-date performance as of November 2011 is -6.26%. The top performing strategies over the month were Lyxor L/S Equity Market Neutral Index (+0.77%), Lyxor CTA Long Term Index (+0.66%) and
Emerging managers expect their hedge funds to achieve gains of 10% or more in 2012, according to the GAIM USA Survey of Emerging Hedge Fund Managers. The survey of 90 emerging managers (defined as having USD250 million or less in assets
BlackRock has made its family of money market funds available to Euroclear Bank’s clients, enabling them to re-invest cash received as collateral in triparty transactions managed by Euroclear Bank. Re-investing cash collateral is a frequent challenge in this type of
US institutional investor interest is turning to alternative mutual funds and away from hedge funds, according to the fifth annual alternative investment survey carried out by Morningstar and Barron’s. "Alternative mutual funds and ETFs have grown in breadth and
Institutional fund managers have undertaken a dramatic shift to direct hedge fund investing following the global financial crisis, according to a new survey from Citi Prime Finance. The survey, “Global Pensions and Sovereign Wealth Funds Investment in Hedge Funds:
Preqin research shows that the number of public pension systems investing in hedge funds has increased significantly over the past four years. There are now 295 public pension plans worldwide known to be allocating to hedge funds, up from 196
Almost three quarters of hedge fund investors rank a fund’s compliance and regulatory framework as the top priority for 2013, according to Deutsche Bank’s Hedge Fund Consulting Group’s second annual operational due diligence survey. The survey polled investors globally representing
Northern Trust (Nasdaq:NTRS) has been appointed by Stenham Asset Management, a leading global fund of hedge funds manager with USD3.5 billion in hedge fund assets under management to provide custody, fund administration, credit and foreign exchange services. Stenham Asset Management
The results of the latest Blue Ink All South African Hedge Fund Composite (BIC), which tracks the performance of around 100 hedge funds in South Africa, reveals that Hedge Funds outperformed the All Share Index (ALSI) by almost 10% over
