Last year provided some optimism for global macro hedge funds, ending the year up 6.50 per cent according to eVestment’s aggregated hedge fund performance data. And there are signs that 2020 could offer good opportunities to make upside, as macro
Given the current market uncertainty, start-up and emerging hedge fund managers must be clever in their choices when bringing a fund to market in 2020 and beyond. And this November, the inaugural Hedgeweek Emerging Manager Summit will provide a forum
A Q&A with Brian Desmond, CSO and EVP Head of Fund Services at Horseshoe Group. For readers unfamiliar with ILS Funds, can you give a brief summary of the asset class? Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) are financial instruments sold to
By George Ralph, RFA – As many firms in the alternative investment sector, and certainly many of our clients, look for new ways to improve investment strategies and drive efficiencies in their businesses, against a backdrop of strict regulations and
By Beatrice Bedeschi – Ireland is set to attract a fresh wave of investments in green energy in the coming years, on the back of recent regulatory changes and as the country looks to achieve ambitious 2030 renewable targets. Ireland
TFG Asset Management, the alternative investment management unit of Tetragon led by Reade Griffith, is taking a minority stake in Contingency Capital, a new litigation finance-focused fund manager founded by ex-Fortress Investment Group partner and managing director Brandon Baer. Contingency
Fintech company, Gold-i has partnered with Aqua Digital Rising, a new alternative asset investment platform that allows people to invest in indices based on human beings.Gold-i is integrating Aqua Digital Rising into its Matrix multi-asset liquidity management platform, enabling brokers
Hedge fund short sellers have rebounded with a GBP418 million (USD542.6 million) gain from negative bets against FTSE 100-listed companies – just a month after losing almost the same amount from wayward shorts in UK blue-chip stocks.
Cineworld, the beleaguered London-listed global cinema group long targeted by hedge fund short sellers, has been dealt a fresh blow as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, reporting a USD1.6 billion first-half loss with revenues plummeting after theatres were forced
More than USD1.6 billion of private client funding has been raised by HSBC Private Banking for so far in 2020 for hedge funds, private equity, private credit and a private REIT strategy. Read the full story at Wealth Adviser…
