Sustainable energy stocks have attracted the interest of hedge fund short sellers, according to a report in the Financial Times, with managers betting that the prospect of interest rates rise will mean companies with strong environmental credentials but weak earnings
Investors are ‘extraordinarily complacent’ about the macro risks currently facing emerging markets, but idiosyncratic investment opportunities still abound, says Andrew Swan, manager of the Man GLG Asia (ex Japan) Equity strategy. Swan, whose strategy launched in October 2020, says investors
Managed Funds Association (MFA), which represents the global hedge fund and alternative investment industry has responded positively to the Department of Labor’s proposed rule regarding the application of the fiduciary duties of prudence and loyalty in selecting plan investments and
French systematic equity hedge fund Quantology Capital Management has launched a novel computer-based strategy which trades in the metaverse.
Long/short equity-focused hedge funds are offloading or short-selling stocks that are most exposed to tighter Covid-19 restrictions, against a backdrop of surging coronavirus infections in Europe and heightening concerns surrounding the new Omicron variant. With Covid-19 cases rising across Europe –
CI Financial Corp (CI) has made a strategic investment in GLAS Funds (GLASfunds), a turnkey alternative investment platform and alternative asset management firm based in Cleveland. Founded in 2009, GLASfunds is a tech-enabled platform providing investors with secure and streamlined
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has launched the EEX Weekly European Cheese Indices (WECI) which will bring further price transparency to the European dairy market.
By Kristina West – Until five years ago, there were still some perceived benefits for firms to build an in-house management company (ManCo), in terms of control and the assumption that using a third party might be perceived differently by investors.
AFBI, a new quantitative multi-manager platform led by former Tudor and Millennium portfolio manager Pierre-Yves Guillo, has secured an anchor investment from alternative investment seeder New Holland Capital. Established in May this year, AFBI looks to generate uncorrelated returns across
The recent steady flow of new investor capital into hedge funds this year could be showing signs of slowing down, with less than half of managers (44 per cent) seeing positive inflows in September, according to new eVestment research. Overall,
