Funds of hedge funds generated an average gain of 4.2 per cent during the first six months of the year, outflanking long/short equity hedge funds and convertible arbitrage strategies, with larger portfolios pulling ahead of the pack as bigger proved
Over the past four years, high-net-worth investors have shown a preference for multi-strat specialists, as allocators search for hedge fund strategies capable of better controlling risks and locking-in returns.
As hedge funds continue to ride out cryptocurrencies’ volatility, new industry research suggests larger institutional investors remain reluctant to pile into digital assets in any meaningful sense, despite the strong returns generated by managers this year.
Global hedge fund industry assets are surging to record levels. New data published by BarclayHedge shows total industry assets have now mushroomed to USD4.4 trillion, with hedge funds raking in USD18.3 billion of new inflows from allocators during July, as
Quant Insight (Qi), a new quantitative financial market analytics and trading insights provider, has announced a major scale up after four years of research and development and over USD10 million in funding from three investment rounds. The company, which has
Northern Trust is to take an equity stake in Essentia Analytics, a provider of behavioural analytics and consulting services. The addition of Essentia behavioural analytics solutions is an extension of Northern Trust Whole Office, a strategy that facilitates client access
Edge Focus, a technology company that applies machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyse credit, has entered into a strategic partnership with prominent hedge fund Brevan Howard and global quantitative trading firm DRW. “I cannot think of two better complementary
Man GLG, the discretionary investing unit of London-listed global alternative investment giant Man Group, has launched a new sustainability-focused long/short equity hedge fund which will trade across regions and sectors with a positive ESG bias. The Man GLG RI Global
OptionMetrics, an options database and analytics provider for institutional investors and academic researchers worldwide, has launched IvyDB Borrow Rate offering insights on the options-implied costs of short-selling individual securities computed intraday across maturities. The new dataset gives institutional investors and
The recent surge in natural gas prices is helping to generate eye-catching returns for Drury Capital, the long-running US trend-following hedge fund firm led by former grain trader Bernard Drury.
