The hedge fund industry shook off September’s swoon in October, posting a 1.68 per cent return for the month, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions.
Integral, a technology company in the foreign exchange market, has reported average daily volumes (ADV) across Integral platforms totalled USD50.5 billion in October 2021. This represents an increase of +12.5 per cent compared to September 2021 and an increase of
Fund managers and investors remain split over how they integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their risk and investment processes, with industry participants citing a lack of clarity over data reliability, comparability and standardisation as the main challenge.
The SS&C SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for October 2021 measured 0.45 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.59 per cent in November. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital Movement Index rose 0.59
Managed Funds Association (MFA), an organisation representing the global alternative investment industry, has announced the Canadian Association of Alternative Strategies and Assets (CAASA) as the first international member of the MFA Partnership Program.
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
CTAs and trend-following hedge funds remain on track for their best annual performance since 2014’s landmark performance, with managers continuing profit from continued trends across bonds, equities, indices and commodities markets in the run-up to year-end. Société Générale’s main CTA
Insig AI, a data science and machine learning solutions company providing ESG solutions to the asset management industry, has now delivered its ESG scoring tools to CarVal Investors (CarVal), a global alternative investment manager, to support its risk scoring methodology.
Hedge fund strategies have lagged stock markets and traditional equity/bond portfolios in recent years, driving down management and performance fees – but firms led by women and minorities are pulling ahead of their industry peers when it comes to returns, new data
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.
