Blackstone saw its hedge fund performance fall more than 8 per cent during a torrid first quarter – but the world’s largest alternative investment manager has grown its overall assets over the past year, and now has USD150 billion in
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for June 2020 measured 2.51 per cent.Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index declined 1.10 per cent in July. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital Movement Index was -1.10 per
BlueBay Asset Management, the London-based fixed income and emerging markets manager, is warning the recent uptick in economic activity could give way to “a more difficult backdrop” in August, as the future direction of the global economy continues to hinge
Dromeus Capital, an emerging markets investment specialist, is to invest EUR200 million in Greek Commercial Real Estate assets. Prices for commercial real estate assets have fallen sharply since their peak before the Greek financial crisis and yields are amongst the
Hedge funds continued their positive ways in June, riding a continuing stock market recovery and reopening economies to a 2.04 per cent monthly return, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. By comparison,
Arrano Capital, the blockchain arm of Venture Smart Asia Limited, has licensed the MVIS CryptoCompare Bitcoin Index (MVBTC) for its recently launched bitcoin fund. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
ORIX Corporation USA (ORIX USA) is to sell Mariner Investment Group (Mariner) to Curtis Arledge, Mariner Chairman and CEO, William Michaelcheck, Mariner Founder, Partner and Co-Chief Investment Officer and other senior members of the firm. The transaction aligns with ORIX
Investors like Bill Ackman are bringing Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) back into vogue, and while the size and sophistication of these ‘blank-check’ companies is evolving, it is unlikely to signal a long-term structural shift.
Soaring gold prices are bringing stellar returns for hedge funds this year, and now projections for the rest of 2020 are being revised upwards in light of the commodity’s runaway momentum.
Hedge fund managers were down 6.00 per cent in March, outperforming global equities which languished 13.99 per cent over escalating COVID-19 outbreak concerns. Around 80 per cent of the hedge fund managers tracked by Eurekahedge were able to outperform the global
