In his latest monthly blog, Joel Press, formerly a senior partner and Head of the Global Hedge Fund Practice at Ernst & Young, and a leading voice on hedge fund operations and co-ordination services, looks at how hedge fund managers
Trend-following hedge fund strategies’ strong start to 2020 was eroded during last month’s market volatility, leaving CTAs down for February and flat year-to-date. But managed futures’ funds resilience – they ultimately stemmed losses amid last week’s dramatic sell-off through long
EEX has reported significant increases across its markets in February with the power spot market up by 15 per cent to 53.7 TWh. This was largely driven by the solid performance on the Intraday market which grew by 44 per
Alternative investment manager FS Investments (FS) has closed its previously announced acquisition of Chiron Investment Management (Chiron).“By adding the Chiron funds and team to the FS platform, we are better able to serve our clients with a broader set of
Absolute Return Partners recommends keeping a lid on equity beta positions as US stocks look set to mean-revert following their long bear run – with shipping and uranium being two investment themes arising out of the move. In ARP’s March
FundRock Management Company is to acquire SEB’s wholly owned subsidiary, SEB Fund Services in Luxembourg. The completion of the transaction will be subject to the CSSF’s approval for the change of control. SEB Fund Services is offering third party management
LRI Invest, an investment services company and subsidiary of Apex Group Ltd, is marking the three-year anniversary of the UCITS umbrella DIAMOND I SICAV, part of the TAO Alternatives strategy. The umbrella will complete its three-year live track record on 31
Carbon Cap Management, a London based environmental asset management firm has launched the World Carbon Fund, a globally diversified fund investing into multiple liquid and regulated carbon markets. The Fund pursues an absolute return strategy, seeking to deliver positive returns with
Hedge fund performance during the first half of May was fuelled by CTAs and L/S Equity strategies, while Event-Driven continued to underperform, according to the Latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. On the Lyxor platform, Merger Arbitrage
JP Morgan Alternative Asset Management is rolling out a new long/short ESG-focused hedge fund strategy, which aims to generate alpha by trading a range of global sustainability themes – but warns that more work is needed on ESG education within
