For all the attendant challenges facing hedge funds – from greater fee pressures and more onerous compliance burdens to lacklustre performance and investor aversion – the industry has time and again demonstrated its ability to continually innovate and reshape the
Several brand name hedge funds are ramping up bets against GVC Holdings, the sports betting and online gaming group home to the likes of Ladbrokes Coral and Foxy Bingo, as the UK gambling sector faces sweeping regulatory changes from April.
Crystal Capital the operator of an alternative investment platforms for financial advisors and their qualified purchaser (QP) investors offering access to hedge fund and private equity investments, has reported 93 per cent growth in new Advisory relationships since January 2019.
Equity markets have merely sneezed in response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) and while there is uncertainty over how much fear has been priced in, as infection numbers continue to rise, hedge funds have navigated developments with discipline and a modest
US assets continue to draw international flows, predominantly from Japan, but the level of support may not be sustainable to keep the dollar strong, according to new research by contrarian hedge fund Horseman Capital. In a note this week, Russell
Lazard Asset Management is launching a new emerging markets quantitative fund which will trade a diversified, low volatility strategy with an ESG focus placed at the forefront of its stock-picking process.
Hedge funds are positioning for a spike in volatility in healthcare, energy, financials and tech as the US presidential election gathers pace. US-focused long/short equity and event driven managers forecast Donald Trump winning a second mandate in November’s poll, according
IQ-EQ has acquired Blue River Partners (Blue River), a US provider of outsourced solutions to alternative asset managers in a deal that IQ_EQ says makes it a major player in the US private equity and hedge fund services market. The newly
Tullow Oil, the London-listed oil and gas explorer shorted by several major hedge funds, has seen a further slump in its share price this week. Tullow shares dipped from 45.81pp on Friday to 43pp on Monday, following the announcement it
The flash estimate for the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, indicates a 0.23 per cent gain in April. Year to date, the Index is down 1.42 per cent. “New US sanctions targeting Russian oligarchs pushed aluminium prices to six-year
