The Alternative UCITS market keeps showing strong growth with LuxHedge recording net inflows of EUR5.2 billion in assets under management in January. The strongest rise occurred in Fixed Income Arbitrage (EUR2.8 billion), Global Macro (EUR0.9 billion) and Multi-Strategy (EUR0.8 billion) funds. The
In the face of more than USD100 billion in investor redemptions in 2016, hedge funds continue to perform surprisingly well out of the gate in 2017, according to eVestment's January 2017 Hedge Fund Performance Report. The industry started off 2017
INTL FCStone has executed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire outsourced trading firm Fillmore Advisors. This news follows-on from the announcement that INTL launched a Prime Brokerage division in April of this year – with Fillmore Advisors now becoming
The latest flash estimate for the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, shows a 1.75 per cent gain in October. Year to date, the index is up 0.15 per cent. Diversified Traders led for the month with a gain of
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) intends to enable negative prices on its natural gas spot markets as of 1 October 2020, following a number of key price fluctuations which have taken place in the market over the recent months. Driven by
Castle Hall Alternatives is to integrate SwissAnalytics within its global due diligence platform. Under a user rights and intellectual property agreement, Castle Hall has acquired SwissAnalytics’ operational due diligence practice, together with SwissAnalytics’ quantitative and qualitative investment risk due diligence
Information Publishing has acquired CapitalTrack, a data provider of Floating Rate information to the Fixed Income market. “We are pleased to welcome the CapitalTrack clients, suppliers and team into the Information Publishing PLC family, and to be adding their first-class
The latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset team takes a look at how hedge funds view the current state of Brexit negotiations, and as with just about everything to do with the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, the picture
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has reported a significant rise in revenue, profitability, cash flow, margins and fee-earning assets under management for the half-year period ending 31 December 2016, driven by growth in alternative assets. Underlying net profit after tax (NPAT)
Hedge fund specialist Theta Capital Management has launched a new multi-manager fund vehicle for investors to access distressed credit market opportunities. Theta Capital has been waiting for the right time to capitalise on distressed markets and with Covid-19 causing such
