Hehmeyer Trading + Investments has launched the Hehmeyer Cryptocurrency Index Fund, a new product that will provide certain qualified investors with access to the cryptocurrency market by investing in a fund that aims to track the performance of the proprietary
The flash estimate for the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, indicates a 2.89 per cent loss in February. Year to date, the Index is down 0.33 per cent. “Although the month was marked by a mix of trend extensions
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index in February 2018 measured -0.88 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index meanwhile, advanced 0.42 per cent in March. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital Movement Index
London-based alternative manager Selwood Asset Management is marking its first anniversary since launch and has had an increase in assets to USD350 million. Selwood AM is focused on liquid Investment Grade Credit in Europe and North America. The strategy aims
A lax regulatory environment, the pervasive influence of passive funds (driven by index funds and ETFs), and a continued commitment among central banks to maintain low interest rates are creating a golden age for short sellers.
Gemini Alternative Funds has won the 2016 Hedgeweek USA Award for Best North American Managed Account Platform. Representatives from Gemini Alternative Funds were on hand to accept the award at a ceremony in New York City on 15 September 2016.
Rhenman & Partners Asset Management, a Stockholm-based hedge fund firm which invests in global healthcare stocks, is optimistic about a post-US election market bounce, and points to “intense activity” among vaccine developers working on a treatment for Covid-19. The firm’s
The average return of the global hedge fund industry was pulled into negative territory in February as markets experienced sharp reversals, with trend following CTA/managed futures and long/short equities strategies lagging behind the pack. That’s according to the latest figures
Trend following hedge fund managers gained ground in July following a patchy first half of 2020, notching up their best monthly performance so far this year by capitalising on soaring gold prices and emerging trends against the US dollar.
Alternative investments specialist Investcorp has partnered with Shoals Capital Management (Shoals), which currently manages approximately USD160 million in an event driven strategy investing across capital structure and sub-sectors in the financials sector. Investcorp and other institutional investors, including a large
