The first half of the year has seen a sharp divergence in returns between Event Driven and Global Macro strategies. These dynamics were also at play last week and so far this month, with Event-Driven extending gains and Macro funds
Deloitte has launched Prisma, which is designed to help investment managers, banks and insurance firms to navigate complex global marketing regulation and tax rules. As a managed service, Prisma delivers reports for multiple regulatory and investor requirements. Mark Ward,
CTAs are currently holding a net short position in commodities and developed market equities, and have increased their net long exposure to fixed income, in what signifies a clear, deflationary position. This defensive posture would suggest that managers are expecting
Franklin Square Capital Partners, a manager of business development companies (BDCs), has originated a unitranche term loan for PSKW, LLC (PSKW), a developer and marketer of co-pay assistance (CPA) programs for pharmaceutical drugs. The financing supported the acquisition of PSKW
Omni Partners has held the final close of its second secured lending fund, Omni Secured Lending Fund II (OSL II), with additional commitments of USD34 million, leaving total vintage II commitments at USD240 million. OSL II provides its underlying investors
A number of technology-focused hedge funds are generating strong returns so far this year, with technology being the biggest standout of Wall Street this 2017 and generating at nearly 50 per cent of the market’s overall rise. According to alternative
Managed futures traders gained 0.06 per cent in May according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year to date, the Index has lost 0.67 per cent. Four of Barclay’s CTA indices had gains in May, and four had
Fixed-income electronic trading platform MarketAxess saw record global Emerging Market (EM) trading volumes of USD146 billion during 2015, a 30 per cent increase in trading volumes compared to the previous year. MarketAxess further expanded its group of global liquidity providers
Hedge funds gained 0.50 per cent in May according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index is up 4.13 per cent in 2017. The Barclay Hedge Fund Index has now been profitable for seven months in
Recognos Financial, provider of AI based data management solutions for the financial services industry, has launched Recognos ETI, a new data extraction platform designed to unlock greater context and insight from otherwise untapped business data. Utilising the latest advancements in
