Hedge funds investing in Russian and Latin American Emerging Markets (EM) have posted strong gains through early 2016, leading performance through April, as global and EM equity, commodity and currency markets surged in recent weeks following steep losses to begin
Offshore law firm Appleby has appointed Alex Brainis as a partner in the Investment Funds group, in the firms’ Cayman Islands office. Managing Partner, Bryan Hunter, says: “On behalf of the partners, it is my pleasure to extend a warm
Worth Venture Partners, an emerging manager hedge fund platform headquartered in Manhattan, has released a new paper titled "Accessing Emerging Hedge Fund Returns – Seeking Return Over Size" as part of a series of commentaries, Worthy Insights. Investors are considering
American Beacon Advisors, a provider of investment advisory services to institutional and retail markets, has launched the American Beacon GLG Total Return Fund. The American Beacon GLG Total Return Fund is managed in an absolute-return style focused predominately in fixed
Hedge funds were severely impacted by US stock market performance in Q1, according to the latest S&P Global Market Intelligence Hedge Fund Tracker, an aggregate analysis of hedge fund equity ownership. In total, the top funds managed approximately USD141
A recent report produced by BNY Mellon in collaboration with Preqin shines a light on how much demand there is among institutional investors for private equity and real estate funds. The report found that 44 per cent of real estate
The investment community voted to remain in the EU last night (Monday 16 May) following a passionate discussion at the ‘Brexit: Pursued by a Bear’ debate chaired and sponsored by law firm Howard Kennedy. In a close and surprising vote,
Cordium has formed a strategic alliance with specialist management consultancy Knadel allowing the provision of bespoke solutions to the many firms who are faced with the prospect of reviewing and enhancing their operating model, risk controls and regulatory adherence. This
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for May 2016 measured 4.38 per cent, up from 2.94 per cent in April. "Looking at the year over year comparison, SS&C GlobeOp's Forward Redemption Indicator for May 2016 was 4.38 per cent, an
By Josh Kestler, HedgeMark – On April 14, 2016, the trustees of the New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS) voted to liquidate its hedge fund portfolio. Following California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s decision in September 2014, NYCERS announcement has
