Agecroft Partners is again planning to donate 100 per cent of its profits from the Hedgeopolis New York 2015 hedge fund conference to non-profit organisations that benefit children. In 2014 Agecroft, through its founding partner Don Steinbrugge (pictured), donated approximately
Eurex Clearing is to launch its new Eurex Clearing Prisma Margin Estimator (Eurex Clearing PME), which has been developed in collaboration with OpenGamma, on 16 November 2015. This new service will further enhance the risk management offering for its members
100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF) is marking the organisation’s 500th Industry Education session with an event tonight in London on 7 October followed by other events at 100WHF locations around the world culminating with a celebration in New York
The LuxHedge Global UCITS Index fell by 0.85 per cent in September. This second consecutive monthly decline leads the index to a flat year-to-date performance (+0.20 per cent). The equity markets kept suffering with -5.05 per cent in Europe, -2.47
Context Asset Management has launched the Context Macro Opportunities Fund, which seeks to deliver long-term, risk-adjusted returns with low correlations to the financial markets and is part of Context’s drive to ‘democratise’ hedge fund strategies by offering them in alternative
Moab Capital Partners, an alternative investment fund manager with over USD485 million of consolidated assets under management across their hedge funds and other product offerings, recently selected Maples Fund Services to provide a full suite of hedge fund administration services.
Global growth concerns increased in September, with the Fed holding a very dovish line, while several idiosyncratic market events, such as Volkswagen and Glencore, contributed to uncertainty and negative returns in markets. The challenging month contributed to the third quarter
FCA-regulated Divisa UK Limited (Divisa Capital) has acquired Laboratory of Financial Technologies CJSC (FinLab), a financial services provider incorporated in the Republic of Armenia. The firm, renamed Divisa AM CJSC (DAM), will relaunch in the final quarter of 2015
Market conditions remain challenging, particularly in the US where the S&P 500 fell 3 per cent during the period under review. Part of this movement was related to adverse developments in the health care sector which suffered a severe drawdown
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services is launching the new information product ‘Intraday Volatility Forecast’ on 23 November. The new analytic delivers ten-second, one-minute and ten-minute volatility forecasts for the futures of DAX, EURO STOXX 50 and Euro-Bund. “Our forecasts
