London-based Comac Capital, the USD1.2bn global macro hedge fund established by Colm O’Shea in 2006, is returning money to investors following heavy losses this month. The move comes as the fund was hit hard last week, as were many hedge
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) has added the S&P Quality Nordic Index to its rapidly expanding global lineup of factor-based indices. The new index, which is designed to provide a basis for exposure to high quality stocks in the
The Board of Directors of ALTIN AG is to implement a further share buyback for the purpose of a capital reduction through the issuance of tradable put options. The put options will be assigned for free to all shareholders with
Preqin has been busy preparing its end-of-year investor and fund manager reports across all major alternative asset classes: hedge funds, private equity, private real estate and infrastructure. The following article summarises the key findings from these reports at a broad
ML Capital Asset Management is reporting high levels of demand for both European and US long/short equity funds this quarter, with a healthy swing towards UK equity strategies. The investment manager and promoter of the MontLake UCITS Platform has launched
Preqin has launched its 2015 Global Alternatives Reports, revealing significant growth in assets held by private equity, hedge fund, private debt, real estate and infrastructure fund managers. Total industry assets now stand at USD6.91tn*, up from USD6.22tn as of this
Investors increased allocations to hedge funds in Q4 2014 as financial market volatility soared into year-end led by a steep decline in oil, Euro currency weakness and sharp drops in both the Russian Rouble and equity markets. Investors allocated USD3.6
Man Group has completed the previously announced acquisition of Silvermine Capital Management, a Connecticut-based leveraged loan manager. Silvermine had USD3.8 billion of funds under management across nine active collateralised loan obligation (CLO) structures as of 30 November 2014. Mark
Hedge funds lost 0.18% in December, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge The Index was up 3.16% in 2014. “Renewed concerns of a Greek exit from the European Union, plummeting oil prices, and swooning Russian financial
Deutsche Börse Group announced today that it has received ‘in-principle’ regulatory clearance from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to set up Eurex Clearing Asia, a clearing house based in Singapore. The new clearing house of Deutsche Börse Group is
