Energy-focused hedge fund manager Westbeck Capital Management’s flagship strategy has suffered its first monthly loss in eight months, after surging coronavirus rates in China, Europe and North America dented oil markets – but the fund remains up more than 70
The hedge fund industry notched its seventh consecutive month in the black, posting a 1.08 per cent return for the month of May, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. In aggregate
SS&C Technologies Holdings has announced that the gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for May 2021 measured 0.54 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.33 per cent
French systematic long/short equity hedge fund Quantology Capital Management’s flagship fund suffered its third consecutive down month in July.
With CTAs and trend-following managers maintaining their positive run this year after enduring a turbulent and unpredictable 2020, the Best CTA Hedge Fund category at this year’s Hedgeweek Americas Awards will highlight how such strategies are successfully positioning for trends
Diginex Limited, a digital assets financial services company, has announced that combined 24-hour spot and derivative volumes on its EQUOS cryptocurrency exchange reached a record-high, exceeding USD200 million on May 20, 2021. Trading volume for the past 30 days has
Investors diverted an additional USD16.6 billion to hedge funds in June. The month’s inflows represented 0.4 per cent of assets and continued an inflow trend that saw USD36 billion in new assets in May, USD23.3 billion in April and USD19.1
As cryptocurrencies continue to experience violent price shocks, new industry research shows crypto hedge funds’ assets under management have almost doubled to some USD3.8 billion, with traditional managers increasingly eyeing the sector after returns soared in 2020.
Chinese Long Short Equity hedge funds substantially outperformed their American equivalents in 2021, according to research carried out by AlternativeSoft. Marketa globally had a year of extreme volatility in 2020 due to the ongoing pandemic. According to the World Economic
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for July 2021 measured -0.34 per cent.
