Publicly-traded hedge fund giant Man Group’s funds under management have soared to a record high, powered by a mix of bumper returns across its strategies and renewed investor inflows – helping swell the London-headquartered firm’s profits during the first half
Investors withdrew USD10.99 billion from the global hedge fund business in June, the second month this year net flows for the business were negative, according to the just-released eVestment June 2021 Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. Net flows were also
Growing numbers of investors are turning to hedge funds to protect their portfolios in the face of inflationary fears, with total industry capital swelling to almost USD4 trillion and more allocators set to tilt towards alternative assets, new research shows.
Australian investors are showing an increased interest in hedge funds after the sector demonstrated its robustness during the pandemic, and are now seeing how they could provide opportunities for protection against the spectre of inflation. This is the view of Scott Pappas, Head of Alternatives and Derivative Solutions at
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has set a new all time record in Dry Freight, achieving a 42 per cent uplift in volume for the first half of 2021. In the period January to June 2021, a total volume of
Combined spot and derivative volumes on Diginex’s crypto exchange, EQUOS, exceeded USD2 billion for the last 30 days. This represents an increase of 300 per cent compared to the previous 30-day period. The rapid growth trajectory the exchange has seen
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) continues to register strong market interest and growth in its Japanese Power Derivatives products. From January until June 2021, a volume of 3,519 GWh was traded in Japanese Power Future contracts. This is more than
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has reported significant growth in its European Emissions markets in the first half of 2021. The total volume amounted to 742 million tonnes of CO2 which marks an increase of 32 per cent compared to
While investors pulled USD9.36 billion from the global hedge fund sector in March, quarterly flows remained positive, at +USD17.68 billion, according to the just-released March 2021 eVestment Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. Hedge funds’ strong performance so far this year,
Last month, most carbon markets experienced strong performance, with the EUA market rising 9 per cent and the CCA and RGGI markets gaining 10.8 per cent and 7.5 per cent respectively while the newly launched UK carbon market lost 4
