The managed futures industry closed the year with a second consecutive profitable month and rose 0.20 per cent in December, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. For the full year, CTAs returned
Now entering its sixth year of operation, ProMeritum Investment Management – a London-based discretionary emerging markets fixed income-focused manager – has notched up five successive years of positive returns since launching in January 2015. With more than USD350 million in
PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, registered a total volume of 140.7 TWh in July 2018 (July 2017: 150.3 TWh), including 894,000 MWh traded on its Options segment. The overall spot volume climbed by 55 per cent
The total value of funds business in Guernsey is at a five-year high following a predicted rise in net asset value in Q2 2018, according to the latest figures from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission. The figures for the end
UCITS and AIFs recorded net sales of EUR28 billion in Q2 2018, a significant decrease on the EUR222 billion of sales seen in Q1, according to the latest European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) Quarterly Statistical Release for the European investment funds
Hedge funds posted gains in August as US equities and the dollar expanded their respective divergence with non-US assets, Emerging Markets currencies extended losses, and the US technology sector extended record gains. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) gained
The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was flat-to-marginally positive at 0.05 per cent during August, trailing the MSCI AC World Index (Local) which gained 1.06 per cent over the month. The Eurekahedge North American Hedge Fund Index maintained its lead gaining
The flash estimate for the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, indicates a 0.71 per cent gain in August. Year to date, the Index has lost 1.43 per cent. “Downtrends in agricultural markets, precious metals, and emerging market currencies provided
Most hedge fund strategies were in negative territory for the first half of September, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. Sector rotations in equities, the US dollar reversal, the rise in bond yields and
Close to 60 per cent of Alternative UCITS funds posted losses in August, pushing broad-based indices lower. The LuxHedge Global Alternative UCITS Index lost -0.41 per cent, bringing 2018 YTD to -1.43 per cent. Only one quarter of all funds
