Hedge funds delivered positive performances last week, with CTAs outperforming, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. A stronger USD v major currencies, rising equities, in Europe especially, and the fall of German Bund yields
Saemor Capital’s Saemor Europe Alpha Fund gained another 1.1 per cent in May, bringing year-to-date gains to 3.7 per cent. From a style perspective the month was dominated by a substantial under-performance from value factors. Saemor Capital writes: “Our
Hedge fund assets have risen sharply in the past three months, as strategy performance recovers and investors scramble to capitalise on opportunities emerging amid the post-Covid sell-off environment. The total amount of capital invested in hedge funds globally swelled by
Blackstone saw its hedge fund performance fall more than 8 per cent during a torrid first quarter – but the world’s largest alternative investment manager has grown its overall assets over the past year, and now has USD150 billion in
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for June 2020 measured 2.51 per cent.Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index declined 1.10 per cent in July. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital Movement Index was -1.10 per
Hedge funds continued their positive ways in June, riding a continuing stock market recovery and reopening economies to a 2.04 per cent monthly return, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. By comparison,
Hedge fund managers were down 6.00 per cent in March, outperforming global equities which languished 13.99 per cent over escalating COVID-19 outbreak concerns. Around 80 per cent of the hedge fund managers tracked by Eurekahedge were able to outperform the global
Many discretionary macro managers are successfully capitalising on the continuing global economic upheaval, with solid first quarter gains that may hint at a reversal of fortunes for a strategy beleaguered by assorted challenges and high-profile closures in recent years. Macro
ACA Compliance Group (ACA) has appointed Carrie Yonenson as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and Dave Metzger as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).Carrie Yoneson joins ACA with over 14 years of experience in human resources and employment law. In the newly
Quest Partners, a New York-based systematic CTA, has carved out a strong track record over the past two decades, tapping into market opportunities arising out of volatility swings and increased tail risk in assets using a nimble short-term approach that
