London-based oil-focused hedge fund Westbeck Capital’s flagship energy strategy suffered its biggest loss this year in last month’s violent market sell-off, shedding 15.2 per cent as its long oil equity positions were sent into a tailspin. Though September’s loss was
AlphaCentric has surpassed USD1 billion in assets under management. The growing mutual fund company, which launched in 2014, offers alpha-driven and hedge-fund like strategies in a mutual fund format. AlphaCentric offers five mutual funds that were launched based on proven
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index headed north this week. Special Situations outperformed, followed by CTAs – thanks to rates and equities – and Global Macro – thanks to commodities and equities. That’s according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s
In a strong month for the global hedge fund industry, emerging markets hedge funds continued to shine the brightest, according to the August 2017 eVestment Hedge Fund Performance Report. Brazil-focused funds lead the pack in August with +5.34 per cent
Preqin’s latest survey of alternative assets investors finds that they have generally been satisfied with the performance of their portfolios in recent years, and most are seeking to maintain or increase their allocations over the next 12 months. However, across
The August 2017 average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at EUR6,045 million, up 24.8 per cent compared to August 2016 and down 18.9 per cent from the previous month. The average daily transaction value on
SIX has reported strong results for the first six months of 2017 with an operating income of CHF 929.7 million for the period. Adjusted for special effects in the first half of 2016 (CHF29.9 million), operating income is up by
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for August 2017 measured 3.55 per cent, up from 2.57 per cent in July. “SS&C GlobeOps’ Forward Redemption Indicator of 3.55 per cent for August 2017 reflects solid year-over-year improvement from the 3.86 per
Hedge funds generated gains in July 2017 of 1.15 per cent, continuing a streak of nine consecutive months of positive returns, according to Preqin’s latest Hedge Fund Performance Update. This has helped the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark post returns
Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team has focused on the performance of value equity funds versus their benchmarks in this week’s report, commenting that value stocks have lost steam but active managers are staying afloat. The firm writes that value stocks
