The SS&C GlobeOp hedge fund Forward Redemption Indicator for February 2021 measured 2.37 per cent, up from 1.78 per cent in January. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator of 2.37 per cent for February 2021 reflects a 16 per cent reduction in redemption
The stock market gamification seen in the Robinhood-GameStop trading saga is unlikely to end soon or draw major near-term regulatory actions, according to a major new report published by Bloomberg Intelligence (BI), North American Gamification of the Stock Market Report.
In recent months, Market Neutral L/S strategies underperformed other hedge fund strategies, in a context where risk assets rallied following the Pfizer vaccine announcement in November 2020. Lyxor’s stance on the strategy remains Underweight on the back of its exposure
Hedge funds started 2021 on a positive note returning 0.98 per cent in January, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. By comparison, the S&P 500 Total Return Index was down 1.01
Only 31 per cent of senior financial professionals see London as the world’s leading financial hub, down from 34 per cent last year and a fall of 22 per cent since 2018. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
The global hedge fund industry is currently facing headwinds from fee pressure, increased redemptions, and liquidations, with the situation being further worsened due to the decreasing number of launches of new funds, as investors around the world are more inclined
The total automation rate of processed orders of cross-border funds reached 88 per cent in the last quarter of 2017, which represents an increase of 1.3 percentage points (p.p.) compared to the fourth quarter of 2016. That’s according to a
BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM), the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA), and Liquefy, a Hong-Kong based tokenisation platform, have released a new research paper that provides key insights into the benefits and challenges inherent in bringing a tokenisation
Digital asset inflows continued last week with investment product inflows totalling USD354 million despite a relatively flat, but volatile week from a price perspective, according to the latest data from CoinShares. The previous three weeks saw some providers experience minor
The quality of research skills among hedge funds and other investment managers is closely tied to their ability to generate alpha in portfolios, a new deep-dive industry study has found. Inalytics, a UK-based research outfit that aims to identify and
