Five new liquid alternative funds were launched in Q3 2018, including one Equity Hedge Fund, one Event Driven Fund, one Multi-Strategy Fund, one Global Macro Fund and one Relative Value Fund. Additionally, there were 19 liquidations. That’s according to the
On average, Alternative UCITS funds suffered during October’s market correction with almost every strategy index showing a negative performance, according to LuxHedge’s latest market overview. The LuxHedge Global Alternative UCITS Index posted a loss of -1.67 per cent, bringing YTD
ALFI has unveiled three reports at its PERE conference held in Luxembourg on 20 and 21 November which all highlight strong growth in the Grand Duchy’s alternative funds sector. The Luxembourg Real Estate Investment Funds 2018 survey, confirms that Luxembourg
New analysis from data provider instiHub reveals that Europe’s sub-advised fund assets have outgrown those of the broader fund market by 45 per cent over the 12 months to September 2018. At the same time as the broad UCITS and
A flurry of optimism meant investors hit the pause button on their flight from equity funds in October, according to the latest Fund Flow Index (FFI) from Calastone. Investors also pulled back from bond funds for the first time since January.
Active fund managers could preserve more than 1.2 per cent per year, net-of-fees, of outperformance versus passive index funds, according to Essentia Analytics’ latest report. Essentia Analytics’ research shows that active fund managers have a “window of opportunity” per position
A common perception amongst academics and investors is that factor premiums, like Momentum, Value and Low-risk, exists in equity markets and should be best harvested via both long and short positions. But a team of three quant researchers and portfolio
Three surveys published at the ALFI PE & RE Conference 2019 in Luxembourg on 26 and 27 November reveal continued solid growth in alternative investment funds in the Grand Duchy. The ALFI/Deloitte Private Equity and Venture Capital Investment Fund Survey
CAMRADATA has published a new whitepaper entitled, Global Growth in Global Equities, which examines the outlook for global equities investments and considers why they continue to be the pillar of investors asset allocation and whether this trend will continue. The
Over half of the respondents in Preqin’s latest bi-annual survey allocate, or plan to allocate, to liquid alternative funds, further reaffirming that this asset class is here to stay. As reported in Preqin’s latest Hedge Fund Spotlight report, 35 per
