The asset-weighted Mizuho-Eurekahedge Index – USD gained 0.33 per cent in September, outperforming the equal-weighted Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index which declined 0.11 per cent throughout the month. Approximately 49 per cent of the fund managers tracked by Eurekahedge posted positive
Hedge fund returns since 26 October are up +0.5 per cent, primarily led by L/S Equity strategies, as investors’ hesitation gradually started to fade amid improving earnings reports, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team.
Industrial companies are now predicted to be most in demand from activist investors, according to the findings of global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal’s (A&M) latest analysis and predictor of shareholder activism in Europe, the “A&M Activist Alert”, or
Hedge funds were down 2.15 per cent for the year, their weakest performance on record since 2008 when they declined 9.55 per cent in the 10 months through to October, according to figures released by Eurekahedge. Almost 47 per cent
According to the Monterey Fund Report 2018, Mourant has once again maintained its leading position as the go-to legal adviser in Jersey’s funds industry, advising on over 46 per cent of all funds by market share of assets. The firm,
Amid fears of another economic shock and fading trust in European political institutions, pension plans are using fresh approaches to generate returns, according to a new survey published by CREATE-Research and European asset manager Amundi. The rise of populism, evidenced
UCITS and AIFs recorded net sales of EUR 40 billion in Q3 2018, up from EUR31 billion in Q2, according to the latest Quarterly Statistical Release from The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA). Equity, multi-asset funds and other
A new report by Greenwich Associates has found high levels of satisfaction among US institutional asset management and hedge fund professionals currently employing outsourced trading services, with 71 per cent of survey respondents describing themselves as “extremely satisfied” with their
While most eVestment users’ top viewed products globally and regionally fell into the equity category in October, Europe ex-UK users pushed three fixed-income products and two hedge funds on to that region’s list of most-viewed products, according the November 2018
Deutsche Bank has published its biennial Alternative UCITS Survey, with its findings suggesting that the alternative UCITS market is set for further growth. Over half of the responding alternative UCITS allocators are planning to increase their allocation through September 2019.
