Hedge funds continued to decline in December, largely driven by L/S Equity (and to some extent CTAs), according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. L/S Equity strategies continued to suffer from the unusual level of
Hedge fund redemptions slowed in October after spiking to a five-year high the month before, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator, published by BarclayHedge. Data from more than 5,000 hedge funds in the BarclayHedge database revealed that the hedge
Amid rising concerns about a downturn in the economic cycle, institutional investors are looking to mitigate risks by increasing allocations to private markets, according to BlackRock’s annual survey of global institutions. Globally, over half (56 per cent) of clients stated
The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) and the International Capital Market Association’s Asset Management and Investors Council (ICMA’s AMIC) have published a joint report on Liquidity Stress Testing (LST) in investment funds. The report highlights the role of
On the fourth anniversary of the Swiss National Bank’s (SNB) removal of the Swiss Franc (CHF) floor, the JPMorgan Chase Institute has released a new study exploring the trading behaviour of hedge funds during the SNB’s Minimum Exchange Rate policy
The market rebound since end of December fuelled hedge fund strategies most exposed to risk assets such as L/S Equity and Special Situations, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset research team. Lyxor writes that this is
The top four hedge fund investment strategies for the second quarter of 2018 were Equity Hedge, Macro, Blockchain/Crypto, and Event-Driven, according to a new survey carried out by the Hedge Fund Association in conjunction with UMB Fund Services. The Top
JP Morgan Asset Management released its inaugural Global Alternatives Outlook featuring a 12- to 18-month outlook for each of the key alternative asset classes and highlighting the firm’s CEOs, CIOs, portfolio managers and strategists’ most promising investment ideas over that
Fitz Partners Fund Charges databases will now include new criteria intended to allow an even more precise fee benchmarking of funds falling in between active and passive management. The company says the fund industry is changing, and what was once
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for December 2018 measured 4.86 per cent, up from 3.96 per cent in November. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator for December 2018 was 4.86 per cent, a year-over-year increase from the 4.18 per cent
