LFIS (La Française Investment Solutions), a Paris-based quantitative asset manager with USD12.5 billion AUM, is to fund two new research projects across important themes in quant investing and asset management, the next step in its long-term partnership with the Quantitative
The results of a Guernsey Finance funds survey, carried out among asset managers and intermediaries at the SuperReturn International, show that more than half of managers would consider splitting global and EU distribution if it led to improved levels of
Worldwide investment fund assets decreased by 5.7 per cent to EUR43.99 trillion at the end of Q4 2018, according to the European Fund and Asset Management Association’s (EFAMA) latest International Quarterly Statistical Release. In US dollar terms, fund assets declined by
Emerging hedge fund managers aren’t yielding to fee pressure, but could raise capital faster by adopting innovative fee structures and investing more in marketing, according to new research from alternative prime broker GPP and the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA).


Companies are increasingly incorporating corporate event data into their trading strategies in order to mitigate monetary losses and react more quickly to market volatility, according to Wall Street Horizon’s latest Corporate Event Research Survey. The survey, which polled more than
Institutional investors are still looking for a way out of the interest rate trap while seeking to protect their allocation from market fluctuations and are increasingly opting for hedge funds when making investment decisions. According to hedge fund database
While the stability and resilience of the global financial marketplace has improved significantly since the 2008 crisis, a new white paper published today by The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) identifies key risks facing the industry and opportunities to
By Tom Kehoe CAIA, Global Head of Research, AIMA – We are at a very interesting inflection point in our capital markets. Ten years following the last significant global liquidity crisis which fuelled the subsequent global financial crisis of 2008,
A new study by the law firm Seward & Kissel into the hedge fund industry’s use of side letters –special agreements between hedge funds and their investors – shows a major shift in the hedge fund landscape. In The Seward & Kissel
Forty-two per cent of hedge fund managers were able to raise new capital in 2018, but those who saw redemptions and/or lost money were in the majority, and declared 2018 to be one of the most challenging years for the
