Funds
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index March 2022 measured 0.97%.
Dispersion among hedge fund performance is at its widest since the financial crisis of 2008, according to a report by The Financial Times.
Tramondo Investment Partners (Tramondo), a bank-independent Zug, Switzerland-based investment boutique, has launched Dynamic Equity Europe, a sub-fund of Tramondo UCITS Funds.
The strategy of the Dynamic Equity Europe Fund is a carve-out of the firm’s global defensive equity strategy with active risk management, which has been trading since 2017. Focusing on Europe ex Switzerland, Dynamic Equity Europe pursues the same conservative equity approach that participates in equity markets while looking to preserve capital in turbulent times.
Tramondo has appointed Patrick Rissi, CFA, as the Lead Portfolio Manager for the Dynamic Equity Europe strategy. Patrick joined Tramondo in 2021 from UBS
IDEG Asset Management Limited (IDEG), a professional digital asset manager, as debuted its T-I-M-E-S product shelf of thematic digital asset funds with strategic support from Coinbase Prime.
IDEG has added the Ethereum Enhanced Portfolio to its T-I-M-E-S product offering, following the successful launch of its Asia Bitcoin Trust and Atlas Mining Trust in 2019. The Ethereum Enhanced Portfolio is an actively managed investment vehicle tracking the performance of ether, combined with an arbitrage strategy capturing spot and futures basis to enhance investor returns while reducing the often-volatile delta exposure of the asset. The strategy aims to outperform ether
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The hedge fund industry got back to monthly gains in March, eking out a 0.39% return for the month, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions.
Motus Capital Management, a new firm formed by a trio of executives who left Citibank last month, is looking to raise $100 million for two actively managed crypto hedge funds, according to a report by Bloomberg.
LoCorr Funds, a specialist in low-correlating alternative investments, has hit a major milestone in its 10-year history, having surpassed $3 billion in AUM, with assets growing about 50 per cent since the beginning of 2021.
LoCorr offers investment solutions designed for financial professionals and individual investors who are seeking to achieve better diversification and the potential for reduced risk within their portfolios.
Another significant event for the firm was its LoCorr Long/Short Commodities Strategy Fund (LCSAX, LCSCX, LCSIX) surpassing $1 billion in AUM. The Fund is a multi-manager commodities strategy with the flexibility to take both long and short positions
A hedge fund run by billionaire macro trader Chris Rokos has bounced back from record losses last year, to point a 7 per cent gain in Q1 2022, according to a report by BNN Bloomberg.
Recent market volatility caused by geopolitical uncertainty and soaring inflation has created opportunities for macro hedge funds to make gains and Rokos’ fund is no exception having posted a 2.1 per cent advance last month alone.
The fund suffered record losses last year on the back of big swings in bond markets posting a 26 per cent decline.
Artisan Partners has launched the Artisan Global Unconstrained Fund effective 31 March, 2022, and the Artisan Emerging Markets Debt Opportunities Fund, effective 7 April, 2022.
The Funds are managed by the Artisan Partners EMsights Capital Group, led by Portfolio Manager Michael Cirami, CFA, Head of Global Trading Michael O’Brien, CFA, and Portfolio Manager Sarah Orvin, CFA, all of whom joined Artisan Partners in September 2021 to build the firm’s newest autonomous investment franchise. Cirami will serve as Lead Portfolio Manager and Orvin will serve as Portfolio Manager for both Funds.
The new funds offer broad exposure to the global and
The Aaro DLT Multifund achieved an annual return of 177.2 per cent in 2021, outperforming the wider crypto market (MVIS 100) by 42.8 per cent and bitcoin by 117.7 per cent.
The fund’s Sharpe Ratio of 2.6 was also superior to that of the MVIS 100 index (1.8) and Bitcoin (0.8).
The Aaro DLT Multifund, launched in May 2020, is one of the first fund of funds seeking to exploit investment opportunities in DLT/blockchain-related technologies and cryptoassets. The aim of the fund is to deliver sustainable growth and risk-adjusted returns while protecting against the markets’ short-term volatility.
The Aaro DLT Multifund is open to professional investors only.
