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Hedge funds investing in the emerging markets of Russia, Latin America, emerging Asia and the Middle East have produced the strongest year-to-date gains across the hedge fund industry, according to the latest data from Hedge Fund Research.
The HFRI Emerging Markets (Total) Index has gained 9.3 per cent through October, outpacing the 6.8 per cent gain of the broad-based HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index.
Despite the gains, investors remained cautious on new allocations to emerging markets hedge funds, allocating only USD10m of net new capital to emerging markets funds in 3Q10.
In comparison, investors allocated over USD19bn of new capital
SEB Enskilda, one of Northern Europe’s leading financial groups and the largest broker on the Stockholm and Oslo stock exchanges, announced this week that SAM Capital Partners w
GLG Partners, recently acquired and now a wholly owned subsidiary of London-based Man Group, declared this week that they would be closing subscriptions to the GLG Alpha Select (UC
Lutetia Capital, a Paris-headquartered independent asset manager, celebrated the birthday of its Lutetia Patrimoine Fu
The latest quarterly statistical release by EFAMA for Q3 found that UCITS enjoyed a healthy positive inflow of EUR46billion, in marked contrast to Q2, which saw net outflows total EUR
Geneva-based Palaedino Asset Management, the fund manager arm of the Palaedino Group and Alix Capital (a Palaedino Group offshoot) who calculate and manage the UCITS Alternative
The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index finished down 1.29 per cent in November as managers struggled to find profitable positions amid falling equity markets.
The Long/Short Liquid Index fell 1.14 per cent, the Global Macro Liquid Index fell 1.35 per cent, the Event Driven Liquid Index dropped 1.31 per cent and the Merger Arbitrage Liquid Index was down 2.42 per cent.
Despite the negative monthly performance, four out of the five liquid indices remain in positive territory for the year, with the Event Driven Liquid Index leading returns at 9.79 per cent year-to-date.
The Global Macro Liquid Index is down 1.19 per cent year-to-date.
Boutique brokerage firm, StormHarbour Partners LP, established in March 2009 by Antonio Cacorino (pictured) and Fredrick Chapey, has opened an of
Former head of securitized products at Deutsche Bank AG, Gregory Park, is to launch a hedge fund in Hong Kong to tap into the region’s burgeoning consumer-driven demand.
New York-headquartered Liquidnet, the off-exchange liquidity platform that provides institutional buy-side traders with secure and anonymous block trading of equities, has extended its globa
