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Final performance for the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index is confirmed down 0.84 per cent in June.
Overall, performance was up 0.63 per cent in the first half of 2010.
Five out of ten sectors posting negative performance for the month.
Among the top performers for the month were dedicated short bias (+ 5.45 per cent) and fixed income arbitrage (+ 0.92 per cent).
Oliver Schupp, president of Credit Suisse Index, says: “Dedicated short managers have capitalised on overall negative equity market performance while fixed income arbitrage managers have generated returns by seizing various arbitrage opportunities amid higher
Alternative asset manager KKR has begun trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
In accordance with previously announced plans, the common units of KKR Guernsey no longer trade on Euronext Amsterdam
“Today’s NYSE listing is an important milestone for KKR, and will provide an opportunity for investors to share in the value being created by our firm,” said Henry R. Kravis (pictured) and George R. Roberts, co-founders, co-chairmen and co-chief executive officers of KKR.
Founded in 1976, KKR is an alternative asset manager with USD54.7bn in assets under management as of 31 March 2010. With over 600 people and 14
A Preqin survey of 50 institutional investors in hedge funds reveals that investors are re-evaluating their fund of hedge funds investment strategies and seeking to commit to single manager funds.
Sixty four per cent of respondents made their first hedge fund investment through a fund of hedge funds, but just 36 per cent of these investors continue to pursue investments in such funds.
Investors surveyed included public and private sector pension funds, asset managers, insurance companies, banks, foundations, family offices and endowments.
The survey found that 80 per cent of respondents that have moved away from funds of hedge funds
Dow Jones Indexes has launched a family of indices measuring the market’s expectation of the future rate of US inflation.
They are intended to serve as the underlying basis of financial products such as exchange-traded funds, swaps and structured products.
The main index in the family is the Dow Jones Long-Term Inflation Index, which tracks the difference in returns of long-term Treasury Inflation Protected Securities and the long-term Ultra Treasury Bond futures contract listed at the Chicago Board of Trade. Two sub-indexes individually track returns of the component instruments.
The index methodology was developed in the New York office of
French banking giant, Natixis, is getting ready to introduce a re-vamped version of Sixtina
A survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has found that more than 50% of asset managers have failed to factor in the
The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has just released its latest press release on fund performance
Citi has devised an online calculator to help financial planners and investors alike calculate annualised returns for its
Threadneedle Asset Management has hired Nicholas Robin, who joins from J.P.M
PerTrac Financial Solutions has released PerTrac Analytical Platform 7, a new version of its flagship application.
The PerTrac Analytical Platform is used by thousands of investment professionals for analysing hedge funds, mutual funds and other investments, constructing and optimising portfolios, and creating professional fund reports and presentations.
“PerTrac Analytical Platform debuted 14 years ago and today is the world’s leading investment analysis and asset allocation software,” says Gerry Mintz, PerTrac president and chief executive officer. “We continue to invest in our products and listen to our clients’ needs in order to provide improvements that will maximize value and simplify
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