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All major hedge fund strategies have seen overall inflows in the first quarter of 2022, according to a report from Pensions & Investments.
Hedge funds had total inflows of $19.8 billion in the first quarter, the highest level since the second quarter of 2015 when net asset inflows totaled $21.5 billion, according to HFR.
That compares with asset outflows of $8.9 billion in the fourth quarter 2021 and net inflows of $6.1 billion in the first quarter 2021.
Estimated total hedge fund industry assets fell by just 0.1% to $4.002 trillion in the quarter ended 31 March, from $4.008 trillion
Active asset manager J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) has appointed Nikolaos Dimakis as senior data scientist.
Dimakis joins from Federated Hermes where he was a Quantitative Analyst and joins JOHCM to support Head of Investments Andrew Parry.
Dimakis’ role will focus on managing and developing tools to utilise data better in order to support investment teams in JOHCM and its impact investing arm Regnan.
SECOR Asset Management, an independent global investment advisory and risk management firm, has experienced a 50% growth in AUM of its Hedged Equity Fund (SHEF) in the first year.
Some of the most popular hedge funds have plummetted in value by -26.4% YTD, according to a report from CNBC.
Hedge funds have made $1.25 billion by betting against the shares of Danish company Amnu’s top shorts, according to a report from Bloomberg.
Tradefeedr, the independent FX Data Analytics Platform, has appointed Christian Gressel to its Client Advisory Group.
Founded to create a forum to advise Tradefeedr on product development and alignment with industry wide needs, the Client Advisory Group comprises a mix of liquidity providers, buy-side clients, and industry experts.
Gressel was most recently global head of ETD and FX Electronic Execution at UBS in London.
Christian joins other Advisory Group members Tim Cartledge (ex NEX), Richard Turner (Insight Investment), Jeremy Smart (XTX), Ian O’Flaherty (ex Deutsche Bank), and Michal Marcek (ex PIMCO).
More than four in five fund managers (83%) agree that they can leverage blockchain technology to grow their markets as financial services become more transparent, new global research from digital assets marketplace Token City shows.
Buck, an integrated HR, pensions, and employee benefits consulting, technology, and administration services firm, has launched Echelon+, an inclusive approach to defined benefit pensions governance to help protect trustees and sponsors from increasing complexity.
April was a difficult month in the financial markets, with the aggregate industry return at -1.68% for the month, dragging year to date (YTD) returns further into the red at -2.59%, according to the April 2022 eVestment hedge fund performance data.
Black Women in Asset Management (BWAM) has announced the winners of its inaugural 40 under 40 list which honours Black women who are shaping the future of the asset management industry.
