Hedge fund redemptions reached USD42.3 billion in December, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator, published by BarclayHedge, the largest monthly outflow in at least five years. Data from the nearly 6,000 funds included in the BarclayHedge database showed the
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down 2.86% in September. Year-to-date performance as of September 2011 is down 6.55%. The top performing strategies over the month were Lyxor L/S Equity Short Bias Index (+2.67%), Lyxor CTAs Short Term Index (+2.29%)
Many opportunities exist for the patient investor, says Thomas Becket, Chief Investment Officer, PSigma Investment Management… We have just suffered the worst quarter for financial markets since 1928. Confidence is very low and markets are almost totally focussed on what
eVestment, a specialist in institutional data and analytics, has expanded its popular quarterly institutional stock ownership report to include stock holdings information for companies based in the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan, in addition to the list highlighting the most
Law firm Paul Hastings has appointed Ira Kustin, an established asset management lawyer, concentrating in the representation of private funds, as a partner in the firm’s Investment Management practice in New York. The appointment of Kustin, who joins from Akin Gump,
Eze Castle Integration, a provider of technology and IT services to hedge fund and investment firms, has announced the launch of its London operations in order to provide comprehensive IT
causaLens, a tech startup that predicts the global economy in real-time, has appointed its Strategic Board of Advisors ahead of its upcoming funding round. The lineup is set to include Jose Marques, the former Head of Trading at Bridgewater Associates and
The British Columbia Securities Commission has settled with two men who admitted to participating in an alleged market manipulation involving a US over-the-counter issuer. In two separate settlement agreements with BCSC staff, BC residents Malkeet Singh Bains and Narvinder Singh
In a recent report on data analytics, Hedgeweek explored how sophisticated technology tools are being deployed by fund administrators like SEI to enhance the investor experience as well as within the front-office of fund management groups to improve portfolio and risk management. In
