Investors continued to allocate new capital to the hedge fund industry in quarter two, exhibiting a clear and continued preference for strategies with characteristically low exposure to global equity markets, according to the latest HFR Global Hedge Fund Industry Report.
Kodak Retirement Income Plan (KRIP) is the seed investor for AlphaEngine Global Investment’s SMART Alpha investment program, an absolute return strategy that focuses on generating strong absolute returns, especially during periods when equity beta and typical absolute return strategies struggle
By Michael Sanders – When Alceda Fund Management was established in 2007, Luxembourg was already a well-recognised fund domicile, so the choice was relatively straightforward. Now, with more than 3,800 investment funds and net assets of nearly EUR2.1bn, Luxembourg is
“Delivering sustainable value” lies at the heart of the investment philosophy at Wermuth Asset Management, a German family investment firm co-founded by Jochen Wermuth and Dr Dieter Wermuth with principal offices in Wiesbaden and Moscow. In 2003, WAM opened up
Van Eck Associates has acquired a hedge fund beta business and team from Lyster Watson, and will be offering a suite of strategies called Trackers. Trackers are hedge-style beta strategies based on indexes developed using a patented methodology and proprietary
Imagine Software, a provider of cloud-based portfolio and risk management solutions, has launched the Imagine Financial Platform (IFP) and the Imagine Marketplace. With these offerings, Imagine provides a cloud-based environment enabling financial institutions, service providers, consultants, and other third parties
Zürcher Kantonalbank has become a clearing member of EurexOTC Clear for Interest Rate Swaps (IRS), raising the number of clearing participants on EurexOTC Clear to 19. Zürcher Kantonalbank provides OTC derivates clearing in its prime services offering. “EurexOTC Clear
Hedge funds posted gains in September with the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index up 0.96 per cent and the HFRX Market Directional Index up 2.23 per cent. The HFRX Event Driven Index posted a gain of 2.10 per cent
The GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for July 2012 measured 2.18 per cent, down from 3.71 per cent in June. "Forward redemptions remain low, this month’s percentage being one of the lowest in the history of the Indicator,” says Bill Stone,
Dr Anton Dudoukin and Dmitry Dudoukin are partners in Courant Asset Management Ltd. Courant Asset Management is the managing company of Courant Fund. Current Fund’s AUM is USD28.7million. Courant Fund is an equity long/short strategy that uses systematic short-term trading
