Sciens Alternative Investments has launched the Sciens Managed Account Risk Technologies (SMART), an interactive risk analytics and portfolio construction engine that enables investors to evaluate their hedge fund portfolios and aggregated fund exposures on Sciens Managed Account Platform (MAP). John
The UN-backed Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) Initiative has issued a discussion paper on hedge funds to help its asset owner signatories better understand the risks associated with particular hedge fund strategies and instruments and the implications these may have
A Greece focused hedge fund has been launched by Dromeus Capital Group, an emerging markets alternative investment specialist. Dromeus is thought to be one of first funds to focus on opportunities in Greece. The fund will focus on opportunities
EEX Group significantly increased its sales revenue and annual net profit in 2018 achieving the best corporate result in its history so far. On the power market, EEX Group again recorded the biggest power trading volume worldwide. On the markets
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour does the body.” – Seneca. Things are not getting any easier for asset managers, the gatekeepers of institutional assets with the power to make or break portfolios. In a new white paper entitled Searching for
Citi has completed the implementation of Man Umbrella Sicav, the Luxembourg fund business of the Man Group. Citi will provide an integrated range of services that includes custody, depositary bank, fund administration and transfer agency services. Man is an alternative
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a hedge fund manager in Baton Rouge with defrauding investors by hiding millions of dollars in losses suffered during the financial crisis from investments tied to residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). The SEC alleges
The 2019 Context Allocator Trends Report reveals strong demand for alternative investment strategies, with 72 per cent of respondents noting they are optimistic about the industry and 97 per cent planning to increase or maintain their net positions in alternatives
In ten years’ time a large number of today’s hedge funds will have disappeared and the challenge for investors today is being able to wade through the volume of hedge funds and allocate to those that are going to survive
NYSE Liffe’s Robusta Coffee and Cocoa Futures contracts will be added to the Rogers International Commodity Index (RICI) for the first time. The changes will be implemented during the January roll period, at the end of January 2013. These new
