Managed futures lost 0.77 per cent in May, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. “The slowing of growth in China, fears of a double-dip recession in the US, and a European liquidity crisis precipitated a sharp decline
Gottex Fund Management’s core hedge fund strategies and solutions business is to focus on offering bespoke and specialised hedge fund products and solutions to institutional clients around the world in 2013. The firm intends to expand its product offerings and
By James Williams – Last week GLG Partners – now part of Man Group – hosted a “Bulls and Bears” breakfast roundtable. Ben Funnell, Chief Equity Strategist and portfolio manager for long only and UCITS-III global equity mixed asset funds,
LCH.Clearnet Group will extend its clearing business for OTC interest rate instruments to Australian banks. LCH.Clearnet will apply for an Australian clearing and settlement facility licence that would enable it to offer its SwapClear OTC interest rate swap clearing to
Akira Yaku and Kentaro Ishizaki, former proprietary traders at Mizuho Securities Co., have announced plans to start a Japan-focused hedge fund. Due to launch on 1 July, the Alithion Japan Fund, backed with USD22 million (2 billion yen) from Marubeni
A bad month for share prices made relatively little impact on investors in May, according to the latest Fund Flow Index (FFI) from global funds transaction network Calastone, but mainly because buyers have been on strike now for months. Calastone
The International Securities Lending Association is to partner with FinTuition to provide an introduction to securities lending course. The introductory course is a one-day module designed to give attendees a broad overview of the securities lending industry. Isla expects to
Linedata has released a new version of Icon, its fund accounting and administration platform. This latest version delivers more efficient business processing and workflows, including pro-active exception handling and extended instrument coverage. Linedata Icon manages, either on a hosted
It takes at least USD250m in assets for a hedge fund to be self-sustaining on its management fees alone, while the largest hedge fund firms incur significant additional costs due to complexity and size, according to the first global survey
Advise Technologies, a software solutions provider for global regulatory compliance, has released a list of top tips for private funds preparing for their first SEC examination. Advise Technologies, a software solutions provider for global regulatory compliance, has released a list
