The latest Blue Ink All South African Hedge Fund Composite (BIC), which tracks the performance of around 100 hedge funds in South Africa, outperformed the All Share Index (ALSI) by more than 3% in July. This outperformance was achieved with
“As we near the half-way mark, forward redemption requests remain lower on a month-to-month basis,” says Tony Glickman (pictured), global head of client solutions, GlobeOp Financial Services (LSE:GO.). The Indicator represents the sum of forward redemption notices received from
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down 2.19% in August. Year-to-date performance as of August 2011 is down 3.80%. The top performing strategies over the month were Lyxor L/S Equity Short Bias Index (+5.55%), Lyxor CTAs Short Term Index
Many aspects of the hedge fund operational model as it has existed over the past few years will have to be rethought in the wake of the industry’s setbacks over the past year and a half, a
The hedge fund industry posted an inflow of USD8.1 billion (0.5% of assets) in May 2011, according to the latest report from BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research. The inflow marks the fifth straight as well as the seventh in eight months. Industry
Hedgez has launched a portal that takes a data driven approach to introducing high quality investors to appropriate hedge funds and other investments. Hedgez targets, identifies and attracts accredited investors employing a series of media profiling techniques and an algorithmic
Cayman Islands-based fund management group Managing Partners, which specialises in managing portfolios of traded life policies, is offering a 3 per cent extra allocation on all new investm
Dubai-based Istithmar World Capital, the private equity and alternative investment arm of the Gulf emirate’s state investment business Istithmar World, has agreed to acquire a majority sta
The board of Thames River Multi Hedge PCC, a closed-ended Guernsey-domiciled protected cell company, has announced plans to raise up to GBP200m through the issue of new shares in the Thame
Private equity fundraising in the first three months of 2009 dropped to its lowest level in more than five years – news that will be a surprise to few – while the number of buyout firms sc
