12 Jul 2013
Hedge fund inflows hit two-year high of USD18.5bn in May
Hedge funds took in a net USD18.5bn (1.0 per cent of assets) in May, more than a 40-fold increase from April’s USD430m inflow, according to…
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Walker Crips launches UK’s first regulated bridging finance fund
Walker Crips, the wealth and investment manager, has set the launch date of 1 August for the TB Walker Crips Income from Short Term Lending…
First UK gas CSO trades through Marex Spectron
Marex Spectron Group, a commodities and financial markets brokerage, has facilitated the first brokered NBP Calendar Spread Option…
11 Jul 2013
JOBS Act – winners and losers
Howard Groedel, chair of the Securities Regulatory Compliance Group at Ulmer & Berne LLP, identifies the winners and losers following…
New York Society of Security Analysts to discuss impact of hedge funds on markets
The New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) has partnered with the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable to create a panel of hedge fund…
10 Jul 2013
S&P Dow Jones Indices launches roll weighted version of the S&P GSCI
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched the S&P GSCI Roll Weight Select, which aims to reduce the negative impact of contango by…
09 Jul 2013
Moscow Exchange extends the list of T+2 eligible securities
Moscow Exchange has launched the next stage of T+2 implementation on its Securities Market by extending the list of eligible shares from 15…
Hedge funds post first decline of the year in June
Hedge funds posted the first monthly decline for 2013 in June, ending a streak of seven consecutive months of gains, the longest run of…
IndexIQ’s IQ Alpha Hedge Strategy Fund turns five
The IndexIQ IQ Alpha Hedge Strategy Fund, a no-load, open-end mutual fund, marked its five-year anniversary on 30 June 2013. At its…
08 Jul 2013
Hedge funds in positive territory despite equity and bond sell-off hits, says Lyxor
All Lyxor indices ended the month of June in negative territory with the worst index performers being the CTA Long Term (-2.64 per cent),…
Assets of top 100 alternative investment managers hit USD3trn, says Towers Watson
Total assets managed by the top 100 alternative investment managers globally reached USD3.1trn in 2012, according to research produced by…
07 Jul 2013
Egypt needs a cash infusion
Lucas Wurfbain at Insparo Asset Management comments on the long term outlook for Egypt…The elation of the Egyptian people is palpable but…
05 Jul 2013
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
By Phillip Graham (Partner) Harneys – The AIFMD comes into force on 22 July 2013 and will affect managers falling within the definition of…
Aquila Capital launches world’s first risk parity bond fund
Aquila Capital has launched the AC – Risk Parity Bond Fund, the world’s first risk parity strategy to focus solely on fixed income. The new…
IndexIQ’s hedge fund replication indices all negative in June
IndexIQ, a developer of index-based alternative investment solutions, has reported negative performance in June for all seven of its hedge…
