28 Aug 2012
Hedge funds up 1.42 per cent in July
Hedge funds, as measured by the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, finished July up 1.42 per cent with eight out of 10 strategies in…
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Ex Winton scientist to launch systematic trading fund
Thomas Morrow, ex Winton Capital Management senior scientist, plus other leading experts in the field of quantitative trading, have teamed…
24 Aug 2012
Global economic issues fade in the hazy days of August
As bond and equity trading desks whittle down to skeleton crews, new bond issuance slows to a trickle, and policymakers become more…
23 Aug 2012
Confidence in US equity market structure sinks to new low, says TABB Group
A few days after the initial shock of the enormous problems facing Knight Capital began to subside, only months after the Facebook IPO and…
SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator at 3.34 per cent for August
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for August 2012 measured 3.34 per cent, up from 2.18 per cent in July. "Forward…
22 Aug 2012
Scotiabank Canadian Hedge Fund Index up 0.96 per cent
The Scotiabank Canadian Hedge Fund Index ended July 2012 up 0.96 per cent on an asset weighted basis and up 0.77 per cent on an equal…
20 Aug 2012
Sunny outlook for hedge funds in July
All market segments were up in July, extending a positive trend started last month and hedge fund strategies exposed to the equity risk…
17 Aug 2012
Barclay CTA Index up 1.85 per cent in July
Managed futures gained 1.85 per cent in July, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is now up 1.53 per…
16 Aug 2012
Slowing growth in China, but one company bucks the trend
Amidst concern about slowing growth in China and other emerging markets, Ken Stuzin (pictured), fund manager of the Brown Advisory US…
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 1.42 per cent in July
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 1.42 per cent for the month of July. Managed futures (4.68 per cent), fixed income…
2100 Xenon selected for Russell Multi-Strategy Alternative Fund
2100 Xenon Group, an affiliate of Old Mutual Asset Management, has been selected by Russell Investments as one of the alternative asset…
Barclay Hedge Fund Index gains 0.85 per cent in July
Hedge funds gained 0.85 per cent in July, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge.The index is up 3.19 per cent…
Japan – most realistically valued of all major equity markets
Japan is a market that James Sullivan, manager of the CF Miton Arcturus Fund, continues to believe is the most realistically valued of all…
15 Aug 2012
Why global credit is still our favourite asset class
It is quite a consensus call to have an overweight position on developed market credit but, says Williams Sels (pictured), UK Head of…
RECI profit drops to GBP0.7m in the quarter to June 2012; NAV up 8.2% in four months to July 2012
Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI) made a profit of GBP0.7m in the quarter ended 30 June 2012, compared with GBP4.5m in the previous…
