05 Jan 2012
Hatteras Funds renames multi-strategy fund Hatteras Core Alternatives Fund
Hatteras Funds, a boutique alternative investment specialist providing alternative investment solutions for financial advisors and their…
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India is the economy to watch in 2012
When it comes to emerging markets, China invariably seems to be the focus of attention, but the country to watch in 2012 is India,…
04 Jan 2012
Agecroft Partners predicts hedge fund industry trends for 2012
Agecroft Partners predicts 2012 will be the best year for net flows into the hedge fund industry since 2007 despite the lacklustre…
CBRE Clarion Securities announces launch of CBRE Clarion Long/Short Fund
CBRE Clarion Securities today announced the launch of the CBRE Clarion Long/Short Fund (the Fund) effective 3 January, 2012. The new Fund…
Hedge funds take in USD3.6bn in November
Hedge funds took in an estimated USD3.6 billion in November, according to BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research, a welcome reversal…
2011 leaves investors USD3 trillion poorer
December’s good news was that 13 of the 46 markets posted gains, according to data released by S&P Indices. The bad news was that only…
03 Jan 2012
Irish Stock Exchange leverages off Ireland’s reputation as centre of expertise for alternatives, over 300 new listed funds in 2011
With over 3,000 listed funds, the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) is one of the leading stock exchanges worldwide for the listing of investment…
US corporates can ride out Eurozone crisis
Probably the most impressive development in the investment universe in the last couple of years has been the dramatic growth in US…
Correlation, decorrelation and sector selection
Andrew Clark (pictured), chief index strategist for Thomson Reuters Indices and Lipper, draws on second-order variability analysis to…
Federated Investors to acquire Prime Rate Capital Management
Federated Investors is to acquire Prime Rate Capital Management, LLP, a United Kingdom-based provider of institutional liquidity and fixed…
02 Jan 2012
Evercore Partners completes purchase of interest in ABS Investment Management
Evercore Partners Inc has completed the purchase of a 45% non-controlling interest in ABS Investment Management, LLC, an institutionally…
28 Dec 2011
Asia’s hedge fund industry becoming more mature, says SAIL
Industry research this month suggests that Asian investors, in particular, are starting to favour Asian hedge fund managers as the…
Partial break up of Euro inevitable in 2012
A partial break up of the Euro is inevitable, with Greece the most likely to default and leave the single currency in 2012, according to…
23 Dec 2011
Seasonal Break
The Hedgeweek team is taking its customary seasonal break from 24 December and will reopen on Tuesday 3 January. Best wishes of the season…
etfexpress exclusive: Synthetic ETFs do not pose systemic risk but more investor education needed, says SSgA’s Eleanor Hope-Bell
There can be no doubting the popularity of ETFs. As an asset class it has grown substantially in recent years. According to data in…
