29 May 2020
Hedge fund “Best Ideas” are not the Holy Grail of performance
Although lauded for their ability to outperform broader market indices, hedge funds’ “Best Ideas” do not excel relative to the rest of…
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Northern Trust forms alliance with BlackRock as part of Whole Office strategy
Northern Trust has entered into a strategic alliance with BlackRock to deliver enhanced operations, data, and servicing capabilities to…
28 May 2020
Hedge fund outflows continue in macro and equities – but distressed strategies stem redemption tide
Investors have continued to withdraw capital from hedge funds following disappointing returns – but newly-launched products aimed at…
27 May 2020
Crux Informatics launches Crux Deliver managed service for data suppliers
With the proliferation of financial data and cloud technologies, customer requirements to ingest and analyse data are diversifying and…
26 May 2020
Fund launches in 2020 to focus on alternatives, multi-asset, and ESG as asset managers turn away from traditional assets
Investment managers in UK are prioritising alternatives, multi-asset, and ESG fund launches for 2020, citing rising demand outside the…
21 May 2020
Credit and EM debt offer attractive relative value trading opportunities, says BlueBay's Kettle
As global equities markets on both sides of the Atlantic continue to flutter, credit and emerging markets are throwing up comparatively…
Insurers continue to reduce hedge fund exposures
For a fourth straight year, the US insurance industry has reduced its hedge fund investments, by USD2.6 billion in 2019 to USD11.9 billion,…
Has fund governance improved in times of crisis?
Bill Prew, CEO of INDOS Financial, considers how fund governance practices have evolved to cope with the recent pandemic, and before it,…
20 May 2020
Three alternative credit guidance memos published by Standards Board for Alternative Investments
Alternative credit fund management is the focus of three new memos published by The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI),…
19 May 2020
Visible Alpha releases 184 industry data sets
Visible Alpha, an investment research technology firm, has launched 'standardised industry metrics,' a proprietary data set that enables…
New BlackRock research points to ESG resilience during coronavirus downturn
As sustainable investing and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) trends continue to soar among hedge funds, new research by…
Refinitiv adds Australian bank bills pricing information to data feed
Refinitiv is adding Bank Bills pricing information to its real-time data feed, thanks to its newly-expanded partnership with trading…
18 May 2020
WorldCoinIndex launches cryptocurrency derivatives data section
WorldCoinIndex has launched a cryptocurrency derivative market data platform.Launched in 2014, WorldCoinIndex has been serving the…
14 May 2020
High-conviction long bets outperformed high-conviction shorts during Q1 chaos, says MSCI study
High-conviction long-positioned hedge fund portfolios outperformed high-conviction short portfolios during the recent market meltdown,…
13 May 2020
Quincy Data expands offering with low-latency US treasuries data
Quincy Data has expanded its offering with the addition of US treasuries data, using sister company McKay Brothers’ microwave network to…
