07 Sep 2015
Hedge funds mitigate downside says Optima’s Boardman
Veteran hedge fund of funds’ manager Dixon Boardman, CEO and Founder of Optima Fund Management, has commented on how hedge funds have…
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Firm says prime brokers and fund administrators pose greatest challenge to hedge fund businesses
Provider of global asset services, SuMi TRUST, has published a white paper asking whether a hedge fund’s prime broker or administrator…
04 Sep 2015
Markit completes acquisition of DealHub
Markit, a provider of financial information services, has completed its acquisition of DealHub, a leading provider of trade processing and…
Volatility and correlation reign in August, says GAM
August was a very volatile month for capital markets. Risk assets sold off without a corresponding offsetting rally in traditional…
How investors source and select hedge funds
In this excerpt from Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H2 2015, we take a closer look at how investors source and select new…
Elian to buy SFM Europe
Elian has agreed terms to buy SFM Europe, a provider of corporate services with more than EUR1 trillion of assets under…
SS&C announces leadership team for Advent Software Business Unit
SS&C Technologies Holdings, a provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, has announced the leadership team…
Hedge fund performance is primary industry concern for managers and investors
Following Preqin’s mid-year surveys of both hedge fund investors and fund managers, both parties agree that the greatest challenge the…
03 Sep 2015
Ullink is first vendor to offer global FIX connectivity to German Tradegate Exchange
Ullink, a provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the global financial community, has partnered with Tradegate…
All six MVIS Long/Short Equity Indexes negative in August
All six Market Vectors Index Solutions’ (MVIS) investable Long/Short Equity Indices recorded negative performance in August.Each index is…
CSLAB index down 2.23 per cent in August
The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index (CSLAB), which aims to reflect the performance of the overall hedge fund industry, finished…
M Financial Group selects Philadelphia Financial for private placement insurance solutions
Philadelphia Financial is to serve as a specialty carrier for M Financial providing the company’s member firms with access to private…
CBOE Futures Exchange reports jump in August 2015 trading volume
August 2015 was CBOE Futures Exchange’s (CFE) second-busiest month of all time and its third consecutive monthly gain for 2015. Average…
SunGard’s global code-a-thon to tackle big data and analytics at Camp Nou
From 8-10 September, 2015, 11 teams from five countries will compete in the championship round of SunGard’s Global Coder Cup ’15, a…
02 Sep 2015
Hedgeweek cybersecurity event: Adopting best practices
With cyber risks increasing year-on-year, and regulators such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) taking an increasingly…
