06 Jul 2015
Weekly Brief: Hedge funds helped protect portfolios in June
Hedge funds suffered a blow in June, with the Lyxor Hedge Fund Index down 2 per cent. The industry is nonetheless outperforming traditional…
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Hawksford strengthens corporate capabilities with associate director appointment
Hawksford has appointed Moira Ashby as an associate director. Ashby (pictured) will be part of the team responsible for defining, building…
Fried Frank adds asset management regulatory attorney Gregg Beechey in London
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has appointed Gregg Beechey (pictured) as a partner in the firm’s Asset Management Practice in…
Zuma Bay Capital launches volatility-based alternative investment fund
Zuma Bay Capital, a California registered investment advisor (RIA), has launched the Zuma Bay Volatility Fund, which aims to deliver…
EI Sturdza Investment Funds launches European Smaller Companies Fund
EI Sturdza Investment Funds has launched of the EI Sturdza Strategic European Smaller Companies Fund, which will be managed by Bertrand…
Steamboat Capital Partners launches on Sciens MAP
Steamboat Capital Partners has launched its event-driven, long-short strategy on the Sciens Managed Account Platform. Steamboat is a…
A new era for hedge funds?
The lack of hedge funds’ excess returns since the financial crisis put the industry under rising pressure. In this 12th edition of the…
Download Intralinks' guidelines on assessing vendor security
Curious about a vendor’s security? Download Intralink's guidelines on how to get a more in-depth look at privacy and data security controls…
Hedge fund performance positive halfway through a choppy year
June was a choppy month with reversals and sell-offs across most asset classes as investors digested Mario Draghi’s comments on expecting…
NewAlpha and Emergence invest in Finalitis
Emerging manager acceleration specialist NewAlpha Asset Management and Emergence, France’s seeding fund sponsored by 15 institutional…
03 Jul 2015
VIX Futures ADV, total volume at CBOE Futures Exchange up from prior month and year go
Monthly average daily volume (ADV) and monthly total volume, both exchange-wide at CFE and for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX…
Euronext reports strongest six month trading and listing activity since 2011
Euronext posted its strongest six-month trading volume performance since the end of 2011 in the first six months of 2015, supported by…
All six MVIS long/short equity indexes down in June
All six of Market Vectors Index Solutions’ (MVIS) investable Long/Short Equity Indices recorded negative performance in June.Each index is…
JTC acquires fund administration business from Kleinwort Benson
JTC has added significantly to its global fund servicing capabilities with the major acquisition of Kleinwort Benson’s Fund Administration…
Titan Advisors acquires Saguenay Strathmore Capital
Titan Advisors has completed the acquisition of Saguenay Strathmore Capital (SSC), a fund of hedge funds business with a 13-year track…
