07 Jan 2015
Global macro and trend-following hedge funds continue to perform in December, says GAM
December was a volatile month across asset classes, with a sell-off in risky assets occurring mid-month before some losses were recovered…
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First Derivatives enters digital marketing platform market
First Derivatives has evolved its Delta software platform, powered by kdb+, into marketing analytics through the launch of Delta Marketing…
Global venture capital financing up 58% in 2014
The amount of capital invested by venture capital fund managers in young companies reached USD87bn in 2014, over 58% more than the capital…
Hollis Park Partners partners with GCM Grosvenor
Hollis Park Partners, a global structured products investment management firm, has formed a strategic partnership with alternative…
Aeon Funds launches Aeon Fiber Opportunity Fund
Aeon Funds, a family of alternative investment funds, has launched the Aeon Fiber Opportunity Fund LP. The fund’s structure complements the…
Consensus amongst hedge fund managers may lead to investment shocks in 2015
The world's hedge fund have a benign attitude towards 2015 market conditions and the investment outlook for the year ahead despite a…
CBOE Holdings reports record trading volume for 2014
Trading activity at CBOE Holdings reached new all-time highs in total volume and average daily volume (ADV) in 2014. CBOE Holdings…
SGX derivatives volume at record in Dec and 2014
Singapore Exchange (SGX) derivatives trading hit records in December and the whole of 2014, while securities activities grew in December…
06 Jan 2015
Hedge funds heading into 2015 on a strong note
During the last two weeks of December, hedge funds erased the bulk of the losses recorded earlier in December, when risk aversion was…
BlueBay Asset Management appoints new Sales Director for Alternatives
Fixed income asset manager BlueBay Asset Management has appointed Katherine Wentrup-Estupinan as a Sales Director to support the growth of…
Fund managers look to outsourcing to overcome Annex IV reporting headache
With As the first AIFMD reporting deadline for many managers of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) looming large on 30 January 2015, firms…
Patrick Huber joins Mirabaud Asset Management to strengthen equities division
Mirabaud Asset Management has appointed Patrick Hube as Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for Swiss large cap companies.Huber's…
One out of seven IQ Hedge indexes positive in December
Just one of IndexIQ’s proprietary family of hedge fund replication and alternative beta indexes recorded positive performance in…
Catastrophe bond issuance hits record USD8.8 billion in 2014, says Artemis
The amount of catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) issued reached a record level in 2014, according to…
SGSS appoints head of commercial, marketing and liquidity management
Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has appointed Christophe Baurand as Global Head of Commercial, Marketing and Liquidity…
