14 Nov 2014
Barclays and MSCI launch Green Bond Index family
Barclays and MSCI have launched a new green bond index family measuring the global market of fixed income securities issued to fund…
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CSAM hold final close of ILS P&C Fund
Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has closed its ILS Property & Casualty Fund (the P&C Fund) with a total of USD576 million in…
Hedge fund institutional investors based in Asia-Pacific
An increasing proportion of investors in hedge funds are based in the Asia-Pacific region. Who are these investors and which strategies are…
Rainier Investment Management joins Aliier Passport Platform
Aliier, a global TAMP working with equity managers, fixed income managers, alternatives and hedge funds, has signed Seattle-based Rainier…
13 Nov 2014
Hedge funds weather October volatility… Asian macro funds outperform US peers…
October wasn’t that bad a month for hedge funds after all, says a new prime brokerage report from Morgan Stanley. Shrugging off mid-month…
Blackstone and NWI Management develop new platform to invest in emerging markets
Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM), Blackstone’s hedge fund solutions business, and NWI Management (NWI), a global macro hedge…
SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index down 0.81 per cent in October
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for October 2014 was -0.81 per cent, while hedge fund flows as…
Skënderbeg makes two new hires
Skënderbeg Alternative Investments, the investment adviser for fund of hedge funds the Skënderbeg Fund, has made two new hires.Elaine Xie…
Greensolver launches asset management performance benchmarking index for UK & Irish renewables
Greensolver, the independent wind and solar farm asset manager, has launched Greensolver Index, its asset management performance…
Conifer Financial Services celebrates 25 years in the industry
The Conifer Group, which merged with Vastardis Capital to form Conifer Financial Services – an asset services firm offering front to back…
Deutsche Börse to be exclusive global licensor of Cleartrade Exchange’s market data products
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services will now disseminate and be the exclusive licensor of real-time market data for key commodity…
FCA fines five banks GBP1.1 billion for FX failings
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed fines totalling GBP1.1 billion (USD1.7 billion) on five banks for failing to control…
FinServ Consulting releases hedge fund CFO roundtable findings
FinServ Consulting has released the findings of the firm’s semi-annual Hedge Fund CFO Roundtable, which was held in October and focused on…
Appraisal Ratio critical to evaluating investment performance, says Evanston
Evanston Capital Management has published a white paper examining methods of evaluating performance for hedge funds and other…
European HF managers in regulators’ sights post AIFMD
Hedge funds in Europe are set to suffer a sharp increase in fines and rejection by investors because of failure to understand changes in…
