04 Apr 2013
A good time to be a direct lending manager in Europe
By James Williams – “Now is a good time to be a direct lending manager. We view what’s happening in Europe as a secular shift in the…
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Alcentra: CLO funds were the ‘stand out success story’ in 2012
By James Williams – Alcentra is one of the world’s leading asset managers. With a focus on sub investment-grade corporate credit it has…
Jump in new hedge funds with equities strategies in 2012, says Seward & Kissel study
Some 64 per cent of new hedge fund funds covered by a recent study carried out by Seward & Kissel had equity or equity-related…
CLO 2013 Outlook: Good opportunities for significant returns
By James Williams – The CLO market enjoyed a resurgence of sorts in 2012 with approximately USD50billion in new issuance, overshadowing the…
Investment opportunities in debt fund strategies
By James Williams – Prior to the global financial crisis the ability for European corporates to finance themselves via leveraged loans was…
Hedge funds see third consecutive month of positive performance
Hedge funds enjoyed a third consecutive month of positive performance for the year, with the HFRX Global Hedge Fund index up 0.7 per cent…
IStar Systematic Fund back into positive territory
The IStar Systematic Fund, backed by seeding specialist IMQubator, reconfigured its trading strategy in April 2012 and turned a negative…
Hedge Fund Association adds three regional chapters
The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) has appointed regional directors to head its newly established chapters in Australia (Adriana Kostov),…
03 Apr 2013
Deer Park launches mortgage/asset-backed fund
Deer Park Road Corp is to launch a new mortgage/asset-backed fund, Burgess Creek Fund, having closed its flagship fund, STS Partners Fund,…
Credit Suisse LAB Index up 1.22 per cent in March
The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index was up 1.22 per cent in March, according to Dr Jordan Drachman, head of alternative beta…
More than a third of hedge fund professionals feel pressured to break rules in pursuit of alpha
Nearly half (46 per cent) of hedge fund professionals believe their competitors engage in illegal activity, more than one third (35 per…
Schulte Roth & Zabel adds European restructuring partners to London office
Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ) has expanded its London office with the addition of partners Peter JM Declercq and Sonya Van de Graaff to…
Chi-X Australia names John Fildes as chief executive
Chi-X Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of alternative trading venue operator Chi-X Global, has appointed John Fildes as chief executive…
CFTC’s DSIO issues no-action letter for commodity pool operators of securitisation vehicles
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) has issued a time-limited no-action…
Average daily volume of 9.7 million contracts at Eurex Group in March
In March 2013, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 9.7 million contracts, down from…
