08 Feb 2013
Hedge funds post strong January gains as macro risks shift
Hedge funds posted strong gains in January as the resolution of the US fiscal cliff and investor optimism regarding the European banking…
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RWC names Dan Mannix as chief executive
Dan Mannix is to assume the role of chief executive officer at RWC from the end of February. Mannix (pictured) replaces Peter Harrison who…
07 Feb 2013
Hedge funds have positive January
Hedge funds navigated January well with positive returns from all four main strategies: equity hedge, relative value, event driven and…
Asian hedge fund stars will continue to attract capital in 2013, says BNY Mellon… Bank of America’s Hedge-Fund Clients Boost Leverage in Asia…
The year ahead will likely remain sharply challenging for Asian hedge fund managers looking to raise new investor capital. But the “stars”…
Indus Valley Partners launches cloud-based Form PF solution
Indus Valley Partners (IVP), a provider of technology solutions to alternative asset managers, has launched its cloud-based Form PF Lite…
Outlook for global real estate
Richard Gwilliam (pictured), Head of Property Research at PRUPIM offers his outlook for global real estate…Europe – Growth is expected to…
Interactive Data to provide managed services to trueEX
Interactive Data is to provide a full suite of services to trueEX, the first interest rate swaps exchange approved by the Commodity Futures…
Threadneedle launches absolute return commodities fund
International asset manager Threadneedle Investments (Threadneedle) has launched the Columbia Threadneedle SICAV-SIF Absolute Commodities…
Darian Capital Services addresses JOBS Act and AIFMD changes to private fund marketing
Darian Capital Services has launched two services to address impending US and European regulations that will change the way hedge and…
Final FATCA regulations released
By Richard Cassell and Kristin Konschnik, partners, Withers – The US Treasury Department has now released the long-anticipated final FATCA…
Mark DeNatale and Scott Bynum join CVC Credit Partners
Mark DeNatale and Scott Bynum have joined CVC Credit Partners as partner, senior portfolio manager and global head of trading, and managing…
Citigroup alternative asset management spinout to be named Napier Park
Citi Capital Advisors (CCA), a global alternative asset management platform, has made significant progress towards the separation of…
Politics and policy drive year-end gains for Asian hedge funds
The Asian hedge fund industry posted strong gains to conclude 2012, led by hedge funds investing in China, India and Japan, as capital…
Four out of seven IQ indices positive in January
Four of the seven IQ Hedge family of investable hedge fund replication indices recorded positive returns in January, according to data…
06 Feb 2013
Managers’ increased market beta exposure to financial and cyclical stocks points to improved risk sentiment
A forensic examination of performance, by strategy type, shows that 2012 was a hugely successful year for many hedge fund managers, says…
