June 2014
Innovation BlueHive Capital announced the successful launch of its first fund: BlueHive Opportunities – Global Alpha.
Founded in 2013, BlueHive Capital is a Paris-based Alternative Asset Manager. The company was launched by the former Natixis CIB’s Global Alpha team, headed by Sebastien Boucher.
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March 2014
News Dominique Strauss-Kahn in China to launch DSK Global Investment Fund
Leyne Strauss-Kahn & Partners is the initiator of DSK Global Investment Fund (regulatory approval pending), a long-term global-macro fund whose investment decisions rely on Dominique Strauss-Kahn’ s analysis of fundamental economic, financial and political trends that (...)
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March 2014
Note BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey Finds Investors Moving Toward a “Risk-off” Position Amid Geopolitical Unrest
Global investors are moving toward a ”risk off” stance, taking on greater protection as the prospect of geopolitical instability grows, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for March.
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March 2014
News CalPERS to Allocate Additional $200 Million to Private Equity Emerging Investment Manager Program
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced that it will allocate an additional $200 million to its emerging manager program in the Private Equity asset class.
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March 2014
News February, not that cold for hedge funds
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up +1.9% in February, bringing year to date performance to +1.45%. 11 Lyxor Strategy Indices out of 12 ended the month in positive territory, led by the Lyxor Special Situations Index (+3.48%), the Lyxor CTA Long Term Index (+3.4%) and the (...)
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February 2014
News Hedge funds unscathed from rising doubts on emerging, global growth and central banks
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down only -0.4% in January, outperforming the MSCI World down -3.8%. 8 Lyxor Strategy Indices out of 12 ended the month in positive territory, led by the Lyxor Fixed Income Arbitrage Index (+1.74%), the Lyxor Merger Arbitrage Index (+0.92%) and (...)
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February 2014
Innovation Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Koris International Launch Merrill Lynch Dynamic Capital Protection UCITS Fund
This latest sub-fund on the MLIS UCITS platform, provides institutional investors with a capital-protected solution that uses core-satellite investment principles within a risk control framework to generate risk (...)
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January 2014
Opinion Quantitative management: the THEAM way
At THEAM, a subsidiary of the BNP Paribas Group, our development strategy involves promoting the added value that quantitative techniques can bring to the field of asset management.
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December 2013
Regulation Amundi Alternative Investments obtains AIFM authorisation
Amundi Alternative Investments SAS (Amundi AI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amundi, has obtained AIFM authorisation from the French securities regulator (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) for all of its investment solutions. The AIFM directive, transposed by the EU member (...)
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December 2013
News CTAs on a strong recovery mode in november
10 out of 13 Lyxor Indices ended the month of November in positive territory, led by the CTA Long Term Index (+4.2%), the L/S Equity Market Neutral Index (+1.7%) and the CTA Short Term Index (+1.6%). The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index posted a positive performance close to 1% in (...)
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December 2013
Strategy Absolute Return Fund Performance Improves but is Dependent on Volatility
Fitch Ratings says in a new report that absolute return funds’ performance has improved with over 70% of funds posting positive performance in 2012 and 2013, supported by more favourable market conditions. Returns have showed low volatility but have not always been (...)
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December 2013
News Nomura and ICG Announce Agreement to Facilitate Planned Japanese Domestic Mezzanine Fund
It is planned that a fund would provide institutional investors opportunities to invest in mezzanine debt with financial sponsors and in growth/expansion capital...
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November 2013
News The rising tide lifted all ships: hedge funds deliver in october
All Lyxor Strategy Indices ended the month of October in positive territory, led by the CTA Long Term (+4.03%), the L/S Equity Market Neutral (+1.77%) and the L/S Equity Long Bias (+1.63%).
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October 2013
Innovation Natixis Asset Management launches Natixis Global Risk Parity, a global allocation fund with a balanced risk approach
Unlike a traditional risk parity allocation investing in a single asset class, Natixis Global Risk Parity can invest in a very broad investment universe.
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July 2013
Opinion More upside in 2013 for hedge funds, says Lyxor research
The remainder of 2013 is setting up for further gains and hedge funds are positioned to take advantage of the opportunities. The US economy is expanding steadily and growth will likely accelerate in the 2nd half of the year as fiscal restraint wears (...)
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