Chiefly invested in Euro bonds supplied by private issuers rated “Investment Grade1“ with maturity 1-3 years, Natixis’s FCP Crédit Euro 1-3 fund targets a performance +0.30% above the Barclays Capital Euro Aggregate Corporate Credit 1-3 index over a recommended investment period (...)
Skandia Investment Group (SIG) launches UCITS managed futures fund
SIG has chosen to partner with London based Aspect Capital and is seeking the sort of returns generated by Aspect’s Diversified Programme – the Company’s flagship investment strategy which caters primarily to large sophisticated institutional investors and has a 12 year plus (...)
Sparinvest believes that, as a result of the Euro crisis, small companies based in Europe have been indiscriminately priced down and now offer a rich hunting ground for bargain hunters
There has been much discussion over the recent weeks on the outflows suffered by the hedge fund industry. Several data providers estimated the decline in global hedge fund capital in the first quarter of 2016 at about USD (...)
These fees are far from being insignificant for investor returns. According to Duncan Wilkinson, CEO of Alpha Simplex, more and more hedge fund managers, especially in the United States, have decided to offer products without any performance fees; a trend that should (...)
The Alternative Investment Industry Barometer : All hedge fund strategies up, CTAs skip a beat
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up +0.3% in March. 9 out of 11 Lyxor Indices ended the month in positive territory. The Lyxor LS Equity Long Bias Index (+2.3%), the Lyxor Fixed Income Arbitrage Index (+2.1%), and the Lyxor Special Situations Index (+1.4%) were the best (...)
Monthly hedge fund update : Turbulence and volatility in Q1 financial markets
According to Anthony Lawler, portfolio manager at GAM noted, the volatility year-to-date has proved challenging for active managers who were generally hurt in January and February before recovering with some gains in March. Many had trimmed exposures in January and early (...)
Year to date, most alternative strategy performance are negative. Despite this challenging environment, CTAs have recorded an excellent start since the beginning of the year. According to Credit Suisse, CTAs posted a gain of 7.38% in late February 2016, the strongest (...)