Note Investors and Fund Managers Gauge Brexit Impact
Many fund managers expect performance and investment decisions to be affected, while institutional investors expect to commit less to the UK
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People Moves THEAM reinforces its alternative investment set-up
Eric Debonnet will lead a Paris-based team of nine people dedicated to Hedge Fund Solutions, while Thierry de Rycke and David Gilleron will be responsible for all hedge fund investments as co-Chief Investment Officers
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News Hedge funds’ remarkable resilience in turmoil
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down -0.9% in January. 5 out of 11 Lyxor Indices ended the month in positive territory. The Lyxor CTA Long Term Index (+2.2%), the Lyxor Global Macro Index (+0.7%), and the Lyxor Fixed Income Arbitrage Index (+0.7%) were the best (...)
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News George Soros Quantum posted worst year performances since 2002
George Soros’s Quantum Endowment Fund last year turned in its worst performance in nine years. The nearly $28 billion fund posted a «disappointing» 2.63% positive returns in 2010...
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News State Street’s GX Private Equity Index Shows Modest Rebound After Q3 2015 Drop
State Street Corporation announced the results of its GX Private Equity IndexSM, a benchmark for comparative analysis of private equity performance, which includes a comprehensive data set dating back to 1980. In the fourth quarter of 2015, the index saw an overall return of (...)
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News Catella Nordic Long Short Equity Named Best Fund by The Hedge Fund Journal
Catella Nordic Long Short Equity was Yesterday Evening Named the "Best Performing Fund Over a 2 year Period" at The Hedge Fund Journal Awards in London.
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News Hedge funds end year positively but fail to keep pace with the stock market in 2012
Globally, in December, the Funds of Funds strategy (+1.09%) slightly outperformed the S&P 500 index. However, over the year, none of the hedge fund strategies could keep up with the stock market.
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Innovation Munich Re transfer US hurricane and European windstorm risks to the capital markets
Munich Re has acquired coverage for US hurricane and European windstorm risks with a total volume of US$ 100m from the special-purpose vehicle Queen Street IV Capital Limited, which in turn has placed a catastrophe bond for this amount in the capital (...)
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Interview Nicolas Gomart : «It is inaccurate to say that the alternative investments industry has not been able to provide expected non-correlation»
Nicolas Gomart, deputy CEO of OFI-AM, in charge of alternative management, answers our questions about the hedge fund industry....
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Opinion Hedge funds outperformed but the devil is in the details
The return of market volatility in February hurt equity markets significantly. For the first time in 15 months, the MSCI World ended the month in the red, down -3.5%, as EMU and Japanese markets underperformed.
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People Moves The Asia prop trading team of Goldman Sachs will also start its hedge fund!
The Hong Kong-based prop traders of the famous "Principal Strategies" desk at Goldman Sachs are also preparing to leave the bank.
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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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News Flows into hedge funds turn positive but lack conviction
Despite the mixed signals at the level of individual countries, the rally in risk assets continues unabated on the back of improving economic prospects and looser monetary conditions. In the hedge fund space, CTAs’ winning streak continues (+1.1% last week according to the (...)
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Note ‘$1bn Club’ Managers Hold 88% of all Hedge Fund Capital
The 668 firms with at least $1bn in assets under management (AUM) now control $2.75tn out of the total $3.13tn held by the hedge fund industry
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News NewAlpha Asset Management announces the initial closing of its fourth hedge fund seeding vehicle
NewAlpha 4 Genesis has completed its first closing of $150 million raised from French and Swiss institutional investors.
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