West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) - SGAM (Société Générale Asset Management) Alternative Investments launched the SGAM ETF T-Rex (for total return exposure), on Euronext Paris.
"It is possible to build a portfolio of dynamic strategies designed to replicate overall allocations in the hedge funds industry," SGAM says, "and thus attempt to replicate performances by taking up equivalent […]

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) - Hedge fund broker MF Global Ltd. has appointed Michael Roseman as its new chief risk officer.
“Michael has very broad experience managing risk around the asset classes that this company brokers,” said Kevin R. Davis, chief executive officer, MF Global. “I’m delighted that he has decided to join MF Global and […]

HedgeFund.Net - Swiss funds-of-funds firm Gottex Fund Management is launching a fund that will emulate the investment principles of U.S. “super endowments.”
The new fund will emulate the investment principles of successful U.S. university endowment funds, such as Harvard and Princeton. It will allocate about 65% to alternative investments. The alternative part of the […]

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) - AA platform for asset managers and advisers to create SICAV SIF funds in Luxembourg has been launched by KMG SICAV SIF. The platform caters to all asset classes, including hedge funds. There are no restrictions on leverage.
Thee process allows managers to focus on investment management, the process allows managers to […]

Hedge Funds Review Magazine - Hedge funds generally are more correlated in bull market runs and more de-correlation at market downturns. A comparison of the Credit Suisse/Tremont Broad Benchmark Index (HEDG), an asset-weighted broad benchmark of the hedge fund industry, to the MSCI World Index, a broad equity index, shows that the 12-month rolling correlation […]

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) -  Hedge funds generally are more correlated in bull market runs and more de-correlation at market downturns.
A comparison of the Credit Suisse/Tremont Broad Benchmark Index (HEDG), an asset-weighted broad benchmark of the hedge fund industry, to the MSCI World Index, a broad equity index, shows that the 12-month rolling correlation […]

InvestorDaily- While Australian superannuation funds and institutional investors have discovered hedge funds, their participation is not to the extent of most of their developed market peers.
But the current market downturn may change that behaviour, because the juicy returns they had become used to from the traditional asset classes have disappeared for the moment.
"The industry super […]

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- So far this summer, with only some slight exaggeration, Iraq could comparatively be portrayed as a stable, safe & secure place, according to the Fact Sheet for June 2008 for the Iraqi Babylon Fund.
Relative calmness characterized Babylon Fund’s performance in June, mainly trading  sideway with a modest 0.6% performance in […]

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net)- The DMX, Directional Markets Index, heads the list of investable Alternative Investment Indices provided by Alternative-Index Ltd, with a month-to-date performance of +0.71% and a stellar year-to-date performance of +16.61%. DMX is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange.
The best performing sector for the DMX was the Interest Rates sector with a […]

Hedge Funds Review Magazine- In early 2007 HNWIs bet heavily on riskier asset classes. However further into the year, financial market turmoil and economic uncertainty intensified and HNWIs began to shift their investments to safer, less volatile asset classes.
Exposure to property and hedge funds was reduced in favour of safer investments, according to the “World […]

Zurich - Harcourt Investment Consulting AG (Harcourt) is pleased to announce the launch of Belmont (Lux) Global Emerging Markets, a multi-strategy fund of hedge funds dedicated to harnessing the unique opportunities presented by hedge funds focussed on emerging markets. Through a well diversified portfolio of managers and strategies, the fund affords efficient exposure to emerging […]

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net)- Hedge funds started the second quarter of 2008 on a strong note as global stock markets recovered, according to Singapore-based hedge fund research company Eurekahedge.
"The Fed’s aggressive response to the weakness across credit markets and the slowing of economic growth in the U.S. went some way in improving investor sentiment […]