Monthly Archives: January 2019
Alternative asset managers bullish on 2019 fund rising environment
(Opalesque) Fundraising should remain strong in 2019 as investors seeking higher yields in a low-interest-rate environment are broadly interested in the space, Fitch Ratings reported. However, alternative asset managers are seeing rising levels of uninvested capital as realizations and investment […]
Canterbury Consulting rolls out fund of hedge funds with EnTrustPermal
(Opalesque) The investment advisory firm Canterbury Consulting, which oversees more than $18.3bn, is setting up a fund of hedge funds for its clients. The consultant announced in a press release that it is working with New York-based hedge fund and […]
iM Global Partner adds deputy CEO and Head of International Business
(Hedgeweek) Jose Castellano has joined iM Global Partner as deputy CEO and Head of International Business Development. To read this article:
Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index down 1.59 per cent in December
(Hedgeweek) The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned -1.59 per cent in December, outperforming the -1.93 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. […]
Hedge Fund wants to buy Sears Brands
(New York Post) The head of a sizable hedge fund is eyeing bringing the Kenmore and DieHard brands out of the Sears bankruptcy— but it is not clear if he can pry them away from company honcho Eddie Lampert, The […]
Bill Gross’s Bond Fund Dips Under $1 Billion After Redemptions
(Bloomberg) Investors keep pulling money from Bill Gross’s bond fund. The Janus Henderson Global Unconstrained Bond Fund suffered about $60 million of redemptions in December, according to Bloomberg estimates. The outflows lowered the fund’s assets to $950.4 million from February’s […]
Orange County Investment Adviser Charged With Defrauding Clients
(HedgeCo.Net) A Laguna Niguel, California investment adviser has been charged with misappropriating client funds and misleading his clients about how their money was invested and how their investments were performing. The SEC is seeking an asset freeze and the appointment […]
After third week of gains, stock market closes in on the ‘wall of resistance’ level that everyone is watching
(CNBC) The S&P 500 is poised to take aim at an extremely important level in the coming week. The 2,600 level has sucked in all sorts of market watchers — technicians and non-technicians alike — who are waiting to see […]
CTAs see out challenging 2018 with improvement in performance
(Hedgeweek) Following a challenging October and November, CTAs ended the year with positive performance, with the SG CTA Index up by 1.44 per cent and the SG Trend Index up 0.94 per cent in December. To read this article:
Catena expands North American and European trade reporting with CME Group
(Hedgeweek) Catena Technologies has expanded the capabilities of its TRACE Reporting solution through integration with CME Group’s North American and European trade repositories. To read this article:
Charles River and AcadiaSoft form alliance to expand STP support for OTC and exchange traded derivatives
(Hedgeweek) Charles River Development, a State Street Company, and AcadiaSoft have announced a business alliance to automate communication of margin calls and collateral estimates between counterparties in the Charles River Investment Management Solution (Charles River IMS) for OTC and exchange-traded […]
HedgeAssist merges with Catalina Partners
(Hedgeweek) Operational Due Diligence (ODD) specialist firms HedgeAssist and Catalina Partners merged on 1 January 2019. To read this article: