Monthly Archives: February 2017

(FINalternatives) A large majority of private debt investors plan to increase capital commitments to the asset class in 2017 while more than a quarter of them say their private debt portfolios outperformed expectations last year, according to a new survey […]

(FINalternatives) SS&C Technologies has inked an agreement with managed-account platform HedgeCoVest LLC to provide its SMArt Xchange service exclusively to SS&C’s client base of advisors on Axys, APX, or Black Diamond platforms. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Tsukasa Shimoda, whose UMJ Galleyla Fund beat all other Japan-focused hedge funds last year, says the Donald Trump rally will soon fade as the U.S. president’s protectionist policies start to hurt the global economy.“The U.S. economy perhaps may improve […]

(Harvest) The managed futures hedge fund style, as measured by the SocGen CTA index, declined by just under one percent for the month. There was limited movement in commodities and bonds and the largest gains for the month were in […]

(Harvest) Our latest commentary on the liquid alts space has been published in WealthManagement.com: It’s Time to Clean Up Managed Futures Mutual Funds “Fair fees” and “managed futures” have been the investment equivalent of an oxymoron. To read this article:

(Citywire) The hedge fund industry suffered a massive net outflow of $102 billion (£80 billion) in 2016. The figure was revealed in the 2017 Preqin Global Hedge Fund Report, which also stated that 66% of hedge fund investors felt their […]

(HITC) Billionaire Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates earned almost $5 billion for its clients last year while rivals George Soros and John Paulson lost money, according to a report by hedge-fund investor LCH Investments NV. Bloomberg News reports that Bridgewater was […]

(Bloomberg) Complex debt trades that started as a way for lenders to reduce their loan exposure are becoming a business opportunity for some of the world’s biggest investment banks. Others are worried they could become another source of systemic risk. […]

(FINalternatives) The U.S. Federal Reserve could hike interest rates as many as four times in 2017 and markets do not sufficiently reflect this possibility, Blackrock chief investment officer for fixed income Rick Rieder said in remarks made on Wednesday. To […]

(The Business Insider) Citadel is shutting down one of its four stock picking units a little over a year after launching. Ravelin Capital, a San Francisco-based unit of Ken Griffin’s $26 billion hedge fund firm, is shutting down, according to […]

(The Business Insider) London-based fund of funds LCH Investments, a subsidiary of Edmond de Rothschild Capital Holdings Limited, just released its annual top 20 “most successful money managers” list for 2016. The list measures net gains, after fees, of hedge […]