Category Archives: Syndicated
Asia-Pacific investors withdrew a total $19.2bn from hedge funds for first nine months in 2019
(Opalesque) In a period of significant political unrest in Asia-Pacific – investors withdrew a total $19.2bn from hedge funds in Q1-Q3 2019, said Preqin said. Singapore-based Swiss-Asia Financial Services has generated the highest cumulative net return of 314.69% YTD (as […]
Barclay CTA Index up 0.40 per cent in November
(Hedgeweek) After two straight down months, the managed futures industry reversed course in November posting a 0.40 per cent monthly return, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year-to-date, CTA funds posted a 5.04 per cent return through […]
State Street survey finds most institutions bullish on digital assets
(Opalesque) A survey of US asset managers and asset owners conducted by State Street Corporation predicts the continued prevalence of digital assets. Digital assets continue to come a long way in gaining credibility among institutions, with only six percent of […]
Missing the mark: CFA hedge fund performance standards
(Hedgeweek) The CFA Institute has released and circulated the final version of its guidelines to improve performance standards in the hedge fund industry. They will go into effect on 1 January, 2020. We strongly support the effort to create and […]
U.S. equity markets, hedge fund returns reach all-time highs in November
(Opalesque) Hedge fund returns continued their upward momentum in November, with the industry posting a monthly gain of 1.12%, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. By comparison, the S&P 500 Total […]
Ken Griffin Has Another Money Machine to Rival His Hedge Fund
(Bloomberg) Citadel Securities is sometimes dismissively referred to as “Citadel’s trading arm” — seen as a forgotten backwater of Ken Griffin’s hedge fund empire, where quants toil on complex algorithms to arbitrage tiny differences in stock prices or calculate bid-ask […]
Barclay CTA Index gains 0.40% in November
(Opalesque) Industry Update – After two straight down months, the managed futures industry reversed course in November posting a 0.40% monthly return, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. Year-to-date, CTA funds posted […]
Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index up 0.84 per cent in November
(Hedgeweek) The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index gained 0.84 per cent in November, supported by the strong performance of the global equity market as represented by the 2.76 per cent gain To read this article:
Is Thomson Reuters Corporation (TRI) Going to Burn These Hedge Funds?
(Reuters) Amid an overall bull market, many stocks that smart money investors were collectively bullish on surged through the end of November. Among them, Facebook and Microsoft ranked among the top 3 picks and these stocks gained 54% and 51% […]
Hedge fund firm Perceptive Advisors raises first venture capital fund
(Opalesque) New York-based hedge fund firm Perceptive Advisors closed its inaugural venture capital fund, the Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Fund, at $210million. The investment firm with a long history of funding publicly traded and later-stage privately held life sciences companies said […]
Equity long bias hedge funds topped the table, on track to record double-digit annual return
(Opalesque) The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index gained 0.84% in November, supported by the strong performance of the global equity market as represented by the 2.76% gain recorded by the MSCI ACWI (Local). Market optimism towards the progress of the US-China […]
Will we see an ETF blow-up in 2020?
(Hedgeweek) Murano’s Ole Rollag reflects on the past year and makes his predictions for hedge funds in 2020… To read this article: