Hedge funds were up 1.2 per cent in November, taking year to date performance to 2.6 per cent. Or so say the early reporting funds in the MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index . 62.8% of funds reported on returns 13
BNP Paribas announced today that it has secured a licence from Standard & Poor's to create derivative products linked to the S&P Hedge Fund Index. The French bank intends to provide a variety of derivative products linked to the S&P
A majority of U.S. institutional investors say the strengthening of existing Chinese Walls is the best means for reforming sell side equity research, but fewer think it will resolve conflicts of interest and fewer still that it will improve the
Countering the gloom surrounding equity based hedge fund strategies, Platinum Capital Management announced today that seven banks have now placed the Platinum Washington Fund on their approved lists for investment and distribution. The Group has also received requests from six
Reech Capital PLC has signed a deal with Daiwa Securities Trust and Banking (Europe) plc in Dublin, to be its provider of regular mark to market valuations of the OTC equity derivative elements contained within hedge fund client portfolios. Reech
Currency overlay providers are missing out on an important tool that can help reduce the implementation headaches that plan sponsors frequently face when implementing a currency overlay program. Or so says Philip Simotas, President at FX Concepts, Inc., a firm
Hedge funds produced a positive return of +2.55 percent on average in November, according to the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index published by the Hennessee Hedge Fund Advisory Group. But they still did worse than the market, in what was either
The Gordon House Optimal Fund was up 0.5 per cent in November, but is still down 8.98 per cent on the year, and below the 3.9 per cent rally managed by the Dow Jones Pan Europe Stoxx Index last month.
Sophis, a provider of portfolio and risk management solutions announced today that AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has licensed its VALUE Front and Middle office tools for the convertible bonds activity including its new Irish convertible bonds arbitrage hedge fund
As part of the strategic refocusing of its activities in Europe, Credit Agricole Indosuez has agreed to sell LibertyView Capital Management Inc., its American alternative investment management subsidiary. An agreement in principle for the sale of LibertyView Capital Management Inc