By Barclays Capital Solutions Group The Equity Hedge Fund segment is obviously fairly broad and includes a set of disparate strategies. We have taken a close look at these various sub-strategies, which each have their own unique characteristics and appeal to investors. We describe these sub-strategies in this article and attempt to show their […] Read more »
Macro Returns Positive In October As Event Driven Turns Negative For the Year
From Global Asset Management Global markets were volatile in October with equities, credit and bond yields broadly selling-off in the first half of the month before reversing course and rallying into month-end. This volatility and choppiness proved challenging for many investors, including hedge funds, with most cutting their risk by mid-month and therefore not […] Read more »
SkyBridge Capital De-Risk Anticipating A Meaningful Dislocation In Markets
In this webcast transcript Troy Gayeski, Senior Portfolio Manager, and Ray Nolte, Chief Investment Officer of SkyBridge Capital discuss how the shifts of market and economic background have driven the decision making on the flagship SkyBridge Multi-Advisor Hedge Fund Portfolios (Series G). 1. Q2 Portfolio Review: How much did the portfolio shift? Troy Gayeski: […] Read more »
King Street Capital Manages The Daddy Of Distressed Funds
From King Street Capital manages two of the largest distressed debt funds – the very largest King Street Capital Ltd ($12.5bn AUM) , and King Street Europe ($1.2bn). If one manager from this largest manager list has to be selected on the grounds of performance it would be Hildene Capital Management. Both distressed funds […] Read more »
Public BDCs: An Expensive High Dividend Stock Substitute or a Private Debt “Liquid Alternative”?
By Mary Bates, Director of Credit Strategies at Silver Creek Capital As interest in liquid alternatives surges and the search for yield continues, public Business Development Companies (“BDCs”) have received significant institutional interest. These REIT-like vehicles, which have historically focused on the retail market, appear very attractive at first blush, offering yields above traditional […] Read more »
GAM Remains Positive On Global Macro And Event Driven
From Global Asset Management September proved a challenging month for many investors as equities, bonds and credit sold off. The MSCI World index was down 2.7%, while the Barclays Global Aggregate Bond index lost 2.8%. Global macro hedge funds delivered 1.5%, while the broader hedge fund universe was down 0.8%, as measured by the […] Read more »
CLOs: The Comeback Kings
By Torben Ronberg, Head of Sub-Investment Grade at ECM Asset Management “Comeback” is the right way to describe the CLO market this year (Collateralised Loan Obligations – securitised portfolios of predominantly senior secured leveraged loans). Led by the US CLO market, we have seen global issuance YTD in 2014 of a staggering $101.5bn*. 88.5% […] Read more »
Side-Pocketed Hedge Fund Assets Attract New Investors
From Lars Lindqvist, founder Cattegatt Secondaries Cattegatt Secondaries, the London based specialist broker for private equity and illiquid hedge funds interests, reports that over the last nine months, the pricing of hedge fund side pockets continued to improve relative to previous trading periods. This can be attributed to an improved economic landscape which has […] Read more »
Credit, Relative Value and Event Driven Strategies In Demand At GAM
From Global Asset Management Markets recovered their July losses, with the MSCI World index up 2.2% in August, while the reach for yield resumed with the Barclays US Aggregate Bond index rallying 1.1% and US high yield credit up 1.6% (IBOXX HY index). Hedge funds overall posted gains in August with the HFRX Global […] Read more »
Bond Market Bubble? More Like A Central Bank Bubble
By Ben Bennett, Credit Strategist at Legal & General Investment Management As US quantitative easing draws to a close, there is increasing nervousness that the bond market bubble may be about to burst. But the market’s high prices and low yields are not just a problem for bonds, they are a symptom of broader problems […] Read more »