From Financial Risk Management Limited (FRM), part of Man Group The HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index fell -2.54% to 29 September, pushing the index further into negative territory at -3.52% for the year-to-date 2015. After a fall of -0.13% recorded in the first half of the month (16 September), hedge funds’ negative performance accelerated […] Read more »
Marshall Wace Partners Cut Deal with KKR for Liquidity and Distribution
By Hedge Fund Insight staff KKR, the quoted alternatives firm, and Marshall Wace LLP, one of London’s largest and longest-established hedge fund firms, today announced a long-term strategic partnership. Under the terms of the agreement, KKR will acquire at closing a 24.9% interest in Marshall Wace through a combination of cash and common units. […] Read more »
Event Driven Down for Year as Hedge Funds Lose for Third Month
From Eurekahedge Pte of Singapore Hedge funds posted their third consecutive month of losses with the Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index down 1.75%1in August while the MSCI World Index2lost 6.66% during the month as fears over China’s economic outlook intensified with global equity markets seeing broad based declines. Despite the setback, hedge funds have outperformed […] Read more »
Equity Hedge Yet to De-Gross Notes Man Group’s FRM
From FRM Investment Management Market Background China’s financial troubles and the Fed’s zeroing in on lift off for the next interest rate cycle have combined, as we thought they might, to place deflation at the forefront of investor concerns. Moreover, it is clear that the problems emanating from China, other emerging markets and many […] Read more »
A Bias to Event Driven and Equity Arb Over Equity L/S for DB Wealth Mgt
From Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management* Event-driven Equity special-situation-orientated managers and those running moderate net exposures (i.e. with long and short exposures to the market that are roughly in balance) continue generally to fare better than their credit and more directional peers. Within the merger-arbitrage sector, we prefer nimble and smaller managers which can […] Read more »
…and Asian Hedge Funds Were Doing So Well
By Simon Kerr, Publisher of Hedge Fund Insight Though it may seem a thought from a long time ago, this year had been stacking up as a relatively good one for Asian hedge funds. This was true as recently as just over a month ago. Comparisons for performance in the YTD to the end […] Read more »
European Hedge Fund Returns Closer to Asian Hedge Funds by End July
From Eurekahedge Hedge funds up 0.38% after bouncing back from previous month’s losses Hedge funds started the second half of 2015 on a positive note with the Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index up 0.38%1in July while the MSCI World Index2gained 1.34% during the month. Market sentiment improved as the impasse in Greek debt negotiations was […] Read more »
Add to Equity M-N from Event Driven Advises Deutsche AWM
By Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management’s Hedge Fund Advisory Team Strategy and Drivers – Taking advantage of the rise in volatility “Volatility and liquidity are persistent themes”. The theme ofelevated volatility in markets – a key message of the June 2015 CIO view, suggests emphasising those strategies that thrive in this type of environment. […] Read more »
Nearly All HF Strategies Down in June
By Financial Risk Management (FRM is part of Man Group) MARKETS In the US, we remain cautious of equity valuations. Earnings growth is weakening and some data shows it becoming negative. Data also shows institutions have been net sellers of stock for the past four quarters and only non-financials have been net buyers over […] Read more »
Crowding in Event Driven of Concern to Investors According to GAM
From Global Asset Management Global themes regained strength in May: global macro and event driven managers led the hedge fund pack May proved a choppy month across asset classes with investor attention focused on issues such as US growth concerns and the Greek solvency question. The US Dollar index was up 2.4%, US […] Read more »