Asset management
Hedge funds eye European corporate credit with caution
Cautious credit stance
Aegon €12 billion longevity swap ‘shows appetite of capital market for diversifying assets’
Aegon €12 billion longevity swap ‘shows appetite of capital market investors for diversifying assets’
Customised mandates have transformational impact on Gsam hedge fund group
Adapting to a changing world
Cat bonds set for boom year as new investors eye market
Despite a subdued level of activity in 2011, the cat bond market is expected to boom this year as new investors pile in and rates harden in the traditional reinsurance market. Thomas Whittaker reports on how the cat bond market is evolving
Whitebox Multi-Strategy Fund: Whitebox Advisors
Asking the right questions
Roubini forecasts continuing danger for global economic outlook in 2012 and beyond
Ticking economic timebomb
Sothic Capital European Opportunities Fund: Sothic Capital Management
Distressing opportunities
Alcentra belives leveraged loans will take off as an asset class
Alcentra says sub-investment grade leveraged loans are becoming an accepted asset class in Europe as the market develops. Institutional investors are the norm in Europe compared with retail in the US.
Poor performance for hedge fund strategies in 2011 as assets under management increase
Despite lacklustre performance across many strategies, hedge funds had good inflows, ending 2011 with total AUM of $1.71 trillion. Fixed income was the best performer and equity long/short the worst.
American VA providers de-risk to combat market volatility
Staying steady
The volatility challenge
The volatility challenge
Investable indexes: December 2011 returns
Broad hedge fund performance was down or flat for the end of 2011, with returns for the year in negative territory. There was some positive performance to be found in specific strategies.
Hedge fund investors look to share classes for currency risk management
Hedging currency bets
Emerging market hedge funds struggle to find alpha in volatile environment
Emerging from the gloom
New Capital Wealthy Nations Bond Fund: Stratton Street
Rating the rich
M&A lull poses challenge for event driven equity funds
Running short on deals
Hedging pressure-based long/short commodity strategy used for third generation commodity index
Case for long/short commodity indexes
Permal's Souede talks about challenges for hedge funds
Isaac Souede, chief executive and chairman of fund of hedge funds group Permal, talks about the challenges facing the industry, the creation of alpha and how the industry needs innovation to achieve alpha.
Rolls-Royce longevity swap highlights growing cross-border appetite of reinsurers
Rolls-Royce longevity swap highlights growing cross-border appetite of reinsurers
Investable indexes: November 2011 returns
Hedge fund performance fell during November as many strategies were hit by unfavourable market conditions, caused by the continuing eurozone sovereign debt woes.
Hedge funds record modest losses in November but outflows knock billions off industry
Hedge funds had marginal losses in November as the investment environment stayed tough, while performance-based losses and outflows wiped $10 billion off the size of the industry, reports Eurekahedge.
