News

SS&C GlobeOp: Redemption Indicator for May

SS&C GlobeOp announced that its Forward Redemption Indicator for May shows notifications of 3.77%. This...

IMS, HedgeOp and Evenwheel form Cordium

Following their merger last year, the established brands of The IMS Group, HedgeOp Compliance and EvenWheel...

TFG extends offering to mortgage market

TFG Systems, the risk and portfolio management software provider, has announced that it has extended its...

Eurekahedge: Positive returns in April

Hedge funds posted positive returns in April as most markets trended upwards during the month. The...

Astmax and Gottex launch joint service

Astmax Asset Management, Inc., an asset management firm based in Tokyo, and Gottex Fund Management Sarl, the...

SS&C GlobeOp: April/May indexes

The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for April 2013 measured 1.44%. Hedge...

David A. Geffen launches HF advisory practice

The formation of Geffen Advisors LLC, a consulting firm focused exclusively on the hedge fund industry, was...

Hedge funds receive meagre $817m in March

BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research have reported that hedge funds took in a net $817 million (0....

Macro CTA leads April hedge fund gains

Hedge funds posted gains for the sixth consecutive month, as trend-following, quantitative Macro strategies...

100WHF to honour Dame Amelia Fawcett

100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF) have announced that Dame Amelia Fawcett DBE, will be awarded 100 Women in...

Strong start for alternative UCITS in 2013

Alternative UCITS funds have delivered a good start to 2013 with the sector growing in terms of number of...

Jason Fisher joins Pinebridge Investments

PineBridge Investments, the multi-asset class investment manager, have announced that Jason Fisher has...

Cantab closes UCITS fund

Cantab Capital Partners, the systematic global macro manager, has announced that it is closing its CCP...

Man Group Q1 Interim Management Statement

Man Group have released an Interim Management Statement for the quarter ended 31 March 2013. In the...

Backstop acquires PerTrac CMS

Backstop Solutions Group (BSG), a software-as-a-service provider to the alternative asset management...

Quentin Thom joins Kinetic Partners

Kinetic Partners LLP, a global advisor to the financial services industry, has hired Quentin Thom as a...

Review of HF charitable activities released

The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund association, has released...

Amundi appoints Laurent Guillet

Amundi has appointed Laurent Guillet as Chief Executive Officer, Amundi London Branch, subject to regulatory...

Appleby: Partnership and counsel announcements

Appleby, an offshore provider of legal, fiduciary and administration services, has announced the promotion...

Agecroft hires European Marketing Head

Agecroft Partners, a global hedge fund consulting and third party marketing firm, has hired hedge fund...

Mark Willis joins AllenbridgeEpic

AllenbridgeEpic Investment Advisers (AllenbridgeEpic), a leading investment adviser to UK pension funds, has...

New CEO for ConvergEx Limited

ConvergEx Group, a leading provider of global brokerage and trading-related services, has announced that it...

KeyQuant launch first UCITS fund

KeyQuant SAS has announced the the launch of the swap-free Key Trends UCITS Fund, the firm’s first...

HFR: 2013 asset surge

Total capital invested in the global hedge fund industry expanded during the first quarter at the fastest...

SS&C GlobeOp: April indicator

SS&C GlobeOp's Forward Redemption Indicator for April shows notifications of 2.95%. This figure is...

Stenham launch two new funds

Stenham Asset Management has recently launched a new Credit and a new Healthcare fund of hedge funds...

EDHEC-Risk: March performance

In March, the stock markets continued to rise for the fifth consecutive month with significant momentum. The...

Barclay CTA Index up 0.57%

Managed futures gained 0.57% in March according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index...

Barclay Hedge Fund Index gains 1.12%

Hedge funds gained 1.12% in March, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The...

UCITS HFS Index up 0.29%

The UCITS HFS Index continues its positive performance in 2013 with gains of 0.29% in March 2013. The broad...

Alceda acquires two new fund managers

Fund Management S.A. (Alceda) is pleased to announce that two new US fund managers, Miller/Howard...

Bedell Cristin assists Jersey AIFMD implementation

Bedell Cristin has seconded fund lawyer Caroline McGrath to the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC)...

Appleby grows Guernsey funds team

Appleby, an offshore provider of legal, fiduciary and administration services, has announced two senior...

HFA hires new regional directors

The Hedge Fund Association today announced three appointments that demonstrate its continuing expansion....

SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Index - March

SS&C GlobeOp announced its Hedge Fund Performance Index for March measured 1.53% and its Capital...

MAN Group announce regulatory status change

Man Group has confirmed with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) the change of its regulatory status from...

Polar Capital grows AUM in 2012

As at 31 March 2013 Polar Capital Holdings plc’s (the Group) assets under management increased to over...

Study: UCITS underperform non-UCITS rivals

This new research is drawn from the Newedge research chair on “Advanced Modelling for Alternative...

SS&C investment operations platform released

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., a global provider of financial services software and software-enabled...

Cantab announce new partners

Cantab Capital Partners, the systematic global macro manager has announced that Dr Matthew Killeya (Senior...

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    How do Dutch institutions invest into hedge funds and alternative investments?

Features

Editor’s Letter - April/May 2013
ROD SPARKS, PUBLISHER
It usually takes time to attract enough capital to become one of Europe’s largest 50 alternative asset managers, so it is not surprising that our performance winners are mostly familiar name...
Brevan Howard Commodities Strategies Fund
EUROPE 50 PERFORMANCE AWARDS 2013 - WINNER PROFILE
The fact that Brevan Howard Commodities Strategies Master Fund Limited (BHCS) won the performance award with relatively modest returns of 7% last year goes to show how...
AHL Evolution
EUROPE 50 PERFORMANCE AWARDS 2013 - WINNER PROFILE
Man AHL Evolution aims to produce return patterns that are lowly correlated with traditional, trend following CTAs. This objective is not, however, pursued through trading in the opposite...
JABCAP Global Balanced Fund
EUROPE 50 PERFORMANCE AWARDS 2013 - WINNER PROFILE
Last year was “a year of two halves” for the six-year-old JABCAP Global Balanced Fund. The first half was frustrating as central bank intervention led to jittery markets that...
AC Risk Parity 12 Fund
EUROPE 50 PERFORMANCE AWARDS 2013 - WINNER PROFILE
Aquila Capital’s Risk Parity strategy was, at launch in 2004, the first risk parity product in Europe. It switched into a UCITS structure in 2008, which was also a strong year for the AC Ris...
Optimising Technology to Control Hedge Fund Costs
SAMER OJJEH and NATALIE DEAK JAROS, ERNST & YOUNG LLP
As the hedge fund industry has matured, firms’ cost structures have grown. The increase in expenses has accelerated recently as firms have scrambled to invest in new...
The Convergence of Consultants and Funds of Funds
DEUTSCHE BANK
As the industry matures and becomes more institutional, it follows that consultants have become one of the most influential groups in the hedge fund investor community. Many consultants have...
Newedge Alternative Investment Solutions
VANYA DRAGOMANOVICH
The financial crisis has not been kind to the derivatives sector. The number of futures commission merchants (FCMs) – houses that can handle futures orders and provide credit to clients trad...
EDHEC-Risk Institute
AN EXTRACT FROM AN EDHEC STUDY
Hedge funds use a diverse set of techniques to improve performance and reduce volatility. Hedge funds have investment mandates that differ from those of traditional...
FRM Early View
FRM
Investors entered April on the back of a strong first quarter for risk assets, supported by capital inflows into equities and a more benign economic landscape. The question in April was...

Reports

FRM Early View - April 2013
Positive Run For Hedge Funds In April
KPMG Industry Insights: March 2013

Video

Video
Interview with Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia, discusses his new book 'Every Nation For Itself - Living In a G-Zero World' with The Hedge Fund Journal's Bill McIntosh.