AllianceBernstein launches alternative risk premia product
January 8, 2018
AllianceBernstein (AB) has jumped on the alternative risk premia bandwagon, launching AB Alternative Risk Premia Portfolio. The product is aimed at institutional investors.
Name change for Hedge Fund Standards Board reflects diversity and evolution of alternatives
September 13, 2017
In a sign of the times and a shift in sentiment towards hedge funds, the Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB) has renamed itself the Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI).
BlueBay opens Cayman version of Ucits fund with discretionary global macro strategy
August 2, 2017
BlueBay Asset Management, a European fund house specialising in active management of fixed income, has launched a Cayman version of its BlueBay Global Sovereign Opportunities (Ucits) Fund.
Investors expect more from hedge funds in 2017 as performance improves
March 9, 2017
Almost three quarters of investors expect their hedge fund portfolios to perform better in 2017 compared with 2016. Performance-based gains are expected to drive industry assets to reach $3.14tn by year-end.
Investors set to keep capital flowing into hedge funds as strategy preferences change
March 1, 2017
Hedge funds are back in favour with investors. A 3.5 per cent increase in new inflows during 2017 is forecast in the 2017 Credit Suisse hedge fund investor survey.
Hedge funds set to regain investor confidence as industry continues to evolve
February 23, 2017
As flows are being redistributed out of active into passive products, hedge funds, investors and the asset management industry need to reconsider their business models and value propositions.
Man GLG launches global long/short fund dedicated to sectors vulnerable to innovation and change
February 8, 2017
GLG, the discretionary hedge fund management arm of Man Group, has launched GLG Innovation Equity Alternative.
Banks to lose as asset managers move to others under Mifid II research unbundling in 2018
January 16, 2017
With less than a year before the markets in financial instruments directive (Mifid II) rules kick in, most asset managers are shifting research budgets away from the top nine investment banks.
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