Faced with the challenges brought on by the shifts in the hedge fund industry and the changing regulatory landscape, prime brokers are attempting to differentiate themselves through unique product offerings, as well as their ability to leverage proprietary technologies and […]

A call to everyone in the alternative investment industry in Canada. Join us at KPMG’s offices at 333 Bay Street on 3 October to hear who has won the awards this year. Once again, we have the full support of […]

RWC today announces Mark Walker is joining Louise Keeling as an analyst to work on its Luxembourg domiciled RWC Global Horizon Fund. Walker joins RWC from the Global Investment Research division of Goldman Sachs where he was an equity analyst […]

Setter Capital covers over 7000 institutional investors in alternative investment funds, over 900 buyers of funds, more than 2000 opportunistic sellers, and their buy and sell interest in more than 3000 fund families. In the course of monitoring this secondary […]

Many small to mid-sized hedge funds become frustrated because their firm’s assets under management are not growing and they believe the market is biased against them based on their asset size. They are constantly hearing that a majority of assets […]

“Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.” Euripides (480-406 BC) Stimulus questioned The most powerful and most prevailing theme in this ongoing bull market run is how participants continue to credit and adore the powers of the […]

Commonfund announced the release of the white paper, “Hedge Funds as Diversifiers in Institutional Portfolios” authored by members of its Hedge Fund Strategies Group, Kristofer Kwait, Managing Director, Head of Hedge Fund Research,  John Delano, Director, and Justin Santana, Director. While investors […]

New York-based Atalaya Capital Management LP, an alternative investment firm primarily focused on investing in credit opportunities, has closed its fifth special opportunities fund offering to a new and existing primarily institutional investor base.  Atalaya Fund V will seek to […]

SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ: SSNC), a global provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, today announced SS&C GlobeOp has embedded a voice recognition assistant in its iPhone and iPad App for comprehensive mobile fund administration. With the new Siri-like voice […]

 Eze Software Group, a premier provider of global investment technology, today announced the release of RealTick UltraLite™, a mobile trading platform for Apple, Android, and web browsers that extends the fundamental trading, market data, and risk management capabilities of the RealTick® EMS […]

Hennessee Group LLC announced today that the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index gained +1.82% in July (+6.91% YTD), while the S&P 500 gained +4.95% (+18.20% YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased +3.96% (+18.28% YTD), and the NASDAQ Composite Index rose […]