March 2012
March 26, 2012
Man Group CEO Peter Clarke believes the acquisition of GLG has given rise to a uniquely balanced and scalable alternative investment business that spans a growing range of liquid systematic and discretionary strategies, that can access all types of investors around the world and that should be able to deliver uncorrelated return streams in most market environments. But a strong performance in 2012 would help to convince sceptics after a tough year in 2011. In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with EuroHedge, Clarke talks about strategy, synergy, culture, growth, markets, new products, regulation, acquisitions and much more besides
March 26, 2012
Assets in European hedge funds remained stable in 2011 in the face of increasingly severe market and macro headwinds – although the Eurozone crisis took its toll in the second half
March 26, 2012
For more than a decade Charlemagne Capital’s OCCO Eastern European fund has been one of the star performers in the often-volatile emerging market equity space – managing to capture most of the upside while minimising exposure to the downside risks to which emerging market equities have been so vulnerable
March 26, 2012
The event-driven specialist is making good returns with a strategy that is focused on liquid investments and soft-catalyst plays in Europe, Asia and the emerging markets
March 26, 2012
Twelve months after absorbing Gartmore, the combined Henderson/AlphaGen hedge fund group is flourishing in terms of manager morale, investor inflows and new growth opportunities
March 26, 2012
GLG’s experienced TMT sector specialists, Philip Pearson and Anthony Burton, are pursuing a quasi-market neutral approach to exploit twin themes of creation and destruction throughout the technology world in a new phase of rapid innovation and virtual revolution driven by the smartphone and the tablet
March 22, 2012
A wave of shutdowns, negative performance and net outflows led Asian hedge fund industry assets to decline by some 8% to end-2011 to end the year at $140.62 billion. What is heartening, however, is the growing influence of multi-strategy funds, and the great move East, whereby a whopping 78% of industry assets are now managed from within the region
March 22, 2012
China-related stocks have been under pressure but where others might see fear, Andy Mantel, founder and chief executive of Pacific Sun Advisors, sees opportunity in the fast-growing, volatile market
March 05, 2012
Blackstone tops the polls as funds of hedge funds enter the new age of customised institutional investing
March 05, 2012
Communication and open dialogue high on the wish-list as investors want partner with their providers
March 05, 2012
To thrive and grow in a consolidating environment William Michaelcheck steers a $11.6bn firm to evolve into a multi-strategy business model
March 05, 2012
FRM alumni explore algorithms to offer institutional investors a cheaper option