Hedgeweek Newsletter

NEWSLETTER | 15 Jan 2020

Oil hedge funds remain cool on further price surges

– Uncertainty still looms for commodities-focused strategies as Middle East tensions resurface – The deadly missile strike against Iranian general Qassem Suleimani at Baghdad Airport on 3 January elevated oil prices amid immediate concerns over renewed conflict in the region. Brent Crude surged to more than USD70 a barrel following the attack, and prices stayed above USD68 early last week, before falling back to just under USD65 on Monday.

Wed | 15 Jan 2020, 11:58

The recent underperformance of momentum stocks suggests the prevailing trends of recent years are drawing to a close - potentially making alpha generation increasingly challenging for hedge funds, according to Man Group analysts.

Wed | 15 Jan 2020, 11:58

In this latest podcast, produced in association with SEI, Michiel Meeuwissen (pictured), Head of Hedge Fund Solutions at Kempen Capital Management, and SEI’s Ross Ellis, discuss the evolution of asset management, and in particular two key trends – vulnerable economics, and emboldened investors.

Wed | 15 Jan 2020, 11:58

Hedge funds finished 2019 on a high note in December, posting an industry-wide 1.73 per cent return for the month, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge.

Wed | 15 Jan 2020, 11:58

GAM Investments has appointed Giovanni D’Alesio as head of research for its Alternative Investment Solutions business, effective 13 January. D’Alesio is based in London.

Napier Park names new Partner

Wed | 15 Jan 2020, 11:58

Napier Park Global Capital (Napier Park), an alternative asset management platform with more than USD14 billion in assets under management offering a diversified product mix of hedge funds, private investments, CLOs and structured credit to large, sophisticated institutional investors, has named Nadja Marcoz as a Partner of the firm.

Wed | 15 Jan 2020, 11:58

Morgan Stanley has appointed Linda Hill and Emmanuel Roman to the Institute for Sustainable Investing Advisory Board, effective immediately.

Wed | 15 Jan 2020, 11:58

iM Global Partner is to acquire a 20 per cent interest in Zadig Asset Management, an independent European equities specialist with USD1.8 billion AUM and 15 employees based in London and Luxembourg.

BMLL appoints CEO

Wed | 15 Jan 2020, 11:58

BMLL Technologies, a data engineering and analytics firm, has appointed Paul Humphrey as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Wed | 15 Jan 2020, 11:58

Man Group, a global active investment management firm, has appointed Robert Furdak as Chief Investment Officer for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), a newly-created role to further bolster the firm’s broader commitment to responsible investment (RI).

Broadridge accelerates hybrid cloud strategy

Wed | 15 Jan 2020, 11:58

Broadridge Financial Solutions is aiming to bring new cloud-based solutions to Broadridge’s clients in the financial services industry.

Wed | 15 Jan 2020, 11:58

Blockchain.com, a provider of cryptocurrency products has launched a trading API for cryptocurrency traders to access the deep liquidity and fastest matching engine in crypto on the Blockchain.com Exchange using automated trading algorithms.