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Gold tipped to surge again as investors maintain appetite amid coronavirus uncertainty Gold prices are storming back towards their mid-April highs, with investor appetite holding up amid sustained market volatility – potentially bringing further gains for hedge funds which have built major positions in the commodity recently. |
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Insurers continue to reduce hedge fund exposures | Thu | 21 May 2020, 11:26 | For a fourth straight year, the US insurance industry has reduced its hedge fund investments, by USD2.6 billion in 2019 to USD11.9 billion, with the property/casualty segment reporting a year-over-year reduction of 22 per cent, the largest among the major industry segments, according to a new AM Best special report. |
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Sponsored Article | What to know before you launch | Thu | 21 May 2020, 11:26 | Between setting up your fund structure, raising capital, and choosing service providers, you have many decisions ahead. One of the biggest is technology. Successful hedge funds can confidently check the boxes on: speed-to-market, operational infrastructure, investor transparency and due diligence. |
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Has fund governance improved in times of crisis? | Thu | 21 May 2020, 11:26 | Bill Prew, CEO of INDOS Financial, considers how fund governance practices have evolved to cope with the recent pandemic, and before it, the 2008 financial crisis. Despite challenges, Prew says boards cannot let standards slip nor take short-cuts, otherwise the interests of investors risk being compromised. |
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WorldQuant appoints President | Thu | 21 May 2020, 11:26 | WorldQuant, a global quantitative asset management firm, has appointed Gary Chropuvka as President. |
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| SEI Podcast Series: Technology transformation in investment management firms In a recent white paper entitled Evolution in Asset Management, SEI pointed out that 70 per cent of US fund managers are currently looking to deploy advanced analytics in the front-office. The field of data science and machine learning-based data analysis is helping to transform how fund managers think about data to gain a competitive edge. |
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