Liquid Alternatives News

Brian Higgins has helped guide King Street Capital Management to pounce on some of the most high-profile distressed debt events of the past two decades, from Lehman Brothers Holdings to Revlon Inc. to WeWork Inc. Now the $23 billion hedge fund’s co-founder is gearing up with his colleagues to seize on opportunities as rising interest […]

Hedge fund managers are increasing fees in part to deal with higher interest rates and inflation.Hedge funds launched in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023 saw management fees increase by 3 basis points on average from the previous quarter to 1.2%.Incentive fees also increased by 89 basis points to an estimated average of 18.5%, according […]

Wenn 2022 das Jahr der steigenden Zinsen war, würde 2023 das Jahr sein, in dem man mit ihnen leben muss – so unsere Einschätzung zu Jahresbeginn. Im Jahresverlauf zeichneten sich Risiken für weitere Probleme in der Gesamtwirtschaft ab. Es bestand die Gefahr, dass die Auswirkungen rascher Zinserhöhungen zu Schocks im System und schließlich zu einem […]

When is it time to throw in the towel? Last week, Goldman Sach announced that it was replacing the sub-advisors at its flagship US multi-manager mutual fund (GSMMX) with strategies run by an internal quant team. Over the past ten years, this fund had returned 1.3% per annum after around 200 bps in fees and […]

Cerulli Associates writes that interest in onboarding alternative investments is growing among Asian distributors as they seek to promote these strategies to wealthy investors, who have increasingly warmed up to the asset class amid volatility in public markets.

A new study conducted by Ocorian, a global leader in entity administration and alternative fund services, reveals that alternative fund managers are anticipating a significant increase in inflows from pension funds over the next 18 months.

Wie lassen sich Hedgefonds kategorisieren? Letztlich investieren Hedgefonds vorwiegend in traditionelle Assetklassen (wie Aktien und Anleihen), bedienen sich jedoch alterna- tiver Strategien:

Die Hedgefondsbranche verzeichnete im Mai eine gemischte Performance, die insbesondere durch die Volatilität im Bankensektor begründet war, berichtet Kenneth J. Heinz, Präsident von HFR. Der HFRI 500 Fund Weighted Composite Index sank im Mai um 0,2 Prozent, Finanzwerte und Energie waren im rückläufig, während Technologie und künstliche Intelligenz zulegten.

This year continues to be full of surprises for markets as equities proved resilient and bond yields soared. However, it’s all part of a larger global macro trend, in which the narrative remains centered around U.S. Fed tightening. 2023 is the year of the “one trade market,” according to Andrew Beer, where prolonged uncertainty presents […]

MEV Capital Management is launching a new digital assets hedge fund, MEV Capital Stablecoin High-Yield Fund SP, a Cayman Islands vehicle that “deploys and monitors trend-agnostic strategies based on digital assets, seeking to capture yields and timed opportunities”.