Liquid Alternatives News

Wealthy individuals who work with a specialized portfolio advisory group at UBS are increasingly interested in private markets. In response, the advisory group has raised its recommended allocations to private equity, private debt, real estate, structured products, and hedge funds for these clients from about 16% to about 22% of their portfolios.

Hedge funds are facing reduced access to foreign exchange (FX) services from their prime brokers, which could limit their investment opportunities in sectors such as frontier markets, according to research.Consolidation among sell-side providers of FX prime brokerage is partly to blame, a report by Acuiti found.Nearly 40% of 57 firms surveyed had reduced the number […]

Find out why Man Group’s Robyn Grew, Systematica Investments’ Leda Braga, and Point72’s Jade Harber all rose to the top this year.

According to data, hedge funds have surpassed the $4 trillion mark at the start of Q4 2023, driven by macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainties. According to hedge fund research firm HFR’s Global Hedge Fund Industry Report, total hedge fund assets continued their upward trajectory, marking the fourth consecutive quarterly increase in the third quarter of 2023, […]

Ahead of Livewire’s annual series on Alternative Investment Strategies, I revisit the case for alternatives and how to use them.

As uncertainty continues to hang over the public markets and the broader economy, advisors and investors in the retail space are seeking sanctuary and opportunity in the rarefied arena of alternative investments. But not every advisor is joining the rush.

Makro-Hedgefonds verzeichneten unkorrelierte Gewinne und eine starke Outperformance, als sich die Volatilität im September beschleunigte und Aktien und Renten gleichermaßen südwärts gingen.

The Private Equity Group of J.P. Morgan Asset Management today announced the launch of JPMorgan Private Markets Fund (“JPMF”), a 1940 Act-registered, evergreen private equity fund. JPMF is designed to provide access to private equity investments for qualified and accredited individual and institutional clients1. JPMF’s features include a low $25,000 investment minimum2, no capital calls, […]

Global hedge funds raced to load up on bullish positions in banks, insurance companies and capital markets as September drew to a close, Morgan Stanley said in a client note, catching a tailwind for the financial sector from higher interest rates. European bank stocks (.SX7P) fell by as much as 4% at one point last […]