Liquid Alternatives News

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”.

An in-depth analysis of hedge fund performance demonstrates that, over the past 15 years, lower-beta hedge fund styles have generally achieved higher alpha, aligning with investors’ objectives of maximizing returns and diversification. Within the hedge fund landscape, multi-strategy, macro, and trend-following strategies have delivered meaningful alpha while maintaining lower exposure to traditional market betas. The […]

To better understand the issues and benefits around developing a managed alternatives strategy, we were introduced to Jeffrey G. Wilkins, deputy chief investment officer of Hamilton Capital – a Columbus, Ohio-based investment and wealth management RIA firm that recently launched an actively managed, closed-end, tender-offer alternatives mutual fund, the Dynamic Alternatives Fund. Built initially for […]