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Opalesque Roundup: Equity long/short, event driven, global macro most demanded hedge fund strategies - hedge fund news, week 32

Monday, August 03, 2015

In the week ending 31 July, 2015, a survey by Credit Suisse showed that 93% of surveyed institutional investors intend to maintain or increase their hedge fund allocations in the second half of this year.  Equity Long/Short, Event Driven, Global Macro and in Asia Multi Strategy are their most favoured strategies. A study by EDHEC-Risk Institute has found that investors recognize advanced beta equity investing as a promising avenue.

Nick Nanda is launching a hedge fund that will make bets globally on rising and falling prices across markets; FSI Group raised $59.4m in a new fund based in the Cayman Islands; Wells Fargo is soliciting investor money for a new commodities hedge fund; RAW Capital has launched an alternative lending fund focused on mortgage lending; Park Square Capital has raised more than double its initial target for the firm's latest Guernsey fund; Sturgeon Capital will launch an Iran equity fund called the Sturgeon Medes Fund; Logica Capital has combined a long/short momentum fund with a multi-strategy account to create a new fund; and State Street Corp. is starting a hedge fund that will bet on macroeconomic events.

China Universal Asset is set to unveil its first UCITS fund to......................

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