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Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds outpaced by “alternative beta”, FX: hedge fund news, week 46

Monday, November 10, 2014

In the week ending 07 November, 2014, hedge funds posted declines for October with the HFRX Absolute Return Index losing -0.35% (-0.15% YTD); The Parker FX Index was up +2.49% for September (+2.64% YTD); The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index gained 0.62% in October (+2.45% YTD); The UCITS Alternative Index Global fell 0.39% (+0.60% YTD YTD).

Goldman Sachs has redeemed all its $285m liquid hedge fund assets; fund managers, flush with $4.7bn in fresh cash, are running out of options to catch up with the S&P’s 500 Index; Blackstone Alternative Alpha Funds announced estimated year-end distribution of $4.00 to $8.00 per share; BlueCrest Capital’s dream of growing in assets will be put on hold due to hundreds of millions of dollars in withdrawals; Unigestion Holding has been paring allocations to equity long-short and event-driven managers; OM Asset Management reported $213.8bn in assets under management as of Sept. 30.

V2 Capital has launched a new hedged equity vehicle, V2 Hedged Equity Fund; and Affin Hwang Asset has launched its first Luxembourg registered UCITS products.

Hermes Investment said it planned to close its commodities business due to difficulties in making returns; Kingsguard Advisors is shutting down after losses in October; Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s hedge fund ......................

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