Investing in Hedge Funds

BlackRock has made its family of money market funds available to Euroclear Bank’s clients, enabling them to re-invest cash received as collateral in triparty transactions managed by Euroclear Bank. Re-investing cash collateral is a frequent challenge in this type of transaction. »

Kodak Retirement Income Plan (KRIP) is the seed investor for AlphaEngine Global Investment’s SMART Alpha investment program, an absolute return strategy that focuses on generating strong absolute returns, especially during periods when equity beta and typical absolute return strategies struggle to perform (eg, 2008 and 2011) and when typical corporate pension liabilities rise. »

Goldilocks, the Swiss-run hybrid gold and currency fund is opening to investors on a continual basis following strong gains through 2011 with returns of +9.66% year-to-date (and +11.01% in the past 12 months) to end-October. The fund was originally “closed ended”. »

Maples Fund Services has expanded its middle office capabilities with the launch of consolidated reporting for institutional investors. »

Jeroen Tielman (pictured), CEO and Founder of IMQubator (IMQ), says that the existing investment management model is broken, and he is determined to take complaints from hedge fund investors in the wake of the crisis to heart, by demanding the structure and governance of the funds IMQ incubates to be better aligned with the long term interests of investors. »

State Street Corporation and InfraHedge, a UK-based company providing  an independent governance and risk management infrastructure for institutional investors to invest in hedge funds through managed accounts, have formed a new strategic alliance marked by State Street’s majority equity investment in InfraHedge. »

AMP Capital Investors has selected MSCI's BarraOne for firm-wide multi-asset class investment risk management. »

Institutional investors should review information that goes beyond the typical scorecard that they use, called the "implementation shortfall," when they gauge the success of changing the asset allocation of a portfolio or switching asset managers. That is one of the key conclusions of a new study from Mellon Transition Management (MTM), the transition management specialist for BNY Mellon Asset Management.   »

Angel Oak Capital Advisors, LLC (Angel Oak) has launched the Angel Oak Multi Strategy Income Fund, offering an easier way for individual and professional investors to invest in alternative fixed income instruments. The fund seeks to achieve high current income while providing less interest rate sensitivity than traditional fixed income assets. »

Twelve Capital (Twelve) has been appointed by Pensionskassernes Administration A/S (PKA) to design and manage an USD150 million mandate investing in Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS). »