According to Anthony Lawler, portfolio manager at GAM noted, the volatility year-to-date has proved challenging for active managers who were generally hurt in January and February before recovering with some gains in March. Many had trimmed exposures in January and early February before the rebound and were unable to benefit in size from the subsequent rally...

Deutsche Bank released its 14th annual Alternative Investment Survey, one of the industry's largest and longest standing hedge fund investor surveys...

Unigestion, the boutique asset manager that focuses on providing its clients with risk-managed investment solutions, today announces that it has hired a fund investment team from the London-based hedge fund group Cube Capital...

The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down -0.9% in January. 5 out of 11 Lyxor Indices ended the month in positive territory. The Lyxor CTA Long Term Index (+2.2%), the Lyxor Global Macro Index (+0.7%), and the Lyxor Fixed Income Arbitrage Index (+0.7%) were the best performers.

The performance of CTAs during the recent market meltdown is remarkable. It highlights the fact that the power of diversification of the strategy in a portfolio remains intact. Recent developments provide additional evidence that managed futures often outperform traditional long-only investments and hedge fund strategies during market dislocations and macro events.