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By IPE Staff2021-04-28T13:08:00+01:00
The hedge fund industry is lagging its peers when it comes to integrating ESG investment factors, according to a survey conducted by specialist consultancy bfinance.
Out of 256 investors surveyed, only 7% – and 13% of large investors with more than $25bn (€20.7bn) in assets under management – reported that their hedge fund and liquid alternatives managers offered “high integration” of ESG principles in their investment processes.
bfinance found that these figures are low relative to other asset classes, and even lower considering that 45% envisage that ESG adoption will be associated with some degree of relative outperformance among hedge funds over the next three years.
Quants Are Getting Ready to Pounce on China’s Commodity Boom
Bloomberg 3 hrs ago Justina Lee
(Bloomberg) Trend-following hedge funds in Europe and the U.S. are waiting in the wings as China opens up its futures markets in everything from coal and soybeans to silver.
These quantitative traders are looking to ride the momentum of hard and soft commodities in the world’s second-largest economy after policy makers eased access for foreigners in November.
So-called Commodity Trading Advisors who are actively considering the move include AlphaSimplex Group LLC in the U.S., Transtrend BV in the Netherlands and Aspect Capital Ltd. in the U.K.
100 Women in Finance to support black and brown professionals in the hedge fund industry Tuesday, February 23, 2021 Opalesque Industry Update - 100 Women in Finance (100WF), a global finance industry organization, announced that it has entered into a partnership with Black Hedge Fund Professionals Network (BHFPN), a non-profit organization based in New York that seeks to support the careers of black and brown professionals in the hedge fund industry. This is the second such partnership 100WF has entered into in recent months to advance the careers of professionals of color, through co-programming and speaker referrals, membership reciprocity arrangements, and support of early career professionals seeking to enter the finance industry.
Illinois Teachers moves $535 million to alternatives
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Illinois Teachers Retirement System, Springfield, committed a total of $535 million to four alternative managers since the end of October, said R. Stanley Rupnik, interim executive director and CIO, during an investment committee meeting held remotely Wednesday.
Investment staff of the $53.5 billion system have discretion to make manager changes without board approval.
The largest commitment, up to $300 million, from the $8.2 billion real assets portfolio went to existing manager
Starwood Capital Group for investment in Starwood Distressed Opportunity Fund XII, a real estate fund. Starwood currently manages $650 million for the teachers fund.
Existing manager Aspect Capital received an additional investment of $100 million for Aspect Systematic Global Macro U.S. Fund. Aspect currently manages $253 million within the system s $5.5 billion diversifying strategies portfolio.