ALTERNATIVE UCITS KNOWLEDGE CENTER

LUXHEDGE MONTHLY BENCHMARK INDICES

Global Alternative UCITS

Last week : 1 Jan : 1.30% YTD : 1.30%

Equity Hedge

Last week : 2 Jan : 1.68% YTD : 1.68%

Fixed Income Alternative UCITS

Last week : 3 Jan : 1.18% YTD : 1.18%

Event Driven & Merger Arbitrage

Last week : 4 Jan : 1.39% YTD : 1.39%

Macro

Last week : 5 Jan : 0.17% YTD : 0.17%

Multi Asset Alternative UCITS

Last week : 6 Jan : 1.50% YTD : 1.50%

Diversified Strategies

Last week : 7 Jan : 1.42% YTD : 1.42%

Equity Long/Short

Last week : 8 Jan : 2.24% YTD : 2.24%

Equity Long/Short AP

Last week : 9 Jan : 3.74% YTD : 3.74%

Equity Long/Short Europe

Last week : 10 Jan : 1.08% YTD : 1.08%

Equity Long/Short Global

Last week : 11 Jan : 2.22% YTD : 2.22%

Equity Long/Short US

Last week : 12 Jan : 4.54% YTD : 4.54%

Equity Market Neutral

Last week : 13 Jan : 0.58% YTD : 0.58%

Rates Long/Short

Last week : 14 Jan : 1.14% YTD : 1.14%

Credit Long/Short

Last week : 15 Jan : 1.09% YTD : 1.09%

Absolute Return Bonds

Last week : 16 Jan : 1.28% YTD : 1.28%

Discretionary Macro

Last week : 17 Jan : 1.47% YTD : 1.47%

CTA & Managed Futures

Last week : 18 Jan : -1.08% YTD : -1.08%

Currency Trading

Last week : 19 Jan : 0.45% YTD : 0.45%

Commodity Long/Short

Last week : 20 Jan : 1.03% YTD : 1.03%

Alternative Risk Premia

Last week : 21 Jan : 1.07% YTD : 1.07%

Multi Asset Long/Short

Last week : 22 Jan : -0.29% YTD : -0.29%

Multi Asset Absolute Return

Last week : 23 Jan : 2.11% YTD : 2.11%

Volatility Trading

Last week : 24 Jan : 0.77% YTD : 0.77%

Multi Strategy & Multi Manager

Last week : 25 Jan : 1.71% YTD : 1.71%

Alternative Fund of Funds

Last week : 26 Jan : 1.25% YTD : 1.25%

NEWS

  • Under the current challenging market conditions, many investors are rethinking their portfolios and considering to increase allocations to alternatives. 2018 proved to be a difficult year for many Ate...

    24 January, 2019

  • General poor performance and surges in market volatility have led to record redemptions in the hedge fund industry. According to Hedge Fund Research’s monthly report, 0.7% of industry capital left in ...

    23 January, 2019

  • The average Alternative UCITS fund continues to have a difficult time performing in 2018. The LuxHedge Global Alternative UCITS Index posted a loss of -0.59% in November, bringing YTD results down to ...

    23 January, 2019

  • New Mexico based investment firm Thornburg has announced the launch of an Equity Long/Short UCITS fund. The strategy dates back to 2008 and has been running both in a managed account and in a US mutua...

    18 January, 2019

  • Using convertibles to get long exposure to companies, the fund will share characteristics with traditional Long/Short Equity and Convertible Arbitrage funds. The investments are split into five catego...

    07 January, 2019

  • The average Alternative UCITS fund continues to have a difficult time performing in 2018. The LuxHedge Global Alternative UCITS Index posted a loss of -0.59% in November, bringing YTD results down to ...

    11 December, 2018

  • In line with it’s objective to integrate ESG criteria into 90% of its mainstream AUM by 2019, Lombard Odier IM announced the launch of a new sustainable market neutral fund. The TerreNeuve fund wil...

    10 December, 2018

ARTICLES & RESEARCH

  • Why consider a Multi Strategy approach in the current environment?
    An unprecedented period of central bank intervention has provided a strong tailwind to risk assets of all kinds. Equity market returns have had a remarkable run with exceptionally low volatility and b...
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  • Opportunities and Limits of using Artificial Intelligence within Asset Management
    Artificial intelligence can lead to new investment ideas, more robust portfolio allocations and has the potential to benefit the entire spectrum of an asset management company’s value chain
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