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Mar 20, 2025

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Chicago Plan Selects French Fund For Diversifying Strategy

Apr 24, 2024

The USD1 billion Chicago Firemen’s Annuity & Benefit Fund has selected Paris-based hedge fund manager CFM Asset Management for its liquid diversifying strategies allocation.

Breakin’ My Market - Sunday Roundup, April 21, 2024

Apr 21, 2024

Bad news never has the effect you think it will, especially so in the derivatives space. But for once, options prices this week seemed to be taking into account the unsettling combination of the Fed signaling that rates might in fact stay higher for longer and tension in the Middle East reaching a boiling point.

Hedge Funds, Passive Strategies And More - MandateConnect Newsletter, April 18, 2024

Apr 18, 2024

We’re still a little way off from U.S. public pension plans’ first-quarter reviews, but some themes are starting to emerge from recent MandateConnect data. In this newsletter, we dig into new investments made by allocators over the last six months and look at U.S. plans’ internal equity programs.

Global Macro Among Systematic Styles Proving Popular In The Middle East

Apr 18, 2024

David Denison, deputy chief investment officer at USD2.2 billion Florin Court Capital in Abu Dhabi, said big institutional investors in the Middle East, such as sovereign wealth funds, have been interested in quantitative strategies for a long time. Most of the systematic strategies of interest to date have been in developed market equities and global macro, he said.

Absolute Return Shift Sends U.S. Plan To Seek Relative Value, Long/Short Strategies

Apr 17, 2024

Oregon Investment Council is planning to add as many as nine managers and strategies in the second phase of an overhaul of its USD4.5 billion diversifying strategies portfolio.

LACERA To Increase Allocation To Risk Mitigating Strategies

Apr 16, 2024

The USD77 billion Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association will approve new strategic asset allocation changes, including an increase to risk mitigating investments and the addition of a new overlays and hedging category.

Convexity Fund To Add Short Rates, FX, Energy Vol Strategies

Apr 15, 2024

SciEdge Cross Convexity Fund, a standalone volatility fund hosted on the USD425 million Paris-based RCube Asset Management platform, is looking to add exposure to short dated rates, foreign exchange and energy volatility strategies as a way to improve diversification.