02 Aug 2013
All six Market Vectors Hedge Fund Beta Indices positive in July
All six of the investable Market Vectors Hedge Fund Beta Indices recorded positive performance in July. Each index is constructed using…
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LexisNexis signs asset manager and wealth management content agreement with GFM
LexisNexis has boosted its asset manager and wealth management intelligence offering through an extended content agreement with market…
Cognios Capital expands availability of market neutral large cap mutual fund
Cognios Capita has expanded the availability of its Market Neutral Large Cap Fund to include Charles Schwab, Fidelity and…
01 Aug 2013
Alternative investment management and advisory group CedarKnight launches
CedarKnight, an independently owned boutique asset management group, has been launched by Gilly Uppal and Kenyon Abel. The firm’s mainstay…
Euro MMFs suffer large outflows in Q2, says Moody’s
Prime euro-denominated money market funds (MMFs) suffered a near 12 per cent drop in assets under management (AUM) to EUR66.1bn, as…
US GDP data better than expected
Joanna Shatney, Head of US Large Cap Equities at Schroders, comments on this week’s US GDP data…While the Q2 GDP data was better than…
31 Jul 2013
Scotia Private Client Group launches Scotia Long Short Equity Fund
Scotia Private Client Group has launched the Scotia Long Short Equity Fund, the first alternative investment solution available through its…
NYSE Euronext reports net income of USD173m for Q2 2013
NYSE Euronext has reported net income of USD173m, or USD0.71 per diluted share on a GAAP basis, for the second quarter of 2013, compared to…
30 Jul 2013
Fortress closes second mortgage servicing rights fund
Fortress Investment Group has closed the Fortress MSR Opportunities Fund II at its cap of USD1.1bn. MSR Fund II is a successor fund to the…
26 Jul 2013
BondDesk and S&P Capital IQ to develop odd-lot fixed income pricing service
BondDesk Group and S&P Capital IQ are developing a new pricing service for US corporate and municipal bonds, Odd-Lot Valuations. The…
Sanlam Securities partners with corporate mining specialist in South Africa
Sanlam Securities has entered into a strategic partnership with Qinisele Resources, a specialist mining corporate advisory boutique based…
25 Jul 2013
SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator measures 2.71 per cent for July
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for July 2013 measured 2.71 per cent, down from 3.88 per cent in June. “The July…
FrontLine Compliance relocates HQ to Rockville, Maryland
FrontLine Compliance, a regulatory compliance consulting firm servicing investment advisers, broker-dealers, hedge funds, private equity…
23 Jul 2013
Super-Abenomics from Japan’s Election Result
Global investors have been somewhat sceptical about the touted structural reforms in Japan and the ability of Abenomics to achieve its…
Eurex launches options on French government bond futures
The international derivatives market Eurex Exchange will launch options on futures that are based on notional long-term bonds issued by the…
