21 Sep 2010
Source launches two ETFs tracking Merrill Lynch Factor Model strategy
Source says it now offers a truly passive approach to alternative investment, with the launch of two exchange-traded funds tracking the…
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20 Sep 2010
Brevan Howard to open Latin America office
Brevan Howard, Europe’s largest hedge fund, will open a research office in São Paulo, Brazil.The firm already has offices in Europe, the US…
Cheyne European Event Driven Fund raises over USD100m
Cheyne Capital Management (UK) says the Cheyne European Event Driven Fund exceeded its first round target of USD100m in assets under…
Charter Group launches hedge fund administration firm
Charter Group has teamed up with Brian Taitz to launch a hedge fund administration firm, Charter Group Fund Administration. The firm is…
Source hedge fund ETF launched on Xetra
Source has launched the BofAML Hedge Fund Factor Euro Source ETF in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment.The fund tracks the performance of the…
17 Sep 2010
Regulation guides growth opportunities in commodity markets
The over-the-counter commodity derivatives market has been shrinking since June 2008, falling by 78 per cent in terms of notional…
Swift to reduce message prices by an average 20 per cent
Swift, the provider of financial messaging services, is reducing the price of messages on its core FIN service by an average of 20 per…
16 Sep 2010
Strong showing for Malta in global competitiveness report
Malta has moved into 11th position in financial market development, according to the World Economic Forum’s Competitiveness Index…
IQ Hedge Global Macro Beta Index up 1.42 per cent in August
The IQ Hedge Global Macro Beta Index rose by 1.42 per cent in August, according to data from IndexIQ, a developer of index-based…
Barclay CTA Index gains 1.48 per cent in August
Managed futures gained 1.48 per cent in August, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge.“Continued weakness in sales of…
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 0.23 per cent in August
Final performance for the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index has been confirmed up 0.23 per cent in August and 2.46 per cent…
Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index rises by 0.05 per cent
The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index was up 0.05 per cent in August, lifting year to date gains to 0.8 per cent.Equity markets were severely…
Australian hedge funds rise by 0.22 per cent in August
Australian hedge funds rose by 0.22 per cent in August, according to data from Australian Fund Monitors.Most funds weathered a mixed and…
15 Sep 2010
Growth in European repo market surpasses pre-crisis levels
The size of the European repo market now stands at EUR 6,979bn, an increase of 25 per cent from EUR5,582bn in December 2009, according to a…
Hedge funds down 0.2 per cent in August, says Lipper
Hedge funds ended August in marginally negative territory as stocks lost ground and commodities slid on weak economic data, suggesting a…
