10 May 2010
Oscarsson & Engman Capital AB launches Nordic advisory and capital introduction company
Oscarsson & Engman Capital AB (OE Capital) has been licensed by Finansinspektionen (the Swedish equalent of the UK's FSA) to operate as…
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Salus Alpha Funds outperform other financial markets in April
Seven individual products managed by Salus Alpha recorded positive returns in April. The Salus Alpha Managed Futures fund returned +10.24%…
Xetra-Gold sets new record turnover of 3.7 tons in one week
In the first five trading days of May, Xetra-Gold achieved new records for cash inflows, order book turnover and market share. From 3 until…
NASDAQ OMX and NYSE Euronext coordinate efforts to determine cause of market plunge
NASDAQ OMX and NYSE Euronext are coordinating their efforts to determine the cause of Thursday 6 May's market plunge.In a joint statement,…
Dutch hedge funds returned +1.7% in March
The Finles/IEX Dutch hedge fund index posted a +1.7% return in March, outperforming the HFRX Global hedge fund index by 0.32%. The best…
NewEdge Volatility Trading Index down 0.56% in April
The latest April 2010 estimate for the NewEdge Volatility Index (VTI) is -0.56% making this the sixth consecutive month that the index has…
Fortis Bank agrees sale of Prime Fund Solutions to Credit Suisse
Fortis Bank Nederland (FBN) has signed an agreement on the sale of Prime Fund Solutions (PFS) to Credit Suisse. FBN first entered into…
AIMA express concern about dual registration issue in US
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has expressed concern about the issue of dual registration for non-US investment…
09 May 2010
Industry veteran Rachel SL Minard joins Optima Fund Management
Industry veteran Rachel SL Minard has joined Optima Fund Management, a USD3.5 billion private investment firm specializing in hedge fund…
Fitch revises methodology on covered bonds secured by commercial mortgages
Fitch Ratings has published its revised methodology relating to the analysis of European covered bonds secured on commercial mortgage…
Eurex to introduce options on three benchmark ETFs
Eurex will list three options on 17 May based on the Deutsche Bank ETFs db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets TRN, MSCI World TRN and MSCI…
NYSE Euronext derivatives April trading volume up 51.5 per cent year-on-year
The average daily volume (ADV) of European derivatives traded on NYSE Euronext in April was 6.8 million fontracts, an increase of 51.5 per…
Eurex sets daily trading volume record of 24.1 million contracts
Eurex set a new daily trading volume record on 5 May with 19.5 million contracts, surpassing the previous record of 19.2 million contracts…
07 May 2010
Australian hedge and absolute return funds up 2.64 per cent
Australian Fund Monitor’s index of Australian hedge and absolute return funds has almost regained the previous high water mark set in…
Investors positive about US equities
Investors’ views about the US are very positive with 65 per cent saying they would buy US equities this year versus 21 per cent Europe and…
