21 Oct 2014
BATS Chi-X Europe expands into Turkish stocks
BATS Chi-X Europe (BATS) is to offer trading in Turkey’s most liquid stocks from 3 November 2014.The addition of BIST30 index names means…
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Barclay Hedge Fund Index down 1.18 per cent in September
Hedge funds lost 1.18 per cent in September, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge.At the end of three…
Reinventing Buy-side Infrastructure: Buy vs Build has given way to Partner or Perish
By Ross Ellis (pictured), SEI – The asset management industry is going through a transformative period dominated by two somewhat…
Liquid Holdings on how to achieve credibility through SaaS
A new white paper by New York-based Liquid Holdings Group Inc addresses the very real issue of credibility that hedge fund managers face in…
REGIS-TR passes one billion transaction reports
Eight months after the launch of the reporting duty for exchange traded derivatives (ETD) and over-the-counter (OTC), over one billion…
Investor confidence in real estate and changing allocations
Preqin looks in detail at investors’ allocations to real estate to assess how they are changing, and how, in light of current investor…
20 Oct 2014
Uncertainty begins for US equities
Andy Brunner, investment strategist at Morningstar OBSR, says US equities area facing a number of challenges…The US is leading a modest…
International investors given access to Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund SICAV
International investors can now access Franklin Templeton’s first multi-manager, multi-strategy Luxembourg-registered SICAV fund focused on…
IOM Funds Association chairman to speak at hedge fund conference
The Isle of Man Funds Association, in partnership with the Isle of Man Government’s Department of Economic Development, is to sponsor the…
Hang Seng and Markit launch iBoxx Offshore RMB Bond Index Family
Hang Seng Indexes Company and Markit have launched the Hang Seng Markit iBoxx Offshore RMB Bond Index family (HSM iBoxx). The bond index…
LSE welcomes 150th fixed income ETF listing… Value Partners launches its first RQFII China A-share fund…
Hong Kong-based asset manager Value Partners announced this week that it was launching its first Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional…
Crestbridge report examines key AIFMD issues
Risk management, cost and changes in fund structuring are the key issues for managers and investors arising from the initial impact of the…
17 Oct 2014
CTAs deliver six consecutive months of gains, says Preqin
The third quarter of 2014 was the best quarter for Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) funds since Q4 2010, according to Preqin, and CTAs have…
TCW expands alternatives team with two senior hires
The TCW Group has appointed William Lloyd and Joseph Quinn to the firm’s alternatives team, as Managing Director and Head of Alternatives…
AllianceBernstein expands liquid alternatives platform with three new funds
AllianceBernstein has launched three new liquid alternative mutual funds, Credit Long/Short (ALASX), Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies…
