08 Oct 2013
Hedge funds positioned for upside despite short-term political risks, says Lyxor
Ten Lyxor Strategy Indices out of 13 ended the month of September in positive territory, led by the L/S Equity – Variable Bias (+2.28 per…
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Newfound Research partners with Nasdaq OMX Global Indexes
Newfound Research has collaborated with The Nasdaq OMX Group create new rules-based, quantitatively enabled investment strategies. Nasdaq…
EEA adds UK equity market long/short fund and management team
EEA Fund Management has brought on board Oriel Asset Management duo David Urch and Tim Hall and added their long/short directional UK…
Gottex partners with Headland Strategic to fund Asian hedge funds
Gottex Fund Management is to partner with Headland Strategic Limited (HSL) to provide strategic capital and institutional guidance to hedge…
ARQA Technologies leverages ConsolidatedFEED from S&P Capital IQ Real-Time Solutions
ARQA Technologies, the independent financial markets software provider, is to provide clients with a consolidated financial data feed…
DeAWM expects agreement before US debt ceiling is reached
Asoka Wöhrmann, Co-CIO at DeAWM, on the US-Government-shutdown and debt-ceiling…The budget and debt-ceiling battle in the United States has…
Investors allocate USD26bn to securitised credit strategies
Investors have allocated nearly USD26bn to securitised credit strategies since the financial crisis, including USD3.9bn in 2013, according…
First hedge fund-style ETF tops USD500m in assets
The IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF (QAI), the first hedge fund-style exchange-traded fund and the industry's largest alternative ETF,…
Midcounties outsources investments to Towers Watson
The trustee of the GBP145m Midcounties Co-operative Pension Scheme has chosen Towers Watson to manage its investment portfolio on a…
07 Oct 2013
HSBC Global Asset Management appoints senior portfolio manager
HSBC Global Asset Management (USA) has appointed Mary Bowers as a senior global high yield fund manager in its global fixed income team,…
Investors prepare for end of easy money
Institutional investors across the world are most concerned about tail risk and rising interest rates as they begin to position their…
Peppercomm acquires Walek & Associates
Peppercomm Strategic Communications has acquired Walek & Associates, an independent financial, capital markets and investor relations…
Deutsche Börse will be exclusive licensor of BSE market data to international clients
Deutsche Börse will act as the exclusive licensor of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) market data and information products to all international…
EDHEC-Risk Institute and Lyxor launch research chair
EDHEC-Risk Institute and Lyxor are launching a three-year research chair entitled “Risk Allocation Solutions” to develop academic insights…
US money market funds boost European exposure by 16 per cent
US-dollar prime money market funds (MMFs) have increased their total exposure to European financial institutions by 16 per cent (USD27bn)…
