08 Feb 2012
NYSE Euronext global derivatives ADV down 17% year-on-year
NYSE Euronext (NYX) has reported Global derivatives average daily volume (ADV) of 7.5 million contracts in January 2012 - a decrease of…
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Covenant eyeing commodity producers as well as commodities
In addition to buying copper and oil futures, buying up the shares of mining and oil exploration companies could be a winning strategy over…
PENSCO launches fraud awareness initiative
PENSCO Trust has launched an education initiative to help investors prevent fraud.“PENSCO is committed to helping investors stop fraud…
Hedge funds start 2012 with strong gains
Hedge funds opened 2012 by posting broad-based gains in January, with the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index gaining 2.63 per cent, the…
Armstrong invests in sterling share class of Swiss & Globals’ Julius Baer Absolute Return Europe Equity Fund
Armstrong Investment Managers has invested into the newly launched sterling share class of the Swiss & Global JB Absolute Return Europe…
Hallmarks of a successful hedge fund in 2012
Lou Sala, chief executive of the Capital Markets practice at WTP Advisors, says that in the wake of the Madoff scandal, due diligence…
SwapClear announces USD34 billion cleared in client business in January 2012
LCH.Clearnet Limited’s interest rate swap (IRS) clearing service, SwapClear, cleared USD34 billion in total notional client business in…
07 Feb 2012
Hedge funds redeem USD5.2bn in December 2011
Hedge funds redeemed an estimated USD5.2 billion in December 2011 and underperformed the S&P 500 for the year, according to figures…
Competing on speed and the impact of market exchange fragmentation on asset price
At last month’s Lyxor 4th Annual Hedge Fund Conference in Paris, an interesting paper dealing with the way that market exchanges operate in…
GlobeOp appoints Tim Ridley, former CIMA chairman, to Cayman subsidiary board
GlobeOp Financial Services has appointed Tim Ridley to its Cayman Islands subsidiary board. Ridley, the former chairman of the Cayman…
Asian hedge funds top equity markets again in 2012, says HFR
Asian hedge funds outperformed volatile regional equity markets in 2011, marking the second consecutive year of such outperformance,…
SEB merges Key Asset Management with in-house team
SEB has integrated its offering within alternative investments by merging the SEB-owned London boutique Key Asset Management unit with…
HSBC Alternative Investments Limited (HAIL) remains defensive in 2012 while risk on – risk off sentiment remains
January was a relatively successful month across strategies for the stable of funds managed by HSBC Alternative Investments Limited (HAIL),…
Finisterre Capital launches first dedicated EM equity fund
Finisterre Capital, the long/short emerging market total return specialist, has launched the Finisterre Equity Fund. Joint Portfolio…
Aquila Capital’s Risk Parity 7 Fund hits four-year milestone
Aquila Capital’s AC Risk Parity 7 Fund has reached a four year track record of consistently positive year-on-year returns. Available as a…
