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Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has published a white paper that analyses the use of benchmarks, such as those utilised by the CBOE Eurekahedge Volatility Indexes, to measure the effectiveness of volatility-based hedge funds in diversified portfolios.
In the paper to be presented at the 32nd annual CBOE Risk Management Conference (RMC) US in Bonita Springs, Florida, Christopher DeMeo, founding partner of Nu Paradigm Investment Partners LLC, notes that unlike other volatility-based hedge fund indexes, the new CBOE Eurekahedge Volatility Indexes differentiate funds by specific investment goals. Volatility strategies are distinct and non-homogeneous, making it critical to segregate them into categories
- 01/03/2016
Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited has licensed the Hang Seng Sector Index Series, which is comprised of six indexes, to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) to serve as underlying indexes for the creation of six index futures.
The index series includes: Hang Seng IT Hardware Index; Hang Seng Mainland Banks Index; Hang Seng Mainland Healthcare Index; Hang Sang Mainland Oil & Gas Index; Hang Seng Mainland Properties Index; and Hang Seng Software & Services Index.

The index series provides benchmarks to reflect the performance of the largest and the most liquid stocks in each of the six sectors.
- 29/02/2016
Prairie Wind Advisors is to launch its first fund, the Harvest One Fund, which is dedicated to investing in businesses involved in the agriculture, food, health and environmental industries.
The fund is a total return strategy, which is domiciled in the Cayman Islands and will invest in a portfolio of publicly traded securities and private equity within the firm’s area of expertise. The new fund will launch on 1 April, 2016, and is fully administered by Apex Fund Services (Bermuda) and is represented under the Apex Financial Services Emerging Manager Platform.
“It is the belief of the principles of
- 29/02/2016
- 29/02/2016
EBS BrokerTec, ICAP's market-leading electronic foreign exchange (FX) and fixed income business, is redesigning its premium FX market data service, EBS Live, and will move to streaming real-time market data.
The ‘EBS Live Ultra’ feed will provide significantly improved price discovery and transparency, enhancing EBS BrokerTec’s status as the premier venue for market reference data in its core pairs.
Commenting on the new service, Gil Mandelzis, CEO EBS BrokerTec, says: “This is a meaningful development for customers who will now be able to receive significantly more granular data and substantially further enhanced price discovery on the EBS Market platform.
- 29/02/2016
- 29/02/2016
S.E.A. Asset Management Pte Ltd, a boutique fund manager in Singapore, has won Best Fixed Income Credit Strategies Hedge Funds Award from institutional news publisher Hedgeweek.
“In a world where historically low interest rates continue to flush the market with liquidity low yields are still challenging investors in search of yield. Record amounts of liquidity injected into markets by central banks have led to unprecedented volatility in most asset classes including fixed income” says Alexander Zeeh (pictured), CEO of S.E.A. AM. “A fund holding a diversified portfolio of Asian short duration high yield bonds is the right vehicle for investors
- 29/02/2016
Volante Technologies, a provider of software for the integration, processing and orchestration of financial messages, is supporting the latest SWIFT Standards 2016 update.
On 26 February 2016, SWIFT released its latest standards release which includes a number of significant changes to SWIFT messages used within the securities market. These changes will impact the entire trade lifecycle, from the trade orders through to confirmations and settlement.
SWIFT has also introduced a new version of SWIFTRef called ReachPlus, which will require firms to migrate to the new data directory in order to route transactions. SWIFTRef provides users access to reference data
- 29/02/2016
RWC Partners is planning to launch its existing Asia long/short equity strategy within its Luxembourg SICAV UCITS.
Subject to approval, the existing Global Innovation Absolute Alpha will change its name to RWC Asia Absolute Alpha Fund and the fund will move to closely replicate an existing Asia long/short equity strategy that RWC launched in April 2015.
Garret Mallal manages the Cayman-domiciled RWC Asia Opportunity Fund from RWC’s Singapore office and will manage the new UCITS fund. Mallal joined RWC as a portfolio manager within James Johnstone and John Malloy’s Emerging Market team in mid-2015. The team is already managing
- 26/02/2016
The Hedgeweek Global Awards 2016 for excellence among hedge fund managers and service providers celebrate the achievements of firms that contributed to another significant year for the sector.
The awards for managers, presented today in Pall Mall, London, were based on a shortlist of top performers during 2015 produced by Preqin, which was put to vote by Hedgeweek readers, who include both investors and managers as well as other industry professionals at firms including fund administrators, custodians, accountants and auditors, law firms, consultants and fund distributors. The final winners in both the manager and service provider categories were confirmed by the Hedgeweek
- 26/02/2016
- 26/02/2016
Total hedge fund assets fell USD64.7 billion to start 2016, a decline of 2.1 per cent, which dropped total industry assets below the USD3 trillion level for the first time since the industry first surpassed the milestone in May 2014.
That’s according to eVestment’s latest hedge fund asset flows report which reveals that investor flows were negative in January with an estimated net USD21.5 billion redeemed. Performance accounted for an additional USD43.2 billion decrease. The combination of performance and net investor outflows reduced total industry assets to USD2.964 trillion. Flows have been weak or negative in all except one January
- 26/02/2016
Over USD45 billion in holdings of Navient-sponsored ABS have been registered on DealVector’s platform.
DealVector believes this positive response demonstrates investors’ desire for efficient, identity-protected means of communicating with issuers and with each other.
For numerous Navient-sponsored securitisation trusts, 100 per cent of the outstanding face value has now been registered with DealVector.
Navient launched this communication platform in response to certain investors’ interest in extending the legal final maturity dates on their existing ABS bonds. Recognizing that this would require a noteholder vote, and understanding the limitations of traditional notification vehicles, Navient saw the need for a
- 26/02/2016
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