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CBOE Futures Exchange has reported that average daily volume (ADV) last month was up 19 per cent from January 2015 and 32 per cent higher than in December 2015. Exchange-wide total volume also rose in January, up 13 per cent compared with January 2015 and up 14 per cent from December 2015.   Total January volume in futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index) was 5.2 million contracts, up 13 per cent from January 2015, and up 14 per cent from December 2015. January VIX futures' ADV was 271,994 contracts, up 19 perc ent from a year ago and 32
Macquarie Investment Management (MIM), the investment management arm of Macquarie Group, has appointed Dominic Janssens as the firm’s new global chief operations officer, based at its global headquarters in Philadelphia. In this role, Janssens’ responsibilities will include developing the strategy to optimise and scale MIM’s global platform in areas including investment operations, administration, controls, fund accounting, business management and financial and management analysis.   Janssens will join the organisation on 4 April and will report to Ben Bruck, the global head of Macquarie Investment Management and the chairman of Delaware Investments. While based in Philadelphia, he will oversee MIM’s operational
ZAIS Group Holdings has appointed Gregory Barrett as Head of Client Relations and Business Development, effective immediately. Barrett reports to Michael Szymanski, Chief Executive Officer, and is based out of Red Bank. As the Head of Client Relations and Business Development, Barrett will work with the firm's Client Relations team, portfolio managers, and Chief Investment Officer, Christian Zugel, to lead and create distribution strategies for ZAIS. In addition to developing the strategy, he will be responsible for client service to our investors.   Barrett joins ZAIS with 23 years of industry experience, including capital formation, capital introduction, and entrepreneurial start-ups. Prior
Point72 Asset Management (Point72), the family office managing the assets of its founder, Steven A Cohen (pictured), and eligible employees, has named Joshua Varsano to lead its Human Resources (HR) group. Varsano will be responsible for managing all of Point72’s HR operations, including: compensation and benefits; Investment Services talent acquisition; the talent management and promotion processes; and the Firm’s HR Generalist team.   “Josh has a strong record of leading innovative transformation across recruiting, leadership, and overall talent management organisations. His expertise and experience are assets as we continue to transform the human capital platform and culture of Point72 in
The hedge fund industry produced an aggregate return of -0.77 per cent in December. The decline was the industry’s fifth negative month in the second half of 2015 and eighth of the year, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Performance report. Aggregate industry returns were negative in 2015 for only the third time on record at -2.01 per cent.   Despite overall industry returns being negative in 2015, the distribution of returns across funds was nearly even in terms of the availability of positive vs. negative annual performance (49 per cent positive, 51 per cent negative). The average positive return
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an order granting Eurex Clearing AG (Eurex Clearing) registration as a derivatives clearing organisation (DCO) under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). Under the order, Eurex Clearing will be authorised to provide clearing services for swaps for US clearing members as well as their customers under Section 5b of the CEA. The registration will become effective after Eurex Clearing meets CFTC’s “straight-through processing” requirements.  Eurex Clearing requested that CFTC issue a conditional registration, as it preferred to comply with those requirements in the future, at the same time as it complies with
All six of Market Vectors Index Solutions (MVIS) investable Long/Short Equity Indices recorded negative performance in January. Each index is constructed using transparent, liquid ETFs and US Treasury securities to produce hedge fund-style returns without hedge fund pricing, opaqueness and redemption restrictions.   The Market Vectors Global Long/Short Equity Index was the month’s biggest loser down 4.84 per cent, closely followed by the Market Vectors Western Europe Long/Short Equity Index (-4.34 per cent) and the Market Vectors Asia (Developed) Long/Short Equity Index (-3.36 per cent).   The Market Vectors Global Event Long/Short Equity Index, Market Vectors North America Long/Short Equity
Preqin’s 2016 Global Hedge Fund Report finds that 2015 was another challenging year for the industry, during which the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark recorded gains of 2.02 per cent, compared with 4.65 per cent in 2014. Despite this, total industry AUM increased by USD178 billion to reach USD3.2 trillion as of November. Thirty-seven percent of surveyed fund managers said that they have seen an increase in institutional capital in 2015, and 59 per cent reported that their total AUM had increased. Overall the industry saw net inflows of USD71.5 billion, but this gain occurred entirely in H1, as H2
The Chicago Board Options Exchange plans to list S&P 500 Index (SPX) Wednesday-expiring Weeklys options beginning 23 February, 2016.  CBOE's new SPX Wednesday-expiring Weeklys options, or "Wednesday Weeklys," will generally have the same characteristics as CBOE's Friday-expiring SPX Weeklys options, with the exception of their listing and expiration dates. Wednesday Weeklys will typically be listed on Tuesdays and expire on the Wednesday of the following week.      SPX options continue to be the most actively traded US index option and, in 2015, set a new annual volume record of 236.5 million contracts, with average daily volume (ADV) of 938,620 contracts,
For many start-up fund managers, the prospect of setting up a hedge fund in today's regulatory climate can feel like swimming upstream. That is why the turnkey solution offered by fund administrators, which allows managers to work with one service provider to get all aspects of their fund up and running, is still so appealing.  "We are able to offer a one-stop-shop solution and take care of everything when it comes to setting up a fund," says David Payne (pictured), Director of Circle Partners BVI, an independent BVI-licensed global fund administrator, and Business Development Manager of AMS Financial Group, an

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