International derivatives exchange Eurex has announced it will launch four new commodity index futures on March 30, becoming the first European exc
Nyfix, a provider of solutions designed to optimise trading efficiency, has reported that 251 million shares valued at more than EUR1bn were matched in its Euro Millennium dark pool cro
The alternative investment sector in the Middle East is growing and attracting increasing attention as a result of a number of factors.
The adverse performance of the global markets is the primary reason that the value of Guernsey funds fell by GBP1bn (0.5 per cent) during the final quarter of last year, according to Gu
The Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 1.19 per cent for the month of December, with nine of the ten sub-strategies in positive territory. Long/Short equity led the way with a return of 1.80 per cent, followed by Multi-Strategy
The London Metal Exchange’s steel billet contracts have traded 49 per cent more volume than that of aluminium during its first year, according to Martin Abbott, chief executive of the e
Despite the turmoil in global financial markets, demand for Man Group’s hedge fund products has remained very strong, the firm says in its latest half-yearly report, with sales in the six
Gartmore’s European Absolute Return Fund, a Ucits III limited issue vehicle with capacity set at 200 million shares, has raised GBP30m during its first two weeks of trading.
In its 2008 Global Fundraising Outlook, leading alternative investment placement agent C.P.
Baring Asset Management (Barings), the international asset management firm, believes that even as the headlines focus on debt negotiations in Europe and the US, the underlying economic trends are deteriorating. Percival Stanion, Head of Asset Allocation at Barings, explains… Global
