The Fidessa group has announced the union of its Fidessa and LatentZero execution management service solutions into a single product combining all the features of the Fidessa and LatentZero EM
Hedge fund flows went negative for the first time this year in June, according to estimates from BraclayHedge and Trim Tabs based on data from 3,369 funds. Hedge fund investors redeemed a net USD8.6bn (0.4 per cent of assets)
The international derivatives exchange Eurex is expanding its European equity option offering with the introduction on September 10 of options on 11 Austrian equities: Boehler-Uddeholm, Betand
The word ‘quant’ or ‘mathematics’ as an approach to investing rarely causes any excitement, rather, it causes some investors to walk away and others to either fall asleep or at best raise
INDOS Financial, an independent Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) depositary business, has selected the accountancy and business advisory firm BDO to provide advisory and SOC1/ISAE 3402 (formerly SAS70) assurance services. Bill Prew (pictured), chief executive of INDOS Financial, says:
SGAM Alternative Investments is launching the first Ucits III compliant mutual fund as a Fonds Commun de Placement under French law that targets a risk/return profile corresponding to the glob
The Scotiabank Canadian Hedge Fund Index ended April 2013 down 1.80 per cent on an asset weighted basis and 0.70 per cent on an equal weighted basis. The aim of the Scotiabank Canadian Hedge Fund Index is to provide
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Hilary Till, Research Associate with the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre and Principal of Premia Capital Management, LLC, examines the Amaranth debacle.
The alternative fund services industry in Guernsey continues to confound predictions that worldwide the sector is moving toward consolidation around a handful of giant players.
