The S&P 500 index registered a sixth consecutive month of gains in August, rising by 3.61 per cent in a context of stable implied volatility (26.01 per cent), according to research by Edhec. Since its low point in February, the

Deutsche Börse is promoting a price model for its pan-European trading segment Xetra International Market which aims to offer an incentive to supply liquidity. Xetra participants that place orders and achieve a certain percentage of the trading volume in their

For all those convinced that the culture of risk embodied in hedge funds was a prime cause of the financial and economic meltdown of the past two years, yesterday’s headlines provided more than a frisson of outrage: Barclays Bank has

Citi has been awarded a mandate by Twin Haven Capital Partners to provide the alternative asset management firm with a portfolio of back- and middle-office administration services, incl

Russell Investments has described the equity market rally across Asia as ‘breathtaking’, but has questioned its speed and size and whether Asia is now more vulnerable to any disappointm

Barbara Ridpath, chief executive of the London-based International Centre for Financial Regulation, argues that with members of the financial indus

Nexar Capital Group, a global investment management firm, has launched and received an investment from funds managed by Aquiline Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm.

Although positive market sentiment consolidated and risk appetite made a comeback, the industry continued to record large net outflows in quarter two 2009, despite declining 61 per cent

Oak Hill Advisors, an investment management firm specialising in below investment grade credit, has held the final closing of the OHA Strategic Credit Fund, a USD1.125bn corporate credi

Standard & Poor’s Index Services has launched a public index series designed to measure the average cost of borrowing US equities. The S&P Securities Lending Index Series seeks to reflect the average securities lending rate for the constituents of the