Options IT, provider of the Options PIPE Private Financial Cloud services platform for the exchange, banking, trading and investment communities, has reported a strong surge in demand in 2011 among hedge fund managers for its PIPE Core financial office delivery
The outperformance of L/S equity versus L/S credit and fixed income arbitrage recorded in 2013 came abruptly to a halt in the first half of 2014, says Phillipe Ferreira, head of research at Lyxor’s Managed Account Platform. The former strongly
The latest amendments to the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 are expected to enhance the Island’s competitiveness in corporate finance.
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined 3.36% in August (-1.80% YTD), while the S&P 500 declined 5.68% (-3.08% YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 4.36% (+0.31% YTD), and the NASDAQ Composite Index decreased 6.42% (-2.78% YTD). Bonds were mixed,
As the initial problems of ‘Obamacare’ are ironed out, Simon Laing, Head of US Equities at Invesco Perpetual, looks at the effect this may have on the US healthcare sector in 2014… Obamacare is the informal name that has been
Heavy investments by global banks in fixed-income trading platforms over the past several years have resulted in intense competition in the US market, according to the results of Greenwich Associates 2011 US Fixed-Income Study. In 2011, no fewer than three
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has begun publishing values for the CBOE VIX Tail Hedge Index (ticker symbol: VXTH(SM)), the latest addition to a suite of CBOE strategy indexes designed to manage equity risk. VXTH, which tracks the performance
Misconceptions about the utility and purpose of credit default swaps continue to spread and efforts to defend them have been rebuffed by misguided regulatory efforts, according to resea
All eyes will be on former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont (pictured) and Economics Editor and Broadcaster Stephanie Flanders as they debate the future of the financial markets at the Guernsey Funds Forum 2012. The event, titled ‘Shaken
The EDHEC-Risk Institute has published a new publication – “An Integrated Approach to Sovereign Wealth Risk Management,” – containing the results of the second-year research work conducted in the Deutsche Bank research chair on asset-liability management (ALM) techniques for sovereign
