By Alan Chu (pictured), Meyler Capital – There’s a high concentration of Scotch distilleries in Scotland: over 100 fully-licensed operations in a country with a population of < 5.5 million people. To put it in perspective, there are more Scotch
Hedge fund data provider HFR is at an advanced stage of working with one of the large global derivatives exchanges to develop a new investment product, the HFRI-I futures contract, a contract based on the HFRI-I Fund Weighted Composite Investable
Nasdaq and SIX Swiss Exchange have extended their current technology contract, which includes X-stream INET Trading technology for all SIX markets, including equities, ETFs, structured products, funds and fixed income, as well as SMARTS Market Surveillance and Nasdaq Pre-Trade Risk Management. In addition,
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has launched the CBOE S&P 500 Smile Index, a premium-capture strategy benchmark index based on the steepness of the curve of implied volatilities of S&P 500 Index (SPX) options. The CBOE Smile Index's strategy alternates
Risk management has mutated under AIFMD, causing risk managers to become more involved in the portfolio management process from an ex ante risk perspective. As investors become more educated on the risk function, managers who can demonstrate an independent, robust
RWC Partners, through its emerging and frontier markets team led by John Malloy and James Johnstone, has entered into an advisory relationship with RiceHadleyGates (RHG). Malloy (pictured) and Johnstone have had a long-standing relationship with the emerging markets oriented strategic
North America-based hedge fund managers accounted for 76 per cent of the 118 new launches in the third quarter, a 12-month high, while both Europe and Asia Pacific-based managers accounted for smaller proportions. That’s according to Preqin’s latest quarterly update
Research and analytics firm MPI has published an assessment of Ivy League endowments’ 2016 FY Performance. The firm writes that asset allocation remains the largest determining factor in endowment performance. “Commodities and Emerging Markets, each of which suffered respective losses due
HFR reports that total hedge fund industry capital rose to a record level in 3Q16, as performance gains offset continued asset outflows which were concentrated in many of the industry’s largest and most well-established managers. Hedge fund assets rose to
Preqin’s latest hedge fund report finds that although hedge funds are under sustained investor scrutiny, the third quarter of 2016 saw continued improvement in the performance of the asset class, marking seven consecutive months of positive returns for the industry. The
