The London Metal Exchange (LME) is to introduce market-making programmes to support the launch of new products and enhance liquidity on existing contracts. These are the first programmes of their kind to be introduced by the LME in its 138-year
The real estate funds industry is alive and well from an asset raising perspective. In 2012, private RE funds closed with USD72 billion in committed institutional assets. By 2014, that number had increased by 45 per cent, according to leading
Hedge funds moved into health care stocks and shifted out of info tech stocks in Q2, according to S&P Capital IQ’s latest quarterly hedge fund tracker. Health care drove the bulk of hedge fund buying for the second straight quarter,
Liquidnet has launched its Next Gen Algo suite, designed to enhance the trading performance of its asset manager Member community around the world with precision tools built to address the complexities of institutional trading. Liquidnet’s Next Gen Algos, in development
The Corporate Solutions business of Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Visible Alpha are teaming up to provide detailed analyst forecast data and models on the Nasdaq IR Insight platform. Through this partnership, select corporate executives and investor relations officers will gain the
The Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 0.87 per in July with eight of the ten sub-strategies recording positive performance for the month. Managed Futures led the way with a return of 4.33 per cent, followed by Dedicated Short Bias
Preqin’s Real Estate Online provides comprehensive profiles for the 49 institutional investors based in Boston that actively invest in the real estate asset class, collectively representing over USD1.1 trillion in assets under management. The largest proportion of institutional investors are
The Board of Global Derivatives Indices Limited (GDI), the index and product development arm of GMEX Group, has established an Index Oversight Committee in order to oversee the compilation methodology and production of indices published by GDI. The Committee has
The Cayman Islands is confident that the pan-European marketing ‘passport’ will be extended to alternative investment funds (AIFs) set up in the jurisdiction, according to the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA). Cayman, where a high percentage of offshore hedge funds
Euro money market funds' (MMFs) assets under management (AUM) hit their lowest level in twelve months in the second quarter of 2015 and registered a drop of 21 per cent to EUR54 billion. GBP- and USD-denominated MMFs also experienced a
