Kames Capital has launched two absolute return funds to complement its existing range – the Kames Equity Market Neutral Fund and the Kames Equity Market Neutral Plus Fund. The firm now has four absolute return funds in its investment range.
Six out seven of Index IQ’s proprietary family of hedge fund replication and alternative beta indexes recorded positive performance in November. Designed as investable benchmarks that replicate the performance characteristics of sophisticated hedge fund strategies, the IQ Hedge benchmark indexes
Trading volume for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) totalled 85.57 million contracts in November. Average daily volume (ADV) was 4.50 million contracts, a two-per
Canada’s derivatives markets are appealing to a broad range of domestic and international investors, with growing interest in using the country’s futures and options markets to generate income, make directional plays and manage risk exposures for fixed income and equity
All six of of Market Vectors Index Solutions’ investable Long/Short Equity Indices, reported positive performance in November. Each index is constructed using transparent, liquid ETFs and US Treasury securities to produce hedge fund-style returns without hedge fund pricing, opaqueness and
Financial services software provider SS&C Technologies Holdings has acquired DST Global Solutions Ltd, a subsidiary of DST Systems, Inc, for USD95 million in cash. DST Global’s products now owned by SS&C include industry-leading investment and fund accounting platform, HiPortfolio,
With interest rates and credit spreads near historic lows and equity valuation above historical averages, many people are concerned that the Federal Reserve, by artificially keeping rates low, has created a 2007 type asset bubble in the capital markets where
NewSmith has launched the NewSmith European Fund, a UCITS long-short equity fund for UK and European investors. The fund will be managed by Jean Maigrot, European Equity Investment Leader at NewSmith. Jean has 28 years’ experience of trading European equities,
An exemption which will enable Jersey-regulated fund managers to be appointed in relation to managed accounts has now been introduced. According to law firm Ogier, this will enable hedge fund managers that are already regulated under the Financial Services
Euronext is to launch a dairy derivatives complex in spring 2015, covering the three key dairy products currently traded in Europe and internationally: butter; skimmed milk powder; and whey powder. The full suite of futures and options will allow the
