Tradeweb Markets, a global marketplace for electronic fixed income, derivatives and ETF trading, has reported that Chinese onshore bond trading activity surpassed CNY697 billion (USD107 billion) since the launch of Bond Connect on 3 July 2017. More than 6,200 fully
Twenty five years ago this week saw the first formal adoption of the UCITS directive, since when it has gone through two further incarnations, with a third, UCITS IV, due next July.
ModusLink Global Solutions has entered into an investment agreement with Steel Partners Holdings, which together with certain affiliates, including Handy & Harman, beneficially owns 14.9 per cent of ModusLink’s outstanding shares. Under the terms of the agreement, Steel Holdings would
Asia has been the focus of strong investment and solid performance to boot this year as China, India and the ASEAN five continue to show strong economic growth.
Hedge funds continued to navigate current turbulences last week with reduced direct or indirect exposures, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset team. Lyxor says that the most decorrelating strategies continued to lead amid heightened uncertainties. CTAs
Hedge funds posted mixed performance in June as trade tensions increased around fluid tariff negotiations and proposals, while the US Federal Reserve increased interest rates and M&A activity remained strong. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) declined -0.46 per
Jupiter has launched Jupiter Merlin Real Return, a UK domiciled unit trust managed by Jupiter’s Independent Funds team. The fund, a UK-domiciled NURS version of the Jupiter Merlin Real Return Portfolio (SICAV), is an actively managed multi-manager portfolio that aims
These are propitious times for European infrastructure managers. The European Commission has estimated that around EUR200 billion is needed to upgrade Europe’s infrastructure during the current decade for transmission grids and gas pipelines. “Clearly the opportunity set in infrastructure
The Ucits HFS Index was positive in the third week of December, adding an additional 0.34 per cent to its monthly performance. All of the 11 strategies were positive, although for four strategies the gains were not enough to turn
Hedge funds were down 0.32 per cent in June ending the first half of 2018 on a flat note with a 0.06 per cent gain. In contrast, the MSCI World Index (Local) was down 0.01 per cent as of June
