The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 1 per cent last week, with Event-Driven strategies outperforming, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. Merger Arbitrage funds benefitted from their top M&A positions. Long positions on
Following a slight dip in May, CTAs bounced back last month, with all of Societe Generale’s SG CTA indices reporting positive performance. The SG CTA Index was up +2.45 per cent and built on earlier positive returns to +4.72% YTD. Trend
CMC Markets, a spread betting and contracts for difference (CFD) provider, is rolling out to its customers the ability to spread bet and trade CFDs on three new cryptocurrency indices. The new indices are bespoke to CMC. Their creation and
Startup Covalent has launched crypto indexes allowing investors to purchase a diversified portfolio of crypto currencies using the Covalent Bot. The company says this lowers the barrier to entry by reducing the need for investors to research hundreds of tokens
The State Street Global Investor Confidence Index (ICI) increased to 72.9 in April, up 1.7 points from March’s revised reading of 71.2. Confidence among North American investors improved, with the North American ICI rising from 68.3 to 71.1. The European
Societe Generale Prime Services has launched a new SG Multi Alternative Risk Premia Index, a performance benchmark for alternative risk premia managers who employ investment programs diversified across multiple asset classes and multiple risk premia factors. The new Multi Alternative
Catalyst Funds, an alternative-focused mutual fund company, has partnered with BNP Paribas to create the BNP Paribas Catalyst Systematic Alpha Index (the BNPP CASA Index). Additionally, Catalyst has launched the Catalyst Systematic Alpha Fund (ATRAX), which provides exposure to the
Societe Generale Prime Services has announced the result of the annual review of constituents for its range of CTA indices and for the first time since inception in 2000, there have been no changes to the flagship SG CTA Index
Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited (Hang Seng Indexes) has launched the Hang Seng SCHK New Economy Index, which aims to reflect the performance of companies available for southbound trading under the Stock Connect scheme that operate in ‘New Economy’ industries.
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for December 2017 measured 4.18 per cent, up from 3.91 per cent in November. “SS&C’s Forward Redemption Indicator of 4.18 per cent for December 2017 compares very favourably with the 5.67 per cent reported
