Quant CTA strategies posted the strongest gains in October according to hedge fund data from HFRI. All hedge funds posted strong gains in October, the firm says, and equity and fixed income strategies boosted returns to provide HFRI with its
Wall Street Horizon, the corporate events surveillance specialist, and MT Newswires have formed a partnership designed to help quantitative investors uncover new sources of alpha. Under the agreement, Wall Street Horizon will now be able to offer MT Newswires’ Live
A total of 11 new liquid alternative funds were launched in Q3 2017, including four equity hedge funds and one multi-strategy fund, according to Wilshire Funds Management’s Q3 2017 Liquid Alternatives Industry Monitor. Additionally, there were 13 liquidations. There
There has been a distinct shift of research budgets away from the top nine investment banks, according to an analysis of the readiness of asset managers for the research unbundling rules coming into effect in January 2018. The survey from
The Bank of England has raised interest rates by a quarter point to 0.5 per cent, the first interest rate rise in a decade. Commenting on the decision, Andrew Fowkes, Head of Retail Centre of Excellence, SAS UK & Ireland
Well over half (58 per cent) of North American buy-side firms have confirmed that they will need to comply with MiFID II, and yet only 23 per cent feel extremely confident that they have a plan in place, while 77
Chicago Board Options Exchange’s (CBOE) historical market data service formerly operated by Market Data Express (MDX) migrated to CBOE Livevol Data Shop on 6 January. The consolidation of historical data services under the CBOE Livevol Data Shop umbrella will enhance
By A Paris – Alternative data and data science techniques can help give hedge funds a competitive edge but, it is the symbiotic integration of human and machine which ultimately underpins managers’ success or failure in their use of these techniques. “We
Back in July this year, GPP, a London-based boutique prime broker, partnered with AIMA – the voice of the global alternative investment industry – to create an in-depth survey on the emerging manager community; one that dominates the industry, in terms
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&PDJI) is now publishing carbon metrics on the majority of its equity indices, including the S&P Global 1200, S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and environmentally-focused indices including S&P Global 1200 Carbon Efficient Index Family and
