Capital markets firms are turning to real time big data analytics for alpha generation, risk management, compliance, consumer metrics and to monetise insight, according to research from TABB Group. “Big Data Is Dead, Long Live (Real-Time) Big Data: Real-Time Big
Close to three quarters of investors expect their hedge fund portfolios to perform better in 2017 versus 2016, according to Deutsche Bank’s 15th annual Alternative Investment Survey. Performance-based gains are expected to drive industry assets to reach USD3.14 trillion by
Overall sentiment is positive for hedge fund industry growth with investors forecasting a 3.5 per cent increase in new inflows during 2017, according to the ninth annual Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Investor Survey. Entitled Shifting Tides, the survey, which is
Total volume in the US options market reached 4.06 billion contracts in 2016, a 1.9 per cent decline from 2015. As a lack of sustained volatility has resulted in little perceived volume growth, US listed options volume for 2017 is
The hedge fund industry may witness further investor redemptions in 2017 with twice as many investors intending to reduce rather than increase their exposure to hedge funds through the year. However, Preqin’s latest survey of over 150 active hedge fund
State Street Corporation has identified three elements leaders in financial services will need in order to excel in the new digital era, which it calls the “three Is of data” – integration, integrity and intelligence. In its latest report, “Finance
Institutional investors are looking for exposure to an ever-widening range of alternative asset classes, with half now holding allocations to three or more, according to Preqin’s H1 2017 Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets. Preqin reports that 9 per cent of institutions
Quantitative hedge funds have been at the forefront of creating alpha from alternative data, according to a report from TABB Group – “Capturing Alternative Alpha: The Rise of Alternative Data Sets”. Increasingly though, the report – which explores four different
As alpha capture has become an accepted and essential practice at top tier European banks, it is also evolving in how it operates within the larger compliance and surveillance framework. Taking note of the specific benefits to firms engaged in
January data from Eurekahedge reveals that hedge funds started the year up 0.87 per cent in January with managers reporting performance-based gains of USD1.3 billion. Investor subscriptions stood at USD1.2 billion during the start of the year. In annual year
