Markets proved volatile across asset classes in February. The MSCI World index showed equities down over 6 per cent from their peak on 1 February through the trough on 11 February but by month-end had rallied back to almost flat.
Newly launched hedge funds continued to entice investors with management fee discounts while simultaneously tightening restrictions on redemptions, according to The Seward & Kissel 2015 New Hedge Fund Study. The 2015 findings reflect a give-and-take between hedge funds and investors. On
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has published a white paper that analyses the use of benchmarks, such as those utilised by the CBOE Eurekahedge Volatility Indexes, to measure the effectiveness of volatility-based hedge funds in diversified portfolios. In the paper to
NewAlpha Asset Management (NewAlpha), a Paris-based global emerging manager acceleration specialist, has reached a seeding agreement with Prime Capital AG (Prime Capital). Founded in 2006, Prime Capital is an independent financial services provider and asset management firm focusing on institutional
Cybercrime presents the biggest disruptive threat to the asset management industry over the next five years, according to a survey conducted by Linedata in Q4 2015. Over a third (36 per cent) of respondents were concerned about the threat from
Regulation Automated Trading (Reg AT) is the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) attempt to provide rules around the ever-changing and growing automated trading environment on the US Futures Exchanges. Many of the proposed regulations and safeguards are already in place
DTCC-Euroclear Global Collateral, a joint venture (JV) of Euroclear and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), has published a white paper, Implications of Collateral Settlement Fails: An Industry Perspective on Bilateral OTC Derivatives. The paper examines the market implications
Frost Consulting has launched FrostRB, a research valuation & budgeting software platform which gives asset managers the ability to establish monetary (dollar) values for specific unpriced research products and construct monetary research budgets that meet MiFID II research spending requirements.
Hedge funds are expected to outperform equity markets in 2016, according to Deutsche Bank’s 14th annual Alternative Investment Survey, Additionally, 41 per cent of respondents plan to increase their hedge fund allocations during the year. The survey, which polled the
Frost Consulting has launched FrostRB, a research valuation & budgeting software platform which gives asset managers the ability to establish monetary (dollar) values for specific unpriced research products and construct monetary research budgets that meet MiFID II research spending requirements.
