OptionMetrics, an options database and analytics provider for international institutional investors, including quant traders and hedge fund managers, as well as academic researchers, has made significant updates to its IvyDB US options database, offering even greater accuracy across a broader range of
Partners Group Fund Services has sold 100 per cent of its stock to Sciens Fund of Funds Management in a cash and earn-out transaction. Partners Group Fund Services operates a Guernsey-based platform of hedge fund managed accounts which is regulated
Gottex Fund Management’s flagship market neutral strategies are well ahead of their benchmarks as of the end of Q3 2011, according to the company’s latest trading statement. And Gottex’s alternative credit strategy outperformed its index by over 6%. Total fee
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index recorded a positive performance of 2.12 per cent in March 2010. The top performing strategies over the month were CTAs long term (+4.84 per cent), L/S credit arbitrage (+3.85 per cent) and fixed income arbitrage
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced 3.05 per cent in March, bringing the return for the year to date to 3.50 per cent. The S&P 500 increased 5.88 per cent in March (4.87 per cent YTD), while the Dow Jones
Skandia Investment Group is adding long-short fixed interest to the range of strategies found in its Alternative Investments Fund. The move has been achieved by investment in the JPM Income Opportunity Fund and a reduction in exposure to infrastructure securities
Competition in the US Treasury market has been sparse with the number of primary dealers on the decline since the mid-1980s, but according to a research note written by Adam Sussman, Tabb Group’s director of research, new entrants are beginning
NYSE Liffe US, the new US futures exchange of NYSE Euronext, will launch a family of interest rate futures in the third quarter of 2010 to coincide with the anticipated regulatory approval and launch of New York Portfolio Clearing, its
Singapore Exchange is inviting public feedback on the proposed contract specifications for the SGX Nikkei Stock Average Dividend Point Index Futures contract, which will be targeted for the derivatives market. The Nikkei Dividend Index Futures is a standard, cash-settled futures
First State Investments International Limited has sold First State Media Group (Ireland) Limited (FSMG) to Chrysalis PLC (Chrysalis) for GBP11 million. FSMG is the investment advisor and music publishing administrator to the FS Media Works Fund I, L. (the fund)
