Fidessa, a provider of trading solutions for the buy-side and sell-side, has added nine brokerage firms offering US options execution services to its connectivity network. This follows the launch of Fidessa’s integrated options and equities trading platform for the sell-side
Investors have rediscovered their risk appetite and are putting cash reserves to work across the equity markets, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers for January. For the first time since January 2006 the survey shows investors
Hiroshi Yoh, CIO at Tokio Marine Asset Management (London), the Japanese and Asian equities specialist, reveals his outlook for Asia ex-Japan equities in 2010. Our prediction that the global economy would begin its recovery during H2 2009 has proved to
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down 0.33 per cent in December, bringing its year-to-date performance to +5.15 per cent. The top performing strategies over the month were L/S credit arbitrage index (+2.92 per cent), L/S equity long bias index
New York-based Signal Capital Management has entered into an alliance with Swiss/Asian-based quant forex firm Amasis Capital Management. Signal, a hedge fund and investment firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Australia, and Beijing, China, will introduce ultra-high net
Asset manager Marshall Wace has launched the MW Tops Global Alpha, the first equity market neutral exchange-traded fund. It is the first ETF targeting an absolute return from a single investment strategy and the first ETF in Europe to be
The global hedge fund industry will have USD1.86trn of assets at the end of December 2010, according to a report on 2010 hedge fund themes by Lipper. Global hedge fund assets were estimated at USD1.55trn at the end of September
3 Degrees Asset Management, an investment management firm based in Singapore, has launched the 3 Degrees Credit Opportunities Fund with assets of USD27.3m. 3DCO will invest in the performing debt obligations of Asian borrowers, focusing principally on senior secured bank
Edhec-Risk Institute is offering an Executive MSc in Risk and Investment Management for experienced practitioners. Its curriculum builds on the results of a survey of 229 financial institutions, which identified major inefficiencies in the organisation of risk and investment management
Hedge funds rebounded from 2008 losses with a 24.14 per cent gain in 2009, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Close to 55 per cent of single manager hedge funds now have a profit for the
