The European Energy Exchange and Eurex are expanding the offering of futures on emission rights. Pending approval of the EEX Exchange Council, the new futures will be launched as of 27 October 2009. The partners will be offering new European

Deutsche Bank has launched a Ucits III compliant currency fund, a benchmark index product which offers institutional investors access to broad currency market returns. The fund, called the DB Platinum Currency Returns Plus Fund, offers exposure to the Deutsche Bank

Managed futures managers were able to capitalise on bullish trends in the stock markets and long positions in a number of commodities in August, posting a 0.86 per cent return for the month, according to Lipper Tass. This brings the

The Wine Investment Fund says investors in its 2004 tranche are receiving returns equivalent to 13.01 per cent per annum over the last five years.    Investors in the 2003 tranche received payouts in August 2008 with a return equivalent

The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index finished up 1.53 per cent in August as wider dispersion in the markets provided opportunities for hedge funds. This marks the sixth straight month of positive performance for the index, bringing year-to-date returns to

Securities lending participants are staying in the market or adjusting their risk parameters rather than suspending their programmes, following the market volatility of the past 12 months, according to a survey by RBC Dexia.  Despite purported large-scale programme suspensions, only

The main client base of hedge funds is now institutional rather than private, according to Morten Spenner, chief executive at International Asset Management. As a result, Spenner says there will be less appetite for leverage, structured products and Madoff club-type

Blackstone Group’s economic net income (ENI) was a loss of USD341.9 million for the third quarter of 2011, a decrease of USD681.2 million compared to ENI for the third quarter of 2010. The decrease in ENI compared to the third