European markets rose for a third day, led by UBS and Fortis.
Eiffel Credit Opportunities, a long-short sector focused European credit fund, will be replicated in a new cell on the Sciens Managed Account Platform. Eiffel Credit Opportunities is a long-short European credit fund which makes discretionary investments in credit instruments of
NYSE Euronext has completed its acquisition of the American Stock Exchange, enhancing its US leadership in the field of exchange-traded funds as well as in cash equities, closed-ended fund
Sameer Shalaby, chief executive of hedge fund technology provider Paladyne Systems, says the current financial crisis has sealed the fate of the tr
By James Williams – Institutional investors, from public and private pension plans to foundations, endowments and sovereign wealth funds, are showing significant signs of divergence when it comes to asset allocation; a markedly different story from previous years when the
The Blue Ink Composite (BIC), which tracks the performance of around 100 Hedge Funds in South Africa, recorded an 8.65% increase in 2011, outperforming the JSE All Share Total Return Index (ALSI) by more than 6%. This outperformance was achieved
TFS Capital has launched the TFS Hedged Futures Fund (TFSHX), which will compete for business with mutual funds that invest in managed futures. Similar to the firm’s flagship mutual fund, TFS Market Neutral (TFSMX), TFS Hedged Futures will hold a basket of long and
Seth Merrin (pictured), CEO of Liquidnet, comments on reports the European Competition Commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, is to block the planned merger of Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext… As well as competition issues there’s a feeling from investors that the merger
Christian Gattiker, head of research and equity strategy at Julius Baer, looks at the impact of the rejection by the US House of Representatives of
The Energy Data Hub (EDH), an independent energy data processing entity, has formed a partnership with Sapient Global Markets to advance the development of the EDH platform, a secure central repository for global energy transaction data. This partnership follows prior
