Agecroft’s Don Steinbrugge (pictured) writes that rising short term interest rates should help some hedge fund strategy returns. Steinbrugge writes: “The Federal Reserve increased its target range for the federal funds rate by 25 bps to 1.50-1.75 per cent on
Thomson Reuters has enhanced its investment portfolio risk management solutions on its financial flagship desktop product, Eikon, with the addition of MSCI RiskMetrics. Investment professionals access to market-leading, multi-asset class risk analytics alongside Eikon’s capabilities for portfolio analytics, market monitoring
A new white paper from Ampersand Portfolio Solutions, entitled The Risk Contribution of Stocks, puts a spotlight on the risk contribution of stocks in a portfolio and urges investors to diversify into other asset classes. The paper states that most
Context Capital Partners’ latest Context Allocator Trends Report, which is based on a survey of more than 400 institutional investors and family offices, has revealed strong demand for alternative investment strategies, with 70 per cent of respondents planning to increase
Nasdaq has expanded and relaunched its Mutual Fund Quotation Service (MFQS) as Nasdaq Fund Network (NFN). Nasdaq Fund Network is a global investment product information service bringing greater efficiency and transparency to the world’s financial markets. Nasdaq Fund Network provides the
Quant Insight, a London-based macro analytics firm, and Predata, the New York-based predictive analytics platform, today announced a new strategic partnership whereby Predata will add its global geopolitical risk signals to Quant Insight’s quantitative macro analyses framework and processes to
Institutional investors now have more than USD2.00 trillion invested in hedge funds, and more than 5,250 institutions – 45 per cent of the total institutional investor universe – actively invest in the asset class, according to Preqin. A small proportion
Abel Noser Holdings is acquiring Zeno Consulting Group, a provider of best execution analysis, regulatory and trade surveillance services. Zeno has over three decades of experience in helping asset owners manage and control equity, fixed income and FX trading
Cboe Global Markets’ Cboe DataShop has added Wall Street Horizon’s corporate event data to its range of offerings, aimed at providing customers with a more robust data offering and the tools to better leverage corporate event intelligence. Cboe DataShop customers now
big xyt, an independent provider of high-volume, smart data and analytics capabilities, has added enhanced functionality on its Liquidity Cockpit dashboard, designed to provide greater transparency on over-the-counter (OTC) equities activity, including Systematic Internaliser (SI) transactions. The latest functionality, called
