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The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has launched a global, over-the-counter (OTC) interest rates derivatives trade repository. DTCC’s Global Trade Repository for Interest Rates for this USD553.8 trillion market (approximately EUR414 trillion or GBP356 trillion) will be based in
Channel Capital Advisors has launched a high yield catalyst fund, which aims to generate net returns of 10 to 12 per cent with low volatility and little correlation to the major markets. The fund invests mainly in liquid bonds, equity
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently unleashed a powerful new screening tool, Aberrational Performance Inquiry (API), to identify possible fraudulent valuations and misreported returns by hedge fund managers reporting above benchmark returns. Axiom Valuation’s AIRAS capability can protect
361 Capital, a provider of alternative investment portfolios to major institutions, financial intermediaries, and high-net-worth investors, has launched the 361 Capital Systematic Index (bloomberg:361SI), a rules-based quantitative method that systematically generates technical indicators against price and volume trends on equity
The Swiss banking group SYZ & CO is moving into the Latin American institutional markets with the registration in Chile of the OYSTER European Opportunities fund. The fund is targeting mainly local pension funds, a fast-developing category of investors in
Despite a 0.14% gain in December, managed futures lost 3.05% in 2011 according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. “The slightly positive returns for December masked the volatility in the major market sectors,” says Sol Waksman (pictured), founder
+ information request There has been a lot of comment in the media about the responsibilities and duties of hedge and alternative investment fund directors. Although the topic had been quite a high profile for several years, the Weavering judgement
Credit funds face growing risk of investor redemption, amid uncertainty over the Federal Reserve's plan for tapering and disappointing returns as credit performance drivers see their role diminish, according to Fitch. A new report also finds that repricing risk, which
Andrew Clark (pictured), chief index strategist for Thomson Reuters Indices and Lipper, draws on second-order variability analysis to predict which US sectors will decorrelate first, assuming the current market rally has legs… In a recent Reuters article, Bill O’Neill of
