S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies, a business unit within Standard & Poor’s, has been selected to provide independent valuations for a range of fixed income securities to GlobeOp Financial Services, a provider of middle and back office administration and risk
Hedge funds gained 1.31 per cent in April, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index has gained 4.58 per cent in the first four months of 2010. “Rising fears of default in the Euro zone
The forthcoming CS Brazil harvest is set to reach a new record with an expected 590 million tonnes of cane set to be crushed, according to Czarnikow, one of the UK’s oldest sugar traders. The record crush is expected to
UK-based, systematic macro hedge fund manager Quality Capital Management (QCM) has launched the DB Platinum IV QCM GDP Index Fund, a UCITS III compliant fund, which offers daily liquidity, is registered in Luxembourg and is part of Deutsche Bank’s db
Oscarsson & Engman Capital AB (OE Capital) has been licensed by Finansinspektionen (the Swedish equalent of the UK’s FSA) to operate as a securities company. OE Capital is an independent Nordic advisory and capital introduction firm, located in Stockholm and
In the first five trading days of May, Xetra-Gold achieved new records for cash inflows, order book turnover and market share. From 3 until 7 May, Deutsche Börse Commodities turned over a total of 3.7 tons of gold with its
The latest April 2010 estimate for the NewEdge Volatility Index (VTI) is -0.56% making this the sixth consecutive month that the index has recorded a negative return. The index, which consists of the following ten funds: Acorn Derivatives – Absolute
Industry veteran Rachel SL Minard has joined Optima Fund Management, a USD3.5 billion private investment firm specializing in hedge fund investments, in the newly-created position of Partner and Managing Director. Industry veteran Rachel SL Minard has joined Optima Fund Management,
Eurex will list three options on 17 May based on the Deutsche Bank ETFs db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets TRN, MSCI World TRN and MSCI Europe TRN. Additional ETF options are expected to be listed at Eurex later this year.
Australian Fund Monitor’s index of Australian hedge and absolute return funds has almost regained the previous high water mark set in October 2007 after adding 2.64 per cent in March to be up 1.41 per cent year-to-date. Equity based funds
