By Robin Sarkar, State Street – In the case of liquid alternatives, investors would be especially smart to pay heed to an age old piece of advice: buyer beware. That's because, despite their differences when compared with traditional alternative investment vehicles,
Euronext has launched the Euronext BeNe 40 Equal Weight index, an index reflecting the 40 most traded companies included in the BEL 20 and AEX indices. The index is composed of the 40 most traded companies included in the BEL
Lyxor Asset Management operates the largest commingled hedge fund managed account platform (MAP), but over the last couple of years it has made inroads to build out a similar offering in the UCITS space. The Lyxor Alternative UCITS platform has
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) are partnering to provide clients with a connection to UnaVista’s Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM). The service will allow DTCC clients to comply with the Markets in Financial
With increased volatility starting to buffer equity and bond markets, investors have taken reassurance from the fact that the FundLogic Alternatives platform may provide the fund strategies needed to navigate the uncertainty. Since the start of June, German bund yields
Lutetia Capital’s Lyxor Lutetia Merger Arbitrage (UCITS) fund increased its assets to USD125 million in the two months since becoming available on the Lyxor UCITS platform, on 7 July. The fund launched with initial commitments of USD40 million and also
The liquid alternatives space, which by definition includes alternative UCITS funds in Europe and '40 Act registered alternative mutual funds in the US, is not only attracting strong inflows. According to latest research from Preqin, the average alternative mutual fund
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an order regarding ICE Trade Vault, a provisionally registered swap data repository. The order adds the “interest rate” and “foreign exchange” asset classes to those asset classes that ICE Trade Vault
SYZ Asset Management, the investment funds arm of Swiss banking group SYZ, offers investors two unique long/short strategies in its OYSTER UCITS-compliant fund range. The main differentiators between the two funds are summarised in the table. Both funds are Luxembourg-domiciled,
Five years ago, UCITS funds weren't exactly a prominent blip on the radar screen at Société Générale Prime Services, but over the last two years, excluding managed accounts, they have accounted for approximately 50 per cent of all new funds
