Trading volume in CBOE’s SPXpm – S&P 500 Index options that are PM-settled – established an all-time daily volume record this week as 54,611 contracts changed hands. Wednesday’s record surpassed the previous daily volume record of 39,472 SPXpm contracts
Kodak Retirement Income Plan (KRIP) is the seed investor for AlphaEngine Global Investment’s SMART Alpha investment program, an absolute return strategy that focuses on generating strong absolute returns, especially during periods when equity beta and typical absolute return strategies struggle
Van Eck Associates has acquired a hedge fund beta business and team from Lyster Watson, and will be offering a suite of strategies called Trackers. Trackers are hedge-style beta strategies based on indexes developed using a patented methodology and proprietary
Imagine Software, a provider of cloud-based portfolio and risk management solutions, has launched the Imagine Financial Platform (IFP) and the Imagine Marketplace. With these offerings, Imagine provides a cloud-based environment enabling financial institutions, service providers, consultants, and other third parties
Zürcher Kantonalbank has become a clearing member of EurexOTC Clear for Interest Rate Swaps (IRS), raising the number of clearing participants on EurexOTC Clear to 19. Zürcher Kantonalbank provides OTC derivates clearing in its prime services offering. “EurexOTC Clear
SYZ & CO has has launched OYSTER Multi-Manager Tail & Trading, a new sub-fund of its Luxembourg Part II SICAV 3A Alternative Funds. Devised by SYZ Asset Management, this innovative new fund combines two complementary alternative strategies in order to
San Diego-based Brandes Investment Partners has launched a Dublin-domiciled emerging market equity fund reported Citywire Global this week.
UBS O’Connor is preparing to open its first Asia-focused hedge fund to external investors later this year reported Bloomberg News, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. The fund commenced trading in August with internal money and is
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has started proceedings in the Federal Court in Sydney challenging whether Wellington Capital is legally able to distribute shares, as opposed to cash, to the unit holders in the Premium Income Fund (PIF). On
Institutional investors can now trade Turkish listed securities through Liquidnet’s platform. Institutional investors can now trade Turkish listed securities through Liquidnet’s platform. Liquidnet now provides access to 40 equity markets. Trades of Turkish equities will be executed via Liquidnet’s appointed
