Stock markets carried April’s momentum into May and hedge funds were among the beneficiaries posting a 2.71 per cent monthly return, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. By comparison, the S&P 500
The Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) will launch two new futures contracts – FTSE4Good TIP Taiwan ESG (F4G TIP TW ESG) Index Futures and TIP Taiwan Market Biotechnology and Medical Care (TIP Taiwan BIO) Index Futures on 8 June, 2020. The addition
By Jim Neumann, CIO, Sussex Partners – The news that Blackrock is to advise the European Commission on how the EU could boost the growth of green finance and build the market for sustainable financial products is a welcome announcement.
LexShares, a specialist in commercial litigation finance, has launched LexShares Marketplace Fund II (LMFII). With a USD100 million target fund size, LMFII will invest in litigation-related assets offered on the LexShares platform. LMFII opens on the heels of the company’s 100th
Digital currency trading and lending specialist Genesis has acquired Vo1t, an insured digital custody service.
GMEX Group, a provider of multi-asset exchange trading, post trade business solutions and technology, has taken a leading role in the initial consortium to launch the Mauritius International Derivatives and Commodities Exchange (MINDEX), through the GMEX Market Advancement Programme (GMEX
As global equities markets on both sides of the Atlantic continue to flutter, credit and emerging markets are throwing up comparatively attractive trading opportunities, BlueBay Asset Management, the London-based fixed income and credit-focused hedge fund, said on Thursday. Against a
Short-term trend-following hedge fund strategies are maintaining their positive momentum in May, but other managed futures strategies have dipped into negative territory in recent weeks.
Quantitative hedge fund WPT believes there’s a ‘significant’ risk of a market correction in 2018 and is preparing for probable market turbulence. While accelerating global growth, corporate tax reform and a business-friendly administration in the US have contributed to market gains, it’s
Dutch gas transmission system owner and operator, Gasunie Transport Services, is to use pan-European gas trading platform PEGAS for the determination and provision of the Neutral Gas Price (NGP). 
 Gasunie Transport Services is pleased that after a temporary use
