UBS Global Asset Management has listed a new ETF on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) offering investors access to commodities markets with the additional benefit of GBP currency hedging. The UBS ETF (IE) CMCI Composite hedged GBP SF UCITS ETF
ICAP Information Services (IIS) and CME Group have partnered with The Beast Apps Group to create and deliver RapidRV, a real-time market data and analytics tool designed to provide market participants with the capability to analyse relative value opportunities between
DataArt has partnered with OpsCheck to develop and launch a web-based application which helps hedge funds maintain effective operational oversight in an increasingly challenging business and regulatory environment. Conceived by Frank Caccio, a hedge fund industry veteran, OpsCheck (www.opscheck.com) gives
CBOE Holdings plans to list options on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM) and the MSCI EAFE Index (EAFE) beginning Tuesday, 21 April. The announcement was made during a CBOE press briefing at the Futures Industry Association conference in Boca
iMatchative’s new online data analytics, monitoring and matching service for institutional investors and hedge funds, AltX, will now use a data feed from HedgeFund Intelligence’s. HedgeFund Intelligence’s global database of hedge fund performance tracks over USD2 trillion in assets under
Common Sense Investment Management (CSIM) has launched Common Sense Solutions, a bespoke portfolio construction and fund structuring service for institutional investors. Common Sense Solutions couples 24 years of hedge fund research, investment & operational due diligence with specialised portfolio &
McKay Brothers Microwave has launched a private bandwidth service between Slough and Frankfurt with latency of 4.64 milliseconds (ms) for the round trip, the lowest known. The company is finalising more routes between the UK and Frankfurt as well as
OpenGamma is working with dealers and other OTC derivatives market participants to deliver an open source model to calculate the margin on bilateral derivatives trades. The solution will implement the final Standard Initial Margin Methodology (SIMM) being developed by ISDA,
The performance of healthcare stocks is heading upwards. Right now, this is where investments are pouring in. In an article from Hedgeweek, Abbvie and Actavis, last quarter, lead the healthcare group on the top hedge funds buying list along with
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up +1.7% in February. 10 out of 12 Lyxor Indices ended the month in positive territory, led by the Lyxor Special Situation Index (+5.3%), the Lyxor CTA Short Term Index (+3.5%), the Lyxor Convertible
