STOXX Limited has expanded its smart beta offering with the release of a new index family that selects components based on their Sharpe ratios. The STOXX Sharpe Ratio indices include stocks from the respective benchmarks that have the highest Sharpe
Neuberger Berman this week announced the launch of its Emerging Market Debt Blend Fund, a sub-fund of its Irish-domiciled UCITS fund umbrella, Neuberger Berman Investment Funds plc., following the success of the US regulated version of the same strategy, which
Aggregate hedge fund performance was -0.03% in January, outperforming the S&P 500 by 297 basis points, according to eVestment’s latest hedge fund performance report. That was the highest level of outperformance since January 2014 and second most since the second
European leveraged loan and high yield bond markets experienced a landmark year in 2014, according to a new report by White & Case, Debtwire Analytics and Xtract Research. Coming of age: The changing face of international leveraged debt, reveals that
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has been named as an Elite Services Provider (ESP) on 2015 CRN Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list. This annual list distinguishes the top technology
Euro prime money market fund (MMF) balances grew by 33.6% in 2014 to EUR82 billion, according to Moody’s Investors Service’s newest quarterly money market fund reports. "This increase in assets is directly attributable to the European Central Bank's rate cut
SS&C Technologies Holdings has completed completion of Annex IV filing for over 50 Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) and 300 Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). SS&C GlobeOp filed with multiple Nationally Competent Authorities (NCAs) across Europe, including the key jurisdictions of
As at 31 January 2015, 46 Guernsey Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) have used the isand’s National Private Placement (NPP) regime to market Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) into Europe. The figures, which solely reflect marketing into Europe by Guernsey AIFMs
tru Independence has launched an elite investment platform offering both traditional and alternative investment solutions for independent registered investment advisers. "It's all about our advisor teams and their clients receiving access to best-in-class institutional managers across the entire spectrum of
London-based Catalyst Development has issued an advisory briefing for hedge funds explaining how they can save millions of dollars each year through a brand new approach to trade compression. Catalyst believes action is urgently required if funds are to withstand
