Gold trading volumes on the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) reached 41,945 contracts in December, registering a significant growth of 14% year-on-year. In December 2014, DGCX volumes witnessed a growth of 25% from the same period last year,
Citi’s depositary bank business is enabling European-registered alternative investment funds (AIF) and UCITS funds to trade A-shares through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme. Since the launch of Stock Connect in November last year, Citi has worked very closely with
Alpari has filed for insolvency after the majority of the retail currency broker’s clients sustained losses brought about by the Swiss National Bank’s (SNB) decision to scrap the Swiss franc’s currency cap against the euro. The value of the Swiss
Fiserv has partnered with HedgeACT, based in Chicago, to deliver access to an array of hedge funds to asset managers and investors within their managed account portfolios. The HedgeACT portal will be seamlessly integrated with the Unified Wealth Platform from
In this report, we discuss the results of a survey of more than 80 hedge fund managers (total AuM above USD 1,000bn) conducted at end-December 2014. Managers were asked to express their views for 2015 on global monetary policy, equities,
The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark gained just 3.78% in 2014, the lowest annual return since the 1.85% loss seen in 2011, according to data from Preqin’s forthcoming 2015 Global Hedge Fund Report. Most hedge funds failed to match the
Eurex Repo, the marketplace for international secured funding and financing, continued to grow in 2014. Combined average outstanding volumes for GC Pooling and the Euro Repo markets reached a new record level of around EUR200 billion on an annual basis.
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down -0.3% in December (YTD -0.2%). 3 out of 12 Lyxor Indices ended the month in positive territory, led by the Lyxor CTA Long Term Index (+3.5%), the Lyxor L/S Equity Variable Bias Index
The Ardsley Partners US Equity UCITS Fund has launched on ML Capital’s Montlake UCITS platform. Ardsley Partners is a long-short equity manager founded in 1987 and based out of Stamford, Connecticut. The firm invests globally, with a focus on
Aggregate hedge fund performance was -0.15% in December, the industry’s fourth monthly decline in the second half of 2014, according to vestments latest monthly hedge fund performance report. The drop brought Q4 performance to a virtually flat level, 0.03%. For
