The value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 5 per cent to EUR12.5 trillion in December 2014 (compared to EUR 12.0 trillion in December 2013). Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business
London Business School and investment management firm AQR have launched the AQR Institute of Asset Management, which is looking to advance research and best practices in the global asset management community. AQR’s 10-year commitment makes the firm one of the
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has begun disseminating values for three new CBOE volatility indexes using the prices of CME Dollar/Euro, Dollar/British Pound and Dollar/Japanese Yen futures options. The CBOE/CME FX Euro Volatility Index (EUVIX), the CBOE/CME FX British
Inflows to the hedge fund industry rebounded to USD10.2 billion (0.4% of assets) in November from USD1.1 billion (0.05% of assets) in October, according to TrimTabs and BarclayHedge. “Hedge funds took in USD107.6 billion in the first 11 months of
Para Advisors LLC a New York based event driven fund manager with a current AUM of USD350 million, will shortly launch the Para International UCITS Fund on the MontLake UCITS Platform. The UCITS fund will be managed in the
Over half of infrastructure funds that closed in 2014 exceeded their fundraising target, up from 37% of funds in 2013. Andrew Moylan, Preqin’s Head of Real Assets Products, takes a look at infrastructure fundraising over the last 12 months: The
Ahead of the release of the IEA’s Oil Market Report on Friday, 16 January, Optima’s Graham Martin gives his assessment of the oil market for investors… With such a fall in oil prices investors tend to stay on the sidelines till
Corporate, fund and private client services provider JTC Group has marked its 27th consecutive year of growth with the launch of a refreshed global brand. The launch of JTC’s new look comes after another successful year, which saw the firm
Estlander & Partners has launched a new systematic fund – the E&P Commodity Fund – which is focused exclusively on the commodities sector. The fund began trading on 24 November 2014 with assets approaching USD30 million with backing from
Lyxor Asset Management has partnered with Capricorn Capital Partners to launch the Lyxor / Capricorn GEM Strategy Fund, a new UCITS-compliant long/short global emerging market equity strategy. The fund, which expands Lyxor’s Alternative UCITS offering, seeks to achieve capital appreciation
