Wall Street Horizon, the corporate events surveillance specialist, and MT Newswires have formed a partnership designed to help quantitative investors uncover new sources of alpha. Under the agreement, Wall Street Horizon will now be able to offer MT Newswires’ Live
The Bank of England has raised interest rates by a quarter point to 0.5 per cent, the first interest rate rise in a decade. Commenting on the decision, Andrew Fowkes, Head of Retail Centre of Excellence, SAS UK & Ireland
Chicago Board Options Exchange’s (CBOE) historical market data service formerly operated by Market Data Express (MDX) migrated to CBOE Livevol Data Shop on 6 January. The consolidation of historical data services under the CBOE Livevol Data Shop umbrella will enhance
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) reached a volume of 287.4 TWh on its power derivatives markets in December 2016, an increase of 23 per cent on December 2015’s total volume of 233.6 TWh. At 205.2 TWh, Power Futures for Germany/Austria
IndexIQ’s hedge indexes’ results for August 2017 revealed the top performing index as the IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Index, up 0.67 per cent in the month, followed by the IQ Hedge Long/Short Index, which returned 0.56 per cent in the period.
HFR reports that hedge fund industry capital increased to a fourth consecutive quarterly record in 2Q17, as investor allocations outweighed redemptions for the first time since 3Q15. Total hedge fund capital rose to USD3.1 trillion, a quarterly increase of USD34.1
Data from HFR shows that hedge funds advanced in August led by a resurgence in Energy/Basic Materials and Activist strategies. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) gained +0.4 per cent for the month, increasing the Index Value to 12,709
Fenics Market Data, BGC’s Market Data division, has agreed to a distribution partnership with OTC energy brokerage Amerex Brokers (Amerex), whereby Fenics Market Data will provide Amerex energy-focused market data products to its customer base. The Amerex market data service
Average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book in July stood at EUR6,193 million in July, a fall of 21.7 per cent compared to July 2015. Activity on ETFs continued to show strong resilience despite the general downturn
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) continued its growth course and achieved new record volumes in its markets in the first half of 2016. In the first six months of the year, a volume of 2,247.8 TWh was traded on the
