BullionVault.com, one of the world's largest physical online gold and silver markets, has seen an increase in the amount of larger investors turning to gold in the UK. In the case of gold specifically, the average purchase size amongst customers
Total hedge fund assets decreased 1.57 per cent in June 2015, bringing the industry’s total assets under management to USD3.118 trillion, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Asset Flows report. Investors added USD12.1 billion of new capital to the industry
Funds under management (FUM) at Man GLG jumped 8 per cent to USD78.8 billion for the six-month period ended 30 June 2015 (31 December 2014: USD72.9 billion), according to the firm’s latest interim management statement. Gross sales meanwhile totalled USD10.5
The eFix Matching solution – a collaboration between EBS, ICAP's electronic foreign exchange business and Global Broking – has seen growth of over 160 per cent in average daily volume (ADV), since its launch one year ago in May 2014.
Hedge funds investing in China surged to a record monthly gain in April, as trading volume on the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program soared and the Chinese Central Bank reduced interest rates. The HFRI China Index was up +13.0 per
The challenging conditions experienced during April, particularly the last week of the month, saw all of the managed futures indices calculated by Societe Generale Prime Services post negative performance, ending a strong run of performance enjoyed so far during 2015.
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for July 2015 measured 2.08 per cent, down from 4.72 per cent in June. “July SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator fell sharply in July to 2.08 per cent from 4.72 per cent in June,”
Hedge funds posted gains in April as regional equity and currency markets across China, Russia, Brazil and the Middle East posted sharp gains. Volume surged on the Shanghai/Hong Kong Connect program to a daily record driving Chinese A-shares to a
In April, initial gains in several markets reversed as US data weakened versus expectations. In addition to a fall in the US dollar, European equities gave back their earlier positive returns, safe-haven sovereign bonds sold off and oil rallied significantly.
Data management is no longer simply an internal challenge for asset managers as they face increasing pressure from clients to respond to growing demands for data, according to RIMES, a provider of managed data services for the buy-side. This comes
