Derivatives marketplace CME Group saw total volume in April 2015 of 252 million contracts, down 2 per cent from April 2014, with 87 per cent traded electronically. April 2015 volume averaged 11.5 million contracts per day, down 6 per
The hedge fund industry has posted average returns of -0.75 per cent for June, the first month this year of negative performance. Despite this, the benchmark has still returned 4.50 per cent year-to-date. Single-manager hedge funds were not the only
Following a good start to the year, ALTIN’s NAV performed well during the first two months of the second quarter (+0.34% MTD as 30.04.2015, +0.79% MTD as 31.05.2015) and suffered in June (-1.94% MTD, estimate) as global financial markets declined
Just one of Market Vectors Index Solutions’ (MVIS) six investable Long/Short Equity Indices, which use liquid ETFs and US Treasury securities to produce hedge fund-style returns without hedge fund pricing, opaqueness and redemption restrictions, recorded positive performance in April. Market
Convergex, an agency-focused global brokerage and trading related services provider, has just completed its best-ever quarter of growth for its prime services business. From January to March of 2015, Convergex Prime Services added more assets under management from new clients
Total trading volume in June for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) was 99.2 million contracts. This represents an increase of 16 per cent from
June was a choppy month with reversals and sell-offs across most asset classes as investors digested Mario Draghi’s comments on expecting high volatility for bonds followed in the second half of the month by the risk escalation in Greece. Negative
Monthly average daily volume (ADV) and monthly total volume, both exchange-wide at CFE and for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index), rose from last month and from year-ago levels. June total volumes hit highs for 2015, surpassing previous
Euronext posted its strongest six-month trading volume performance since the end of 2011 in the first six months of 2015, supported by favourable economic conditions. The June 2015 average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at
CME Group saw agricultural products reached a record of 2,873,291 in trading volume on 30 June, 2015, surpassing the previous record of 2,856,869 set on 26 June, 2015. CME Group also confirmed records in daily trading volume for the following
