ICE Futures US has reported record daily volume in the mini MSCI futures complex as well as futures based on MSCI’s benchmark for international equity performance, the mini MSCI EAFE index, which tracks equities in developed markets in Europe and
ALTIN AG’s share buyback through a put options programme launched on 27 February has been very successful with 3,741,610 put options out of the 3,823,867 (97.85%) having been exercised. This corresponds to the repurchase of 374’161 shares, or 9.78% of
The SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for February 2015 measured 2.19%. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index meanwhile, advanced 0.66% in March. “March data showed a modest gain in the SS&C GlobeOp Capital
The dissident voice of the outspoken shareholder activist may have grown slightly louder in February, as Event Driven hedge funds led a strong month of hedge fund industry gains, with the HFRI ED: Activist Index posting the strongest monthly gain
Asian debt is expected to outperform developed market bonds in 2015, thanks to healthy corporate credit dynamics, supportive global liquidity, stable economic and political environments and investors’ demand for yield. Joep Huntjens, Head of Asian Debt at ING IM, says:
February was a risk-on month in markets, with investors deploying capital and equities rallying globally, while perceived safe-haven assets, such as US Treasuries, UK Gilts, German Bunds and gold sold off. The MSCI World index was up 5.9% in February,
February average daily volume in VIX futures on the CBOE Futures Exchange was 166,547 contracts, a decrease of 23 per cent from February 2014 and a decrease of 27 per cent from January 2015. Total volume in VIX futures for
Average daily volume (ADV) during February for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) was 4.7 million contracts, a decrease of 22 per cent from February
TOBAM, the Paris-based asset manager, has secured USD2.1 billion in net new inflows across its Anti-Benchmark strategies, since 1 December, 2014. In all, the company has recorded total net inflows of USD2.6 billion since the start of 2014, which contributed
Over half of investors in each alternative asset class feel improvements in the alignment of interests between investors and fund managers can be made by focusing on management fees. The majority of institutional investors that were interviewed by Preqin at
