Digital Vega, provider of the award-winning Medusa multi-dealer FX Option platform, saw year-on-year growth of over 160% in 2014 with daily trading volumes breaking all previous records. Mark Suter, Executive Chairman, says: “We were really pleased with last year’s progress
Four out of seven of IndexIQ’s IQ Hedge family of investable hedge fund replication and alternative beta indexes recorded positive performance in January. The IQ Hedge Fixed Income Arbitrage Beta Index led the way with a return of 1.28% followed
January was a volatile month across asset classes, proving challenging for many hedge fund investors although most global macro investors were rewarded, with the HFRX Macro/CTA index up 2.0%. Important asset class moves reflected expectations of slowing global growth, including
The January 2015 average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at EUR8,630 million (+31% compared to January 2014). In January 2015, the average daily volumes on equity index derivatives were significantly up at 298,375 contracts (+12%
The strength of alternative UCITS sector continued to grow with assets under management (AuM) increasing 41% to EUR 224.3 billion in 2014, according to the latest Alceda UCITS Review. 2014 proved a difficult year for active managers, with the AH
Net revenues for the NASDAQ OMX group were USD517 million in the fourth quarter of 2014, down 1% from USD520 million in the prior year period, driven by the impact of foreign exchange rates. On an organic basis, excluding the
Jersey has affirmed its position as a leading centre for companies looking to list, with the volume and value of Jersey companies listed on exchanges around the world rising significantly in the past 12 months, according to figures collated by
Conifer Financial Services, a provider of fund administration, middle office, trade execution, and prime brokerage services to the asset management industry, has received an unqualified opinion in the Service Organisation Controls (SOC) 1 TYPE 2 (SSAE 16) 2014 examination of
The IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF (QAI), the first liquid alternative exchange-traded fund (ETF), has topped USD1 billion in assets. QAI, which marked its five year anniversary in March, is the largest fund in its category and anchors IndexIQ’s growing
Gottex Fund Management has reported good performance from its UCITS Multi-Asset Balanced Fund in 2014, up 6.0% for the year. Both of the company’s Asian equity funds saw significant gains too, with the Gottex-Penjing Asian equity strategy up 7.7% in
