Trading activity at CBOE Holdings reached new all-time highs in total volume and average daily volume (ADV) in 2014. CBOE Holdings consolidated trading volume for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options ExchangeSM (C2SM) and
Singapore Exchange (SGX) derivatives trading hit records in December and the whole of 2014, while securities activities grew in December but declined overall during the last year. Total securities trading value was USD22 billion, up 8.2% from a year earlier;
During the last two weeks of December, hedge funds erased the bulk of the losses recorded earlier in December, when risk aversion was elevated, according to Lyxor. CTAs were again the best performers, in a remake of the patterns observed
With As the first AIFMD reporting deadline for many managers of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) looming large on 30 January 2015, firms may turn to outsourcing to meet their obligations. A survey conducted by the Financial Services team of Moore
Just one of IndexIQ’s proprietary family of hedge fund replication and alternative beta indexes recorded positive performance in December. The IQ Hedge Global Macro Beta Index returned 0.79% for the month while the other six indexes all saw negative returns.
The amount of catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) issued reached a record level in 2014, according to Artemis.bm. Artemis.bm recorded USD8.8 billion of new catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities issuance in 2014 in its Deal Directory, the highest level
Turnover at the cash markets of Deutsche Börse stood at EUR1.28 trillion (2013: EUR1.16 trillion), in 2014. Order book turnover on Xetra, Börse Frankfurt and Tradegate stood at EUR108.9 billion in December (December 2013: EUR85.4 billion). Of the EUR108.9 billion,
The international derivatives markets of Eurex Group ended 2014 with a turnover of approximately 2.1 billion contracts (2013: 2.2 billion contracts). The total volume for 2014 splits into 1.5 billion contracts traded at Eurex Exchange (2013: 1.6 billion) and 607.4
Three of Market Vectors Index Solutions (MVIS) six investable Long/Short Equity Indices, recorded positive performance in December. Each index is constructed using transparent, liquid ETFs and US Treasury securities to produce hedge fund-style returns without hedge fund pricing, opaqueness and
Friday, 19 December 2014 was Euronext’s most active day in terms of trading in 2014 and the most active day on its market since March 2011. Some EUR15.986 billion was traded across all its cash products: equities; ETFs; warrants
