Hedge fund redemptions picked up speed in November, falling short of September’s five-year high but outpacing October’s level, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator, published by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. The Barclay Fund Flow Indicator is a
The State Street Global Investor Confidence Index decreased to 70.2 in January, down 9.4 points from December’s revised reading of 79.6. Confidence among North American investors worsened, with the North American ICI decreasing from 74.5 to 66.8. The European ICI
The Mizuho-Eurekahedge Index (USD), an asset-weighted index representing the global hedge fund industry performance was down 0.39 per cent in December, bringing its year-to-date loss to 4.09 per cent amidst the global equity market sell-off. Despite ending the year in
PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, achieved its best trading results on its spot segment in 2018 by reaching 1,111.2 TWh, improving its previous record (826.2 TWh in 2017) by over 34 per cent. The total traded
Bermuda’s Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) marketplace has proven to be resilient over the years. The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) has significantly outpaced other global markets and now lists more than 300 insurance linked securities, collectively representing USD30.92 billion, with international
The global hedge fund industry continued its recovery in February, gaining 0.97 per cent on an equal-weighted basis, and 0.40 per cent on an asset-weighted basis. Roughly 75.5 per cent of the hedge fund managers tracked by Eurekahedge recorded positive
Derivatives marketplace CME Group reached average daily volume (ADV) of 19.1 million contracts during March 2019, compared to 20.8 million contracts in March 2018. In addition, total daily exchange trading volume surpassed 20 million contracts on each of the final
Investor optimism spurred by a variety of favourable conditions pushed hedge funds to a solid start in 2019 with a 3.88 per cent return in January, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop
OKEx, a Malta-based digital asset exchange, recorded 223 per cent growth in monthly trading volume in the two months following its launch. Perpetual Swap is the latest product in OKEx’s derivatives lineup, with nine types of contracts available for trading
Managed futures stumbled out of the gate to start 2019, with the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, down 0.43 per cent for the month. All but two of the Barclay Managed Futures indices were in negative territory for January,
