Hedge Funds gained 2.11 per cent in January according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The longest consecutive streak of profitable months for the Barclay Hedge Fund Index was the 18-month period from October 2002 through March of 2004.
The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 0.69 per cent in July bringing their year-to-date return to 6.56 per cent as global equity markets edged higher following expectations over a Fed rate cut. The MSCI ACWI (Local) was up 0.83
The average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at EUR7,773 million in January 2018, up 20.4 per cent compared to January 2017, and stable from the previous month. The average daily transaction value on ETFs order book
Hedge funds were off to a good start in the first month of 2018, with the Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index up 2.26 per cent in January. Among volatility-focused hedge funds though, short volatility hedge funds posted the worst performance in
The Lyxor CTA index underperformed last week, losing 3.9 per cent, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. But several managers had already started to cut leverage ahead of last week’s market turmoil and managed
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) achieved a total volume of 240.9 TWh on its power derivatives markets in January 2018(January 2017: 291.1 TWh), with 140.3 TWh traded at EEX via Trade Registration with subsequent clearing. Clearing and settlement of all
In 2018 to date, a total of 5,949,142 transactions have been executed on SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Structured Products Exchange, a year-on-year rise of 41.6 per cent. There were 5,731,066 trades in the equities including funds + ETPs segment,
Cboe FX saw record spot average daily volume (ADV) of USD42.6 billion in January, surpassing its previous record of USD38.2 billion ADV set in September 2014. Cboe FX’s London matching engine reached record ADV of USD9.1 billion in January, up
The Lyxor HFI receded this week, mainly due to CTAs and Global Macro funds, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. They were dragged by their long in equities and energy, though their losses were
PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, saw strong overall volumes on its spot segment with 90.7 TWh in January 2018. A monthly record was also established on the German hub GASPOOL with 13.5 TWh (previous record: 12.7
