In the fourth quarter of 2015, institutional asset owners gained approximately 2 per cent at the median, according to Northern Trust Universe data. This marked a significant rebound from the median loss of 4.6 per cent recorded in the third
While the rise in swaps clearing in the US is now being mirrored in other regions in advance of regulatory implementation, market share and product scope at central counterparty clearinghouses (CCPs) is also shifting. CCPs have largely continued to dominate
A more active approach to managing portfolio-wide currency risks, and in particular a greater appetite for active currency overlays, is being shown by institutional investors, driven by divergence in European and US interest rates, geopolitical unrest and greater scrutiny of

The search for liquidity has overtaken the low latency arms race, according to the latest update from Object Trading, provider of a multi-asset direct market access trading infrastructure to buy and sell side clients. Market participants’ survival is about more
A new survey by RSRCHXchange shows a significant slippage in terms of timing for MiFID II compliance, with the vast majority of asset managers leaving this until Q4 or later, despite the regulations coming onto effect in January 2018. In
A new study from The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) examines the monthly CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index and the CBOE S&P 500 One-Week PutWrite Index, comparing their performance with that of traditional benchmark stock and bond indexes. This is
The implementation of MiFID II and EMiR will dramatically increase the use of e-trading of European interest-rate derivatives, but it will also lead to an increase in concentration of trading flows with the market’s biggest dealers, according to a new
Alternative assets fund managers hold a record USD7.4 trillion in combined assets under management (AUM) in 2015, up from USD6.9 trillion a year before, according to Preqin’s 2016 Global Alternatives Reports. The private capital industry in particular has grown over
Institutional investors worldwide say it is challenging to find diversification among traditional asset classes, with more than half (54 per cent) saying stocks and bonds are too highly correlated to provide distinctive sources of return. That’s according to a recent
Six months ahead of the MiFID II implementation deadline, alternative asset managers still face uncertainty, with 34 per cent of firms undecided for example on how to pay for research, according to a survey by the Alternative Investment Management Association
