The majority of investors in hedge funds, commodity trading advisors and private equity funds expect to increase their allocations to those private investments in 2012, according to a survey by AlphaMetrix. A total of 65 per cent of investment managers
Continuing on from the end of 2010, the stock market started the New Year at a steady pace. In a context of implicit volatility (19.5%) that was slightly on the rise but still below 20%, the S&P 500 index (+2.27%)
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a final rule regarding changes to Part 4 of the Commission’s regulations involving registration and compliance obligations for commodity pool operators (CPO) and commodity trading advisors (CTA). The rule increases transparency to
The Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX) has reached 100 catastrophe bond programme and series listings, with a total face value of approximately USD8.5 billion. The CSX listed its first cat bond Ajax Re Ltd in 2007. The specialist listing rules of
The international derivatives exchange Eurex is to launch 11 new equity options on leading German companies on 21 February 2011. The options will be on Allianz, BASF, Bayer, Commerzbank, Daimler, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Telekom, EON, RWE, SAP and Siemens, and
International derivatives exchange Eurex will be launching new dividend futures on 24 February based on the dividends of thirteen UK equities: Anglo American, AstraZeneca, Barclays, BHP Billiton, BP, BT Group, Diageo, GlaxoSmithkline, HSBC Holdings, Rio Tinto, Royal Dutch Shell, Tesco
Average daily volume (ADV) in futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index) and total exchange-wide ADV at CFE reached record levels in February 2014. Also during the month, the exchange launched trading of futures on the CBOE Short-Term Volatility
Penson Financial Services (Penson), the London-based clearing unit of Penson Worldwide, is the latest member of SmartPool, the European dark liquidity pool created by NYSE Euronext in partnership with HSBC, JPMorgan and BNP Paribas. Penson will offer trading firms executing
Order book turnover on Xetra, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Tradegate stood at EUR102.6bn in February 2014, up from EUR93bn in February 2013. Of the EUR102.6bn, EUR93.4bn were attributable to Xetra (February 2013: EUR85.2bn) and EUR4.7bn were attributable to the
NYSE Euronext (NYX) has reported net income of USD135 million, or USD0.51 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to net income of USD172 million, or USD0.66 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2009. Results
