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Morgan Stanley has launched a new fund, the MS Tremblant Long/Short Equity UCITS Fund under its FundLogic Alternatives Plc umbrella.
The fund provides exposure to Tremblant’s Long/Short Equity Strategy (the Strategy), which employs a fundamental and research driven approach. The Strategy aims to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns by identifying potential investments trading at material dislocation from fair value across sectors and regions. The FundLogic Alternatives Platform currently has more than USD2.4bn in assets under management, as of 31 December 2014, and this latest addition expands Morgan Stanley’s offering of Long/Short Equity strategies.
“We are delighted to announce the launch of
- 09/02/2015
After a strong start to the year, hedge funds paused for breath in early February, with the Lyxor Hedge Fund index falling 0.4% for the week. Trend reversals in oil prices (up 15% during the period) and in the USD (dollar index down 0.5%) were the principal causes. Almost all strategies ended the week in negative territory. But while many CTA and commodity managers were still short energy and subsequently witnessed losses, some Global Macro managers and shorter-term CTAs were on the long side of the spectrum (see page 3).
- 09/02/2015
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services is the exclusive licensor of real-time market data for spot, derivatives and spread products traded on PEGAS, as of 1 January 2015.
PEGAS is the central natural gas trading platform of EEX Group, operated by Powernext.
“With this new market data partnership, PEGAS will benefit from our extensive data distribution and licensing network,” says Georg Gross, Head of Information, Market Data + Services, Deutsche Börse. “For our clients, this means improved access to key market data from the pan-European gas market.”
PEGAS was established in 2013 by the European Energy Exchange and Powernext to
- 09/02/2015
Bolsa Mexicana de Valores is migrate its current real-time, proprietary market surveillance system to Nasdaq’s SMARTS platform.
SMARTS has international standards built into all of its monitoring processes, allowing for seamless consolidation of supervisory duties and making these duties more efficient and effective across the board.
"The SMARTS solution fortifies the capacities of reviewing operations that are traded in our market, enhancing Bolsa's abilities for detecting patterns of behaviour internationally recognised as contrary to good market practices," says Pedro Díez, Market Surveillance Director, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores. "With the adoption of this technology and according to its strategic lines, Bolsa
- 09/02/2015
OppenheimerFunds announced today that
Eric Meltzer is to join OppenheimerFunds firm as Chief Technology Officer, effective 17 February.
In this role, Meltzer will be responsible for advancing the firm's technology, infrastructure and data initiatives. Meltzer will be based in New York and will report directly to Art Steinmetz, OppenheimerFunds Chairman and CEO.
"Eric's appointment underscores the vital role that technology plays in serving our clients' needs," says Steinmetz. "Eric is an accomplished expert in his field, and we're delighted to have him join the firm to lead the strategic vision for developing and leveraging technology across OppenheimerFunds."
Prior to joining
- 09/02/2015
Four out of seven of IndexIQ’s IQ Hedge family of investable hedge fund replication and alternative beta indexes recorded positive performance in January.
The IQ Hedge Fixed Income Arbitrage Beta Index led the way with a return of 1.28% followed by the IQ Hedge Long/Short Beta Index (0.60%) and the IQ Hedge Global Macro Beta Index (0.28%). The other indexes to end the month in positive territory was the IQ Hedge Composite Beta Index with an increase of 0.05%.
The IQ Hedge Emerging Markets Beta Index was the month’s biggest loser, down 1.23%, while the IQ Hedge Event-Driven Beta Index
- 09/02/2015
Preqin has analyzed the performance of over 5,200 hedge funds worldwide throughout 2014 to identify the top performing funds. In an excerpt from the 2015 Preqin Global Hedge Fund Report, league tables reveal the 10 top performing hedge fund vehicles by various strategies and regions, and looks at the characteristics of these successful funds.
The data reveals that three-quarters of the 20 top performing hedge funds employed equity strategies. Other interesting findings include:
• Fifty-seven percent of all top performing funds in 2014 have been active for more than five years.
• Twenty-seven percent of all top performing funds in
- 06/02/2015
- 06/02/2015
Pioneer Underwriters (Pioneer) has launched a new EU regulatory compliant product for alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs).
This specialist product is aimed at AIFMs domiciled outside of the EU, which in addition to providing traditional financial lines cover, also ensures policyholders are compliant with the insurance provision requirement of the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) which came into force in July 2013.
Pioneer believes that this is the market’s first solution addressing the needs of non EU domiciled fund managers and forms part of a suite of products covering the specialist risks faced by a wide range
- 06/02/2015
FTSE Group has expanded of its established FTSE Infrastructure Index Series with the launch of two capped indices to complement the FTSE Core Infrastructure Indices
The new indices are: the FTSE Global Core Infrastructure Capped 50/50 Index and the FTSE Developed Core Infrastructure Capped 50/50 Index.
These capped versions of the infrastructure indices adjust the exposure of certain infrastructure sub-sectors, whilst still representing the developed and global universes of companies included in the FTSE Core Infrastructure Indices.
The expansion of the index series is in response to increased interest in this relatively young asset class, led by institutional investors diversifying
- 06/02/2015
Euronext is to launch a new premium milling wheat no3 contract, subject to final regulatory approval, at the beginning of March 2015.
Based on premium specifications, this new contract consolidates Euronext’s expertise in milling wheat and is fully adapted to the needs of stakeholders in the agrifood industry, providing a higher quality contract available for trading from September 2015.
The launch of the new premium milling wheat contract no. 3 is aimed at strengthening Euronext’s offering in one of its flagship products, now a benchmark for the wheat industry in Europe. Developed in partnership with industry requirements as expressed
- 06/02/2015
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