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Kames Capital has launched two absolute return funds to complement its existing range – the Kames Equity Market Neutral Fund and the Kames Equity Market Neutral Plus Fund.
The firm now has four absolute return funds in its investment range.
The new funds will leverage Kames existing expertise in the absolute return space, by providing investors with a wider choice of strategies to complement the existing Kames UK Equity Absolute Return Fund.
The Kames Equity Market Neutral Fund will target a return of cash plus 4%, in all market conditions, over a 36 month rolling term. The fund
- 03/12/2014
Six out seven of Index IQ’s proprietary family of hedge fund replication and alternative beta indexes recorded positive performance in November.
Designed as investable benchmarks that replicate the performance characteristics of sophisticated hedge fund strategies, the IQ Hedge benchmark indexes were originally introduced on March 30, 2007, and have been calculating live since that date. IQ Hedge is the first family of investable benchmark indexes covering hedge fund replication/alternative beta strategies.
THE IQ Hedge Market Neutral BetaI led the way with a return of 1.30%, followed by The IQ Hedge Long/Short Beta Index (1.13%), the IQ Hedge Event-Driven Beta
- 03/12/2014
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) has launched the S&P 500 VEQTOR Switch Index, which seeks to simulate a dynamic portfolio that allocates between equity and the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index).
Today’s launch expands S&P Dow Jones Indices family of asset allocation indices that utilizes the VIX as a signal.
The allocation to the equity component of the S&P 500 VEQTOR Switch Index is dynamically adjusted to gain exposure to the S&P 500 with a target volatility of 10%. The remainder of the Index is allocated to the S&P 500 VIX Futures Long/Short Switch Index which allocates between
- 03/12/2014
- 03/12/2014
Trading volume for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) totalled 85.57 million contracts in November.
Average daily volume (ADV) was 4.50 million contracts, a two-per cent decrease from November 2013 and a 36-per cent decrease from October 2014, the busiest month ever in CBOE Holdings' history.
ADV through November is up 11 per cent from the same period one year ago. With one month remaining in 2014, CBOE Holdings year-to-date volume has already matched 2011's record annual volume of 1.21 billion contracts.
CBOE's November volume
- 03/12/2014
Canada’s derivatives markets are appealing to a broad range of domestic and international investors, with growing interest in using the country’s futures and options markets to generate income, make directional plays and manage risk exposures for fixed income and equity portfolios.
Although stagnant volatility and economic weakness in Canada’s natural resource and commodity sectors has caused trading in equity options to decline in recent years, Andy Nybo, a TABB principal, head of derivatives and author of new research, “Canadian Derivatives Markets: Co-Existing in the Shadow of a Giant,” says the reverse is true for their futures markets, benefiting from rising
- 02/12/2014
Tech startup iMatchative, parent company of the data analytics product, AltX, has landed David Walker as its new Senior Vice President of Operations.
A veteran business executive, David brings more than 30 years of Federal Reserve experience in both domestic and international financial institution supervision. Most recently, he spearheaded the formation of the Analysis and Reporting Technology Support Office in response to the significant growth in unstructured data collection for supervisory purposes. David also led efforts to reengineer local and enterprise support services, including the implementation of new document and resource management systems and the prioritisation of technology solutions.
“It's
- 02/12/2014
All six of of Market Vectors Index Solutions’ investable Long/Short Equity Indices, reported positive performance in November.
Each index is constructed using transparent, liquid ETFs and US Treasury securities to produce hedge fund-style returns without hedge fund pricing, opaqueness and redemption restrictions.
The Market Vectors Western Europe Long/Short Equity Index led the way with a return of 2.55% followed by the Market Vectors Global Long/Short Equity Index (1.08%), the Market Vectors Global Event Long/Short Equity Index (0.64%) and the
Market Vectors North America Long/Short Equity Index (0.56%).
The Market Vectors Emerging Markets Long/Short Equity Index produced a return of 0.24%,
- 02/12/2014
The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG has reappointed Hauke Stars, a member of the Deutsche Börse Executive Board, for five years with effect from 1 December 2015.
Hauke Stars (47) has been a member of the Executive Board since December 2012 and is responsible for the Information Technology & Market Data + Services Division. Her directorships include membership on the Board of Directors of Eurex Zürich AG, the Supervisory Board of Eurex Frankfurt AG and the Board of Directors of ISE and of Clearstream Services AG. In addition, she is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Klöckner
- 02/12/2014
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Teachers’) has appointed Jo Taylor as Managing Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and head of the London office.
In his new role, Taylor retains primary responsibility for Teachers’ Private Capital and private equity investments in the region while assuming oversight for the full cycle of opportunity origination, analysis, value creation and execution of investment activities across asset classes.
In addition to setting the tone and direction of Teachers’ investment activities in the EMEA market, Mr. Taylor, who joined the organisation in 2012, will guide all advisory relationships within the region and
- 02/12/2014
Linedata has made significant enhancements to its web portal facility for its Linedata Admin Edge platform. These enhancements focus on data control, reconciliation and creating ad-hoc user-defined views.
The enhanced web functionality, powered by Linedata Reporting, fuses secure access to real-time data with sophisticated presentation capabilities, enabling users to create customised reports and view them securely, in a number of different formats and on a wide variety of devices, including tablets and smartphones. This development offers enhanced operational efficiency for users, delivering information faster, enabling better informed decision-making, lowering risk and improving the day-to-day running of the fund accounting function.
- 02/12/2014
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