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Topix Futures will be available for trading on NYSE Liffe from 18 October, making the benchmark index available in both Tokyo and London.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Topix (Tokyo Stock Price Index) is the most popular index for benchmarking Japanese equity portfolios, and Topix Futures are already actively traded by investors worldwide.
The NYSE Liffe launch of Topix Futures will increase the number of potential investors who can access these products, particularly outside Asia. The NYSE Liffe market will remain available for trading for 11 hours (ten hours during British Summer Time) following the close of the TSE market.
- 08/10/2010
Deutsche Bank has consolidated its listed derivatives business to provide clients with execution and clearing services across asset classes.
In addition, the bank is further strengthening the new business with the appointment of eight new hires and expects to add to this number in the coming months.
The new business will be headed by Drew Bradford. He will report to Jon Hitchon, co-head of global prime finance.
Hitchon says: “The move to central clearing for OTC derivatives will result in clients needing increasingly sophisticated global execution, clearing and margin facilities. Our consolidated business will continue to invest heavily in talent,
- 08/10/2010
Singapore-based Woori Absolute Partners, an alternative investment company sponsored by one of South Korea’s largest securities firms – Woori Investment & Securities Co., Ltd
- 07/10/2010
- 07/10/2010
Threadneedle, has this week announced the appointment of Vanessa Donegan as the firm’s newly created Head of Asia and Global Emerging Markets<
- 07/10/2010
Prominent UK hedge fund manager, Hugh Hendry (pictured), the CIO and CEO of Eclectica Asset Management, has started taking short positions on China on expectations that
- 07/10/2010
Swiss-based Salus Alpha, one of the world’s leading UCITS investment managers, is gearing up to launch an Asian Equity L/S UCITS fund in the New
- 07/10/2010
Swiss fund of funds firm, Harcourt Investment Consulting AG, this week signed a strategic partnership agreement with Korea’s Daewoo Securities.
- 07/10/2010
Thor Monsen has left Cadogan to become Strategy Head – Asian Hedge Funds at Citi Private Bank in Hong Kong.
- 07/10/2010
- 07/10/2010
London-based asset management group I2BF has been awarded the mandate to control a new USD100m nanotech fund, alongside Russian bank VTB.
The appointment has been made by the fund’s primary investors, Russian nanotech giant Rosnano and Kazyna Capital Management, both of which have already committed USD25m.
The remaining investment – between USD50m and USD100m – will be raised by I2BF and VTB.
The fund’s lifespan will be ten years and it aims to provide investors with exposure to projects focused on bringing the benefits of nanotech to sectors which contribute to the overall economies of both Kazakhstan and Russia.
The
- 07/10/2010
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 1.97 per cent in September, taking its year-to-date performance to 2.82 per cent.
The top performing strategies over the month were special situations (4.00 per cent), l/s equity long bias (3.91 per cent), and global macro (2.47 per cent).
The worst performing strategy was L/S equity short bias, which dropped 7.96 per cent.
The Lyxor Hedge Indices are investable, asset-weighted hedge fund indices. They are based on Lyxor’s hedge fund platform which covers all the major hedge fund strategies.
- 07/10/2010
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