The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the world’s longest running stock market indicator, underlies two new leveraged exchange-traded funds.

This week is  likley to be all about the  FOMC  meeting  and their decision on US interest rates, Wall Street finished lower on Friday by some 30 points  taking us back bel

Hedge funds and their broker dealers have strengthened the quality and scope of risk management compared to historical practices, according to a new study. According to a new study of the global hedge fund industry conducted by Mercer Oliver Wyman, the global financial services strategy and risk management consultancy, the global hedge funds industry has made significant resource, system and organizational investments to manage risk. The improvements made to the risk infrastructure are aimed directly at working to reduce the likelihood of a fund failure and to limit the impact any such failure might have on their investors, the larger

Sandra Manzke, Chairman & CEO of MAXAM Capital Management, outlines the thinking behind the Matrix MAX Fund, aimed at the UK market.

Reuters is combining its DataScope market data solution with Paladyne’s front- to- back office hedge fund product suite.

According to a recent article in the European Central Bank’s Financial Services Review, hedge fund activities pose considerable risk to the financial system.

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has been given the green light for the US launch of a futures contract based on the BSE’s Sensitive Index (Sensex).

Eze Castle Integration has launched the Eze Business Continuity Portfolio, a range of managed IT and consulting services for hedge funds and investment firms.