Investment into global farm production has not only generated high returns for investors over the past year, but will be increasingly necessary in the fight to avert global food shortages. Extreme weather has led to a fall in food production
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed new rules to require certain credit default swaps and interest rate swaps to be cleared by registered derivatives clearing organisations (DCOs). The proposed rule is the first clearing determination by the Commission under
Alternative investment manager Aquila Capital has appointed Stuart MacDonald as managing director to assist in developing Aquila’s growing institutional business. MacDonald joins Aquila Capital from Gems Advisors, having previously worked in a senior capacity at firms such as Henderson Global
A former trader at Nomura Holdings Inc is preparing to launch a USD250million Asia-focused volatility hedge fund reported Reuters this week, in what should become one of the region’s bigger start-ups so far this year. Jean-Noel Payer was a managing
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has created a new benchmark volatility index – the CBOE S&P 500 Short-Term Volatility Index (VXST). Like CBOE’s flagship VIX Index, VXST reflects investors’ consensus view of expected stock market volatility. Whereas VIX
New Forests has introduced new investors to make an investment in the Green Triangle Forest Trust (GTFT). GTFT was established in March 2012 via the acquisition of the plantation assets of Auspine Ltd by New Forests Australia New Zealand Forest
Eurex Exchange has launched a new incentive programme for trading participants based in Asia and Australia. The initiative – launched at the beginning of October – aims to attract new participants to Eurex and to make trading even more interesting
HedgeChatter.com, an online service that allows everyday investors to make investment decisions based on the latest social media data, has been launched by Atlanta-based Soktino Dynamics. James Ross, co-founder of HedgeChatter.com, says: "Hedge funds and wealth management brokerage firms have
AlphaClone, a specialist in hedge fund position replication, reports 2012 performance through Q3 for its Momentum Select and AlphaClone Select portfolios of 33 and 18.7 per cent, respectively. The performance of these rules-based clone portfolios ranks among the top decile
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a review of Greek government bonds accounting practices in the IFRS financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2011. It sets out the results of the review conducted by ESMA on
