March 2014
News February, not that cold for hedge funds
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up +1.9% in February, bringing year to date performance to +1.45%. 11 Lyxor Strategy Indices out of 12 ended the month in positive territory, led by the Lyxor Special Situations Index (+3.48%), the Lyxor CTA Long Term Index (+3.4%) and the (...)
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February 2014
Strategy Is Low Volatility investing overcrowded?
One may reasonably argue that the recent flows into the Low Volatility strategies might affect their future performance because of the flow pressure on the prices of the companies that generally are selected by this investment approach. More recently, some market (...)
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February 2014
Innovation Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Koris International Launch Merrill Lynch Dynamic Capital Protection UCITS Fund
This latest sub-fund on the MLIS UCITS platform, provides institutional investors with a capital-protected solution that uses core-satellite investment principles within a risk control framework to generate risk (...)
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February 2014
Pedagogy Amundi Funds Absolute Global Dividend aim for 150 to 200M€ in managed assets over a period of 12 months
According to Warin Buntrock, fund manager of Amundi Funds Absolute Global Dividend in BFT Gestion, the investors feedback is encouraging. As proof, the fund, launched on 15th April 2013, is today 65 million worth in assets under (...)
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February 2014
News The inexorable growth of the dividends "futures" market
Dividend Futures give rise to growing interest among market professionals, including fund management companies based in France, as evidenced by the recent launch of strategies specifically dedicated to this market segment, particularly in Melanion Capital or Laffitte Capital (...)
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January 2014
News Launch of a Research Program in Behavioral Finance
Under the CIFRE plan (industrial contracts for training through research), Koris International launches a research program in Behavioral Finance through a PhD entitled "Behavioral Finance Approach for Risk Assessment in Quantitative Portfolio Management”, conducted by the PhD (...)
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January 2014
Strategy “Guru” strategy: back to basics with a quantitative equity strategy
As its name so aptly suggests, a “Guru” strategy combines the expertise we have gleaned from history’s greatest fund managers with the advantages of quantitative investment management.
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January 2014
Opinion Quantitative management: the THEAM way
At THEAM, a subsidiary of the BNP Paribas Group, our development strategy involves promoting the added value that quantitative techniques can bring to the field of asset management.
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December 2013
News Millions of hidden share trades to be revealed
Millions of previously hidden US stock trades will be revealed for the first time on Monday December 9 thanks to research from a team of academics.
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December 2013
Strategy Absolute Return Fund Performance Improves but is Dependent on Volatility
Fitch Ratings says in a new report that absolute return funds’ performance has improved with over 70% of funds posting positive performance in 2012 and 2013, supported by more favourable market conditions. Returns have showed low volatility but have not always been (...)
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November 2013
News The rising tide lifted all ships: hedge funds deliver in october
All Lyxor Strategy Indices ended the month of October in positive territory, led by the CTA Long Term (+4.03%), the L/S Equity Market Neutral (+1.77%) and the L/S Equity Long Bias (+1.63%).
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October 2013
News ING announces exercise of underwriters’ option to acquire additional shares in ING U.S.
ING announced today that the underwriters in the offering of shares of ING U.S. Inc., its U.S.-based retirement, investment and insurance subsidiary, have exercised their option to purchase an additional 4.95 million shares of ING U.S. from ING Group at the offering price of (...)
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July 2013
Opinion More upside in 2013 for hedge funds, says Lyxor research
The remainder of 2013 is setting up for further gains and hedge funds are positioned to take advantage of the opportunities. The US economy is expanding steadily and growth will likely accelerate in the 2nd half of the year as fiscal restraint wears (...)
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July 2013
News Hedge funds anchored in positive territory in spite of equity and bond sell-off hits
All Lyxor Indices ended the month of June in negative territory, worst index performers were the CTA Long Term (?2.64%), the Lyxor Long/Short Equity Market Neutral Index (?2.45%) and the Long/Short Equity Credit Arbitrage Index (...)
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June 2013
News Smart Beta: THEAM renames one of its low-volatility funds
THEAM has just renamed its smart beta BNPP L1 Equity World Low Volatility fund Parvest Equity World Low Volatility. The fund’s strategy and portfolio management team remain unchanged...
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