September 2016
News Rate hike fears mildly drag down hedge funds
Over the recent days the Fed has expressed its willingness to move forward with rate hikes. Yet, recent data releases have been uninspiring in the US. This contradiction led investors to take profits on both equities and bonds after the summer (...)
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September 2016
News BlackRock ETP Landscape - Global ETPs fLows accelerate ahead of 2015 pace as emerging markets climb to record territory
Global ETPs brought in $39.8bn in August driving year-to-date flows ahead of 2015 pace on strength in emerging markets (EM) and U.S. equities as well as EM debt and investment grade corporate bonds...
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September 2016
News CTAs Rally as the Greenback Loses Luster
In our previous report we commented on the respective stance of Macro and CTA managers on the US currency and signaled we were more comfortable with the bearish USD stance of CTAs. We maintain that view, despite the latest comments from Boston Fed President (...)
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September 2016
News Demand for customised reinsurance and insurance solutions is growing, Swiss Re sigma says
The latest sigma study "Strategic reinsurance and insurance: the increasing trend of customised solutions" focuses on the utility and rising use of non-traditional re/insurance solutions. Strategic reinsurance programs are designed to provide more efficient risk protection (...)
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September 2016
News Value Creation – CEPRES Proves Private Equity Gets It Right
CEPRES released a unique analysis that demonstrates Private Equity is enhancing value in operating companies. By analyzing thousands of PE-backed Operating Companies, CEPRES found that since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) there has been a steady and significant (...)
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September 2016
News Monthly European ETF Market Trends - August 2016 in brief
European ETF Market flows slowed in August 2016. NET NEW ASSETS (NNA) during this month amounted to EUR4.7bn, still 21% above the one-year monthly average level. Total Assets under Management are up 7% vs. the end of 2015, reaching (...)
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September 2016
News Dollar upswing lifts Global Macro managers
Market movements related to the new Fed guidance had a differentiated impact on hedge fund strategies. CTAs underperformed last week as a result of their long fixed income and short USD positions. Meanwhile, Global Macro managers (...)
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September 2016
News Henderson promotes James Ross to co-manager of the Henderson Horizon Pan European Equity Fund
Henderson Global Investors has strengthened the European equities team by promoting James Ross to co-manager of the €3.9bn Henderson Horizon Pan European Equity Fund.
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September 2016
News Euronext announces volumes for August 2016
The August 2016 average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at €4,844 million (-43.8% compared to August 2015). Activity on ETFs followed the same trend with an average daily transaction value of €335 million, down by -54.9% compared to August (...)
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September 2016
News Global FX trading averages $5.1 trillion a day in April 2016; spot trading falls while FX swaps rise
The 2016 Triennial Central Bank Survey of foreign exchange (FX) and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets activity shows a decline in FX spot trading for the first time since 2001, even as activity in FX derivatives continued to (...)
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September 2016
News Trading of OTC interest rate derivatives increases to $2.7 trillion per day in April 2016
The 2016 Triennial Central Bank Survey of foreign exchange and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market activity shows that US dollar-denominated instruments overtook euro-denominated instruments as the most actively traded OTC interest rate (...)
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September 2016
News S&P Global Market Intelligence: Spanish banks cut costs, target fees, as low rates squeeze margins
Only three of Spain’s top 13 banks reported a year-on-year rise in net interest income in the second quarter, and at least seven saw net interest margin fall. Only Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BBVA) and Bankinter SA reported double-digit returns on average (...)
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September 2016
News MarketAxess selects Ancoa’s Market Surveillance Capabilities for its European Fixed-Income Trading Platform
Ancoa, provider of contextual surveillance and insightful analytics for exchanges, regulators, buy- & sell-side firms, today announced that MarketAxess Europe Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of MarketAxess Holdings Inc . (Nasdaq:MKTX), has deployed Ancoa’s market (...)
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September 2016
News Unigestion’s fourth Secondaries Opportunities Fund sees successful first close
USO IV seeks transactions at the smaller end of the secondary market, in which high-quality assets can be acquired at attractive valuations. It focuses on small and middle-market funds, fund restructurings, secondary direct portfolios and structured transactions. It has a (...)
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September 2016
News Investor Confidence Drops from 98.0 to 89.7 in August
The Global ICI decreased to 89.7, down 8.3 points from July’s revised reading of 98.0. The decline in sentiment was driven by a decrease in the North American ICI from 99.8 to 89.5 and the European ICI from 92.4 to 86.8, along with the Asian ICI falling 2.0 points to (...)
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