Source and Rothschild launch firsT Equal Risk ETF in Europe
Source, an investment firm and a leading provider of Exchange TradedProducts (ETPs), and Risk Based Investment Solutions (“RBIS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Rothschild, are pleased to announce the launch of the Source R Equal-Risk European Equity UCITS (...)
Nomura launches US Dollar and Euro-hedged Nikkei 225 ETFs
Nomura, Asia’s global investment bank, today launched the “Nomura Nikkei 225 Euro-Hedged UCITS Exchange Traded Fund” and the “Nomura Nikkei 225 US Dollar-Hedged UCITS Exchange Traded Fund”. The ETFs are listed on the London Stock Exchange and will be available to investors in key (...)
Invest in domestic chinese stocks with ETFS-E Fund MSCI China A GO UCITS
In May 2014, ETF Securities partnered with E Fund, one of the largest asset managers in China, to launch a physical exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks physical A-shares listed in China. It is the first UCITS ETF to track the MSCI China A (...)
Amundi ETF continues to innovate with the first ETF in Europe1 exposed to Floating Rate Notes
AMUNDI ETF FLOATING RATE EURO CORPORATE 1-3 UCITS ETF has been listed by Amundi in September 2014 on Euronext Paris and has been registered with the Financial Conduct Authority on December 2nd 2014. Further cross registrations and listings are foreseen in the weeks to come (...)
Source, an investment firm and a leading European provider of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), is pleased to announce the launch of a euro-hedged version of the Source S&P 500 UCITS ETF, which currently has approximately US$ 1.7 billion of assets under (...)
At the turn of the month, hedge funds rebounded as market conditions improved. The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 0.4% last week, following a 3.3% drawdown in August. Year to date, hedge funds have demonstrated their ability to protect portfolios, returning - 0.3% whilst the (...)
European ETF market flows continued their positive trend in August 2015
NET NEW ASSETS (NNA) during this month amounted to EUR 9.7 billion, close to January 2015’s record high of EUR 10.9 billion. Total Assets under Management are up 17% vs. the end of 2014, reaching EUR 425 billion including a 4.8% market (...)
High dispersion of hedge funds’ returns in panic markets
The deflation and growth scares morphed into a vicious cycle last week. Multiple trading anomalies were observed, especially on Monday, suggesting that systematic and algorithmic trading amplified the sell-off.
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund returned -0.9 percent, or -73 billion kroner, in the second quarter of 2015.
Equity investments returned -0.2 percent, and fixed-income investments -2.2 percent. The return on these investments was 0.4 percentage point higher than the return on the benchmark indices. Investments in real estate returned 2.0 (...)
Receding systemic risks, but cautious risk appetite
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up +1.3% in July. 8 out of 12 Lyxor Indices ended the month in positive territory, led by the Lyxor CTA Long Term Index (+4.6%), the Lyxor Global Macro Index (+2.6%), and the Lyxor Variable Bias Index (...)