MSCI Launches Innovative Family of Low Carbon Indexes
Indexes licensed by Amundi for the creation of index-tracking solutions. Leading asset owners, AP4 and FRR, plan to use new indexes as benchmarks for passive mandates...
VIS Essential Investments introduces VIS EFW Efficiency Index
VIS Essential Investments, an independent specialized financial boutique based in Switzerland, announces today the launch of VIS EFW Efficiency Index, tracking the performance of 150 OECD-listed companies based on their capacity to capture growth linked to Energy, Food and (...)
Lombard Odier Investment Managers launches long/short UCITS fund
Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM), the asset management arm of the Lombard Odier Group, launches a UCITS-compliant, US-focused, long/short equity fund.
Nomura Asset Management to launch Nikkei 225 Double Inverse Index ETF
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd., Japan’s largest asset management company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., today announced plans to launch a new exchange traded fund (ETF) designed to track the performance of the Nikkei 225 Double Inverse (...)
BlueHive Capital announced the successful launch of its first fund: BlueHive Opportunities – Global Alpha.
Founded in 2013, BlueHive Capital is a Paris-based Alternative Asset Manager. The company was launched by the former Natixis CIB’s Global Alpha team, headed by Sebastien Boucher.
ETFGI reports ETFs and ETPs listed globally gather net inflows of 76 billion in December, 2nd highest on record
ETFGI reported that ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$76.24 Bn during December. Despite the turmoil witnessed in developed markets during December, ETFs and ETPs listed globally attracted the 2nd highest net inflow on record, rivalled only by January (...)
iShares Shines in a Volatile Year, Setting Stage for Future Global Growth
In a year that saw the return of broad market volatility, more investors than ever turned to iShares’ exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to help diversify risk and access liquidity. iShares retained its position as a leading ETF provider, attracting $167 billion1 in assets (...)
ETFGI reports Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ETFs and ETPS listed globally gather net inflows of US$856 Mn during November 2018
ETFGI reported that Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$856 Mn during November. Total assets invested ESG ETFs and ETPs increased by 6.64% from US$21.77 Bn at the end of October, to US$23.22 Bn, according to (...)
Long Short Credit resilience defies investors’concerns
Since early December, Merger Arbitrage and L/S Equity Market Neutral has outperformed, while L/S Equity remains under pressure. Relative Value Arbitrage was resilient. Based on a peer group of 28 onshore L/S Credit strategies, the median performance was -0.3% month-to-date (...)