PIMCO has launched Foreign Currency Strategy Exchange Traded Fund (FORX)
PIMCO, a leading global investment management firm, has listed the PIMCO Foreign Currency Strategy Exchange Traded Fund (Ticker: FORX), created to offer investors the potential to benefit from fundamental changes in global currency dynamics by diversifying away from the (...)
Eurex expands its product offering on French government bonds
On 11 March 2013, the international derivatives market Eurex Exchange will introduce a new interest rate future, the Mid-Term Euro-OAT Future, which is based on notional medium-term bonds issued by the Republic of (...)
Amundi broadens its minimum variance expertise with the launch of Amundi Funds Equity Global Minimum Variance
UCITS IV compliant, this sub-fund seeks to outperform the MSCI World index, over a 5-year investment horizon, whilst aiming to maintain a lower level of volatility than that of the index...
The BNP Paribas Flexible Fund Stars index, an index for exposure to flexible funds!
Launched this year, the BNP Paribas Flexible Fund Stars index allows investors to position themselves in an equally weighted basket of four UCITS flexible funds, all having an excellent accumulated performance, a track record of 5 years and significant assets (...)
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 (...)