News category: Europe, Middle East and Africa
U.S., Europe Investors Enter Nifty 50 Contracts To Add Alpha, Rebalance Portfolios
Aug 1, 2024
Institutional investors in the U.S. and Europe, namely hedge funds and asset managers, are entering futures contracts on the Nifty 50 index as a way to add alpha and rebalance their portfolios.
Continue readingA Trillion Reasons To Hedge - Sunday Roundup, July 28, 2024
Jul 28, 2024
Some U.S. equity market records were broken this week but not the type that would draw any applause in the middle of an election year. The Nasdaq had its worst day since 2022 on Wednesday with the major tech rout wiping out USD1 trillion from the composite index.
Continue readingVol Shift From Europe To U.S. Drives RV Strategies
Jul 23, 2024
Uncertainty around the U.S. presidential election is ushering in opportunities to play relative value volatility strategies between Europe and the U.S. Simon Aninat, senior portfolio manager for volatility and overlay strategies at EUR382 billion Ostrum Asset Management, said implementations could include…
Continue readingFlows That Make You Go (E)TF - Sunday Roundup, July 21, 2024
Jul 21, 2024
Investors are pouring record amounts into exchange-traded funds, but calling them a purely passive investment option is no longer cool (or accurate). Options-based ETFs have been making plenty of headlines lately and a debate about whether the market can handle the insatiable appetite for them made for an interesting discussion at Global EQD in May.
Continue readingNewton Broadens Multi-Asset Portfolio With Derivatives
Jul 17, 2024
Portfolio managers at Newton Investment Management are implementing more derivative-based structures and strategies in the firm’s Real Returns strategy. Lars Middleton, portfolio manager at Newton Investment Management, said more illusive diversification within multi-asset portfolios over recent years has prompted this change.
Continue readingSystematic Strategies Alone Are Not Enough, Says Lombard Odier
Jul 15, 2024
Systematic strategies have been a popular choice for investors to navigate the market in recent years but Valentin Petrescou, global macro portfolio manager at Lombard Odier 1798, said they can often rely too much on backtest optimization and past correlations, which can create adverse outcomes. He said a combination of systematic and…
Continue readingA Fog Of Uncertainty - Sunday Roundup, July 14, 2024
Jul 14, 2024
Investors are increasingly concerned about volatility with high interest rates, inflation, geopolitical tensions and more than half the world headed to the polling booth. For asset owners and asset managers, this shifting landscape is causing a fog of uncertainty or as AP3’s head of strategic asset allocation said, investors are hiking in the mist.
Continue readingLow Correlation Could Persist For Longer Than Expected
Jul 12, 2024
Correlation between stocks is the lowest it has been in decades across the U.S. and in Europe. “This puts us at risk of a correlated market shock that…
Continue readingPeople Move Roundup: Campbell & Company, MerQube, Cbus Super Fund
Jul 11, 2024
In this week’s EQDerivatives People Move Roundup, we report on the latest buyside and sellside moves, including new additions at Campbell & Company, Société Générale and more.
Continue readingLinus Nilsson Preps Systematic Fund Launch At Tidan Capital
Jul 10, 2024
Linus Nilsson, who joined Tidan Capital as head of systematic strategies on July 1, is preparing to launch a standalone systematic fund. The strategy is going live next week as part of a mandate with a U.S. institutional investor and will launch as a standalone fund later this year.
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