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Hedge Fund Assets to Hit $2 Trillion by Year-End, Survey Says
April 7, 2010--Global hedge fund assets may return to the pre-financial crisis peak of almost $2 trillion by year- end, boosted by investment profits and capital inflows, according to a Credit Suisse Group AG survey of investors.
Industry assets may grow 25 percent from the $1.6 trillion at the end of 2009, according to the annual survey published today. The Zurich-based lender polled about 600 institutional investors worldwide with about $1 trillion of hedge fund assets between them, or above 60 percent of the industry total.
Hedge funds posted the strongest annual return in a decade last year, helping to reverse capital outflows in the second half of 2009.
Source: Bloomberg
Xtrakter Launches New OTC Liquidity Service
April 9, 2010--Xtrakter, the fixed income specialist, made the following announcement today: Xtrakter is pleased to announce the launch of XVOL its new OTC liquidity service.
XVOL offers fund, risk and performance managers the unique ability to determine the liquidity of differing fixed income securities they may currently hold or be monitoring. XVOL specifically provides subscribers with the total volume figure for each security traded in the preceding month and a unique flag indicating the level of trading in each listed security within pre-defined bands. The service is based on the actual level of trading in the previous month and does not include synthetic data.
Source: Xtrakter,
Morningstar Quarterly Commentary: Despite the slowdown, the rally in stocks continues in 1Q10
April 8, 2010-- A recap of the key observations.
Small beats large. Some beaten-down financials took off in the quarter as signs of stabilization in bank credit quality came through as welcome news to investors. The Morningstar Small Cap Index rose 9.6% for the quarter, and the Morningstar Large Cap Index rose 4.7%.
Sovereign credit concerns linger. The Morningstar Core Bond Index gained 1.5% in the quarter. Conversely, the Morningstar Global ex US Government Bond Index lost more than 2%.
Commodities fall. The metals segment continued to rack up gains, up 8% for the quarter. It wasn't enough to lift commodities overall. The Morningstar Long-Only Index fell 4.3%, and the Morningstar Long/Short Index lost 0.2%.
view the report-Morningstar Quarterly Commentary
Source: Morningstar
The Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010
April 6, 2010--The report highlights the key role of ICT as an enabler of a more economically, environmentally and socially sustainable world
Sweden tops the rankings of The Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010, released today for the ninth consecutive year by the World Economic Forum. Sweden is followed by Singapore and Denmark, which was in the number one position for the last three years. Switzerland (4), the United States (5) and the other Nordic countries together with the Canada, Hong Kong and the Netherlands complete the top 10.
With an extensive coverage of 133 economies worldwide, the report remains the world’s most comprehensive and authoritative international assessment of the impact of ICT on the development process and the competitiveness of nations.
The report is produced by the World Economic Forum in cooperation with INSEAD, the leading international business school, within the framework of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Network and the Industry Partnership Programme for Information Technology and Telecommunications Industries.
Source: World Economic Forum
NASDAQ OMX Launches Portfolio Manager App for iPad
Bringing Real-Time Market Intelligence to Life for iPad Users
April 2, 2010--he NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced the NASDAQ OMX Portfolio Manager App for iPad is now available on the App Store.
Following the success of the NASDAQ OMX Portfolio Manager App for iPhone and iPod touch, it's a natural fit for us to offer it for iPad," said Anna Ewing, chief information officer of NASDAQ OMX. "Nearly 40 years ago we launched the first all-electronic exchange, a revolutionary technology in the exchange space. At NASDAQ OMX, we are proud to now offer innovative visualization capabilities for stock market enthusiasts to view and engage with the stock market in real time on iPad."
The NASDAQ OMX Portfolio Manager App for iPad allows users to build a portfolio and watch list using real-time stock price data for U.S., Nordic and Baltic stocks. The app includes a flashing price screen to highlight real time movements, a chart overlay to show technical analysis, and capabilities for video and tweet posting.
Features of the NASDAQ OMX Portfolio Manager App for iPad include:
* The ability to build virtual stock portfolios;
* Create watch lists to monitor favorite stocks;
* Draw on-the-fly performance charts and overlay them with curves for technical indicators;
* See stock prices change in real time within a portfolio or watch list;
* View high-quality video clips from StockTwits TV and from the NASDAQ Market Intelligence Desk; and
* Post tweets on StockTwits' real-time stream. StockTwits hosts a social media community that covers economic and market news, and also allows users to share charts, recommendations, symbols, and websites.
The NASDAQ OMX Portfolio Manager App for iPad is available for free from the App Store on iPad or at www.itunes.com/appstore/.
Source: NASDAQ OMX
China factories crank up as global demand rises
April 1, 2010--Factories in China and India cranked up production in March and Japanese business morale rose to its highest in more than a year on signs of improving global demand, boosting hopes for a sustainable economic recovery
Similar manufacturing surveys later on Thursday were expected to show activity in the United States, Europe and the UK also picked up from February, suggesting gradual improvement in those economies despite worries about high unemployment and massive government debt.
Source: Todays Zaman
UNFCCC publishes reports summing up results of 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen
April 1, 2010--The UN Climate Change Secretariat Wednesday published official reports on the results of last year’s UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (7-19 December 2009). The reports detail the outcomes of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties at its 15th session (COP 15) and of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol on its fifth session (CMP 5). Each report is in two parts: one on formal proceedings and one on the decisions adopted by the relevant body.
Since the closing of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has received submissions of national pledges to cut or limit emissions of greenhouse gases by 2020 from 75 Parties, which together account for more than 80% per cent of global emissions from energy use.
41 industrialised countries have formally communicated their economy-wide targets to the UNFCCC. 35 developing countries have communicated information on the nationally appropriate mitigation actions they are planning to take, provided they receive the appropriate support in terms of finance and technology. These communications can be found on the view reports-UNFCCC Conference
Source: UNFCC
Average daily volume of 10 million contracts at Eurex and ISE in March
The equity index derivatives product segment recorded 69.5 million contracts (38.5 million index futures and 31 million index options), down from 92.5 million contracts the year before. Futures on the EURO STOXX 50 Index stood at 31.9 million contracts while options on the index stood at 23.1 million.
The equity derivatives (equity options and single-stock futures) segment at Eurex recorded 36.4 million contracts (March 2009: 33.7 million) and thus marked an increase of 8 percent. Thereof, equity options totaled 29 million contracts and single-stock futures another 7.4 million contracts. Dividend-based derivatives continued to grow significantly: The number of traded contracts was up by 134 percent and stood at 355.000 contracts.
Source: Eurex
Preqin:Q1 2010 Private Equity Fundraising Update
Source: Preqin
The Options Clearing Corporation Announces Total Contract Volume in March Grew 2%
Options: Exchange-listed options trading in the U.S for the month of March was up 1.44 percent from the previous year. Index options volume rose 15 percent higher than last year with 27,363,133 contracts in March. The year to date average daily contract for equity options is up 6.48 percent from 2009.
Futures: Futures cleared by OCC in March rose to 2,289,938 with an average daily contract of 102,770. Equity futures volume reached 385,125 contracts, a 64.87 percent increase over the same month last year where 233,598 were traded. Index and other futures volume came in at 1,904,039 this month and show a year to date average of 85,579 daily contracts.
Source: OCC
April 1, 2010--In March 2010, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 10 million contracts (March 2009: 12.2 million) – a decline of 17 percent. Of those, 7.1 million were Eurex contracts and 2.96 million contracts were traded at the U.S.-based International Securities Exchange (ISE). In total, 163.7 million contracts were traded at Eurex (March 2009: 172.3) and 68.1 million at the ISE (March 2009: 96.7).
April 1, 2010--Private equity fundraising shows slight improvement in Q1 2010: $50.4bn raised in Q1 2010 represents a 5% improvement from Q4 2009.
April 1, 2010--The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) announced today that total OCC cleared volume in March reached 353,294,816 contracts. This represents a 2 percent increase over the March 2009 volume of 346,360,655 contracts. OCC year to date total contract volume is up 8 percent from 2009 with 931,269,641 contracts.
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