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Index roundup: Nomura launches momentum index
Momentum strategy delivers good skew, says Nomura; S&P Dow Jones Indices launches Givi sharia indexes; MSCI expands economic exposure series; FTSE indexes deliver sensitivity to economic cycle
Momentum strategies are rooted in observable market phenomena and tend to perform well in times of financial stress, says AHL’s chief scientist.
An analysis of commodity indexes shows third-generation indexes accurately take into account the fundamentals of commodity futures markets by going long backwardated assets and short contangoed ones.
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A decline in carry and momentum returns is forcing FX hedge funds to rethink their strategies. Some question if currency managers can still deliver attractive returns in an era of low beta returns.
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A growing number of commodity trading advisers (CTAs) believe fundamental strategies can help improve the return profile of trend-following managed futures programs.
News analytics holds promise of alpha for hedge funds traders
Recent breakthroughs in natural language processing and other forms of unstructured data could transform news and social media content into a source of alpha for hedge fund traders.
Hedging pressure-based long/short commodity strategy used for third...
Edhec has constructed a long/short commodity strategy capturing the risk premium in commodity futures markets and that can be used to design a third generation commodity index.
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2100 Xenon's fixed income program does well in volatile markets. The investment premise is that financial markets are structurally inefficient and price behaviour is driven by global liquidity flows.
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Technology can provide a competitive advantage in banking. How it is applied by Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutions, to the benefit for their risk management systems, is discussed.
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