Equity markets
Corporate Actions and the Need for Standards
The industry needs standards to automate corporate actions and meet the Group of Thirty's recommendations. By Gary Write, director, CityCompass.
UK banks failing SMEs on hedging
More than half of UK businesses with exposure to currency transactions totalling £20 million per year are failing to hedge their exposure, according to research produced by currency services firm Travelex in the UK. The lack of protection is due to a…
SG expands range of UK currency warrants
SG, the investment banking arm of French bank Société Générale, has launched warrants on the US dollar/yen and euro/US dollar currencies on the London Stock Exchange’s warrants market. SG said it also plans to launch warrants on the Japanese Nikkei 225…
Does size matter?
A recent study compared returns relative to hedge fund portfolio size, offering interesting insight into the performance versus size debate
Measure by measure
How can the skill of analysts, who provide forecasts of corporate earnings, be accurately measured?
Dividends play a crucial role
Hedge fund managers who have not kept a check on dividend levels, have missed large portions of markets' total returns
The autumn blues
Seasonal variations
Hedge fund tricks or treats?
Trading practices
Securing ESOP values
Equity derivatives
Precipice bond structure defended
New angles
Crossed Swords
adelphia
A plague on arbitrageurs
Cover story
UK warrants market sees growth on the back of equity rally
The upturn in equity markets that began in the spring has led to increased investor interest in UK warrants, according to Goldman Sachs. But the UK warrants market, which was launched in October by the London Stock Exchange (LSE), has yet to see…
OneChicago trades one-millionth SSF contract
OneChicago, the joint single-stock futures venture of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, traded its one-millionth contract this morning, the exchange said in a statement.
Merrill to launch options on vol swaps
New angles
The dividend divide
Cover story
Making waves
With returns of 88.74% since inception, IAM's Alternative Investment Strategies fund of hedge funds is keeping its investors happy
The right tools
Portfolio selection
Class warfare
Welcome Break
Drawing the short straw
Northumbrian Water and Midlands Electricity
Looking to the futures
Thanks to their flexibility, universal stock futures are seeing an increase in popularity with a record number of trades
The M&A search begins
The Mellon HBV European Event Driven Fund LP is on the hunt for merger and acquisition arbitrage funds