Arbitrage news and analysis articles - Risk.net

Commodity markets

China copper trading hit by commodity financing crackdown

Irregularities at Chinese trading house lead to liquidity tightness

15 Jul 2014

Operational risk

Too many agencies involved in AMA for common approach

Regulator warns reaching common standard will be difficult

12 Jun 2014

Energy

Crude-by-rail data gains in value for traders

As an increasing volume of crude oil is transported via North America’s railroads, market participants are growing hungry for data and market intelligence on crude-by-rail. Such insight had been in short supply, until recently. Alexander Osipovich reports

08 Jan 2014

Original research

The impact of collateralized debt obligation arbitrage on tranching and financial leverage of structured finance securities

30 Sep 2013

Hedge funds

BlueMountain Credit Alternatives Fund: BlueMountain Capital Management

Americas Awards 2013

26 Jul 2013

Hedge funds

Absolute Volatility Arbitrage Plus: Amundi Asset Management

13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013

13 Jun 2013

Hedge funds

Global Emerging Markets & Macro Fund (Gemm): BTG Pactual Global Asset Management

13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013

12 Jun 2013

Single manager

Mariner picks ex-BlackRock rates head for macro strategy

Eric Pellicciaro, the former head of global rates investments at BlackRock, will manage a global macro portfolio for Mariner’s newly launched incubation fund

08 Apr 2013

Strategy

Convertible arbitrage hedge fund strategies continue to outperform

Developed Europe-focused funds report positive gains

02 Apr 2013

Single manager

Diapason launches hedge fund strategy playing energy arbitrage opportunities in liquid futures

Independent commodity asset manager Diapason Commodities Management is launching a hedge fund trading spreads between commodity future contracts using a proprietary model of the refining industry.