Indexes
Citi reveals dedicated quant investment strategies group
The shake-up at Citi now incorporates a new group, which will specialise in providing indexes and strategies
Investors urged to adopt a financial risk-based approach to environmental, social and governance factors
The financial crisis has led to a greater awareness of the need for a much broader analysis of corporate performance and risk that encompasses environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, rather than merely focusing on quarterly returns, say…
Index Innovation of the year
Index Innovation of the year
Trade of the month: Correlation
Trade of the month: Correlation
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
Banks turn to dynamic algorithm-based structures to exploit interest rate cycles
Demand for fixed-income dynamic interest rate strategies that combine short-term algorithms and long-term positions on interest rate futures is slowly returning
Index and ETF providers look to alternative weighting to avoid the 'concentrations and trend following bias' of market-cap weighted indexes
Index and ETF providers look to alternative weighting to avoid the 'concentrations and trend following bias' of market-cap weighted indexes
People: Eisenhauer to exit Standard & Poor's
Tim Eisenhauer to leave S&P; Ferdinando Samaria named head of global commodities at UniCredit; Andy Sparks joins MSCI as managing director and head of product management in New York
Dow Jones Global Shipping Index to serve as the basis for Guggenheim Shipping ETF
Index provider Dow Jones has launched a global shipping index that will form the basis for the Guggenheim Shipping ETF
iStoxx seeks to catch interest in global indexes
The banking division of Natixis is to create a series of structured products and funds based on Stoxx's index basket, which combines European, US and Japanese equity baskets
Structured credit landscape revives the basics
Credit goes back to basics
Risk managers seek understanding of structured products investor trends
On the trail of commodities
Product retrospective: Perfect for pensioners
Perfect for pensioners
BlackRock to create index funds on new MSCI ESG series
MSCI's latest environmental, social and governance index series includes ex Controversial Weapons indexes and SRI indexes based on its ESG research ratings
Dow Jones launches currency-hedged versions of Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index
Dow Jones has integrated a currency hedging mechanism into its benchmark commodities index to meet demand from non-US dollar investors
S&P launches additional risk control indexes using bonds to add upside
Standard & Poor's has launched a second series of its popular risk control indexes, this time using a bond component while targeting a specific level of volatility
Credit Suisse offers a knock-in with a low barrier
Prepared for knock-ins
Lookback
Lookback
ING seeking to deliver transparency in Luxembourg
When content is king
Banks and index providers mixing and matching strategy and benchmark indexes
Contesting the index space
FVC Custom Indexes
FVC Custom Indexes
Trade of the Month: Commodity indexes
Trade of the Month: Commodity indexes
BarCap offers medium-term volatility in Ucits III form
BarCap offers medium-term volatility in Ucits III form