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Noah Hamman, chief executive officer and founder of AdvisorShares

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing supports ETF short positions

Fri, 30/07/2010 - 11:03
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has become the first service provider to support short positions in an exchange-traded fund after being selected to provide ETF services, custody, fund accounting and fund administration for the Mars Hill Global Relative Value ETF, the first actively managed ETF to pursue a long-short equity strategy. »

Money transfer

ETFs see strong asset inflows in first half of 2010

Fri, 30/07/2010 - 09:38
Assets in the US exchange-traded fund industry decreased 0.4 per cent during the first half of 2010 as investors held USD772bn in 897 ETFs as of 30 June, according to State Street Global Advisors. »

Anton Rakhmanov, managing director at Troika Dialog Asset Management

Troika Dialog launches ETF on RTS exchange

Fri, 30/07/2010 - 04:56
Troika Dialog has launched an open-ended index fund called Troika Dialog – Index RTS Standard. »

Euros

Long Euro ETC rallies as Eurozone sentiment continues to improve

Thu, 29/07/2010 - 14:58
ETFS Long EUR Short USD has risen by over five per cent over the past month, buoyed by the positive results from the European Commission’s stress tests for the banking system, according to ETF Securities. »

Three

Three new listings for US ETP market

Thu, 29/07/2010 - 11:05
There were three new listings in the US exchange-traded products market in the week ending 23 July, all of them listed on NYSE Arca. »

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Comment & Opinion

Sean Geraghty, Partner, Dechert LLP

Comment: UK Stewardship Code for Institutional Investors

Fri, 09/07/2010 - 05:00
The Financial Reporting Council (the FRC) published the first UK Stewardship Code (the Code) for institutional investors on 2 July 2010. Sean Geraghty, Partner with Dechert LLP’s Corporate and Securities Group, outlines the purpose and implications of the Code. »

Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA, Managing Member, 
Agecroft Partners

Comment: SEC approves registered third party marketers doing business with public pension funds

Wed, 07/07/2010 - 05:00
Last week the SEC officially changed its position, voting to adopt new rules concerning public pension funds’ pay-to-play practices. Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA, Managing Member,
 Agecroft Partners, LLC, examines the impact of the new rules. »

Mary Chris Gay, portfolio manager of the Legg Mason US Equity Fund

US in sweet spot of equity investment cycle, says Legg Mason

Wed, 30/06/2010 - 05:00
Mary Chris Gay (pictured), portfolio manager of the Legg Mason US Equity Fund, explains how low inflation rates, slack in the economy and continuing high rates of unemployment have put the US in a ‘sweet spot’ of the equity investment cycle… »

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BNY Mellon Asset Servicing supports ETF short positions
Fri, 30/07/2010 - 11:03

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has become the first service provider to support short positions in an exchange-traded fund after being selected to provide ETF services, custody, fund accounting and fund administration for the Mars Hill Global Relative Value ETF, the first actively managed ETF to pursue a long-short equity strategy.

Troika Dialog launches ETF on RTS exchange
Fri, 30/07/2010 - 04:56

Troika Dialog has launched an open-ended index fund called Troika Dialog – Index RTS Standard.

Guernsey plans timing for move to automatic exchange of information
Thu, 29/07/2010 - 05:30

Guernsey’s government plans to give financial institutions a window from 1 January 2011 to 1 July 2011 for moving to automatic exchange of information.

Guernsey plans timing for move to automatic exchange of information
Thu, 29/07/2010 - 05:30

Guernsey’s government plans to give financial institutions a window from 1 January 2011 to 1 July 2011 for moving to automatic exchange of information.

Guernsey plans timing for move to automatic exchange of information
Thu, 29/07/2010 - 05:30

Guernsey’s government plans to give financial institutions a window from 1 January 2011 to 1 July 2011 for moving to automatic exchange of information.

HFRX Indices
StrategyDTDMTDIndex Value
HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index0.12491.12141156.15
HFRX Equal Weighted Strategies Index0.07020.96651122.00
HFRX Absolute Return Index-0.11230.5514970.09
HFRX Market Directional Index0.40732.85231184.65
HFRX Convertible Arbitrage Index0.00471.5485643.11
HFRX Distressed Securities Index0.12011.8694968.56
HFRX Equity Hedge Index0.24052.32181121.66
HFRX Equity Market Neutral Index0.0923-0.02031003.75
HFRX Event Driven Index0.23730.80441348.90
HFRX Macro Index-0.1614-1.03211205.88
HFRX Merger Arbitrage Index-0.09960.91871458.63
HFRX Relative Value Arbitrage Index0.12391.33751120.67
Performance last updated : 29/07/2010