Category Archives: Press Releases
Dow Jones Indexes, UBS Securities LLC Launch Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index 2-4-6 Forward Blend
Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and UBS Securities LLC today announced the launch of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index 2-4-6 Forward Blend, a gauge that measures diversified exposure to longer-dated commodity futures contracts spread across the commodity […]
IMN Survey Finds Investors Eager to Intensify Risk Appetite & Grow International Exposure
A recent survey conducted by Information Management Network (IMN), global organizers of institutional finance and investment conferences, found that 93.3% of respondents believe market volatility will remain the same or increase in 2012, indicating that another year of instability is […]
Women-Owned Fund of Hedge Funds Participates in White House Forum
Kimberly Mounts, Managing Partner of MAP Alternative Asset Management Company, a women-owned Fixed Income Fund of Hedge Funds, was one of 120 business leaders who participated in a White House Business Leaders’ Forum recently in Washington, DC. The forum brought […]
India: Quantum Mutual Fund announces “Zero” transaction charges
Press Release – In accordance with SEBI’s recent directive, where mutual funds are allowed to pay prescribed transaction charges for subscription application received through distributors, Quantum Mutual Fund, India’s first and only direct-to-investor mutual fund, has announced Zero transaction charges […]
Report to the Secretary of the Treasury from the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
Since the Committee last met in August, economic activity indicators have firmed and real GDP in the third quarter expanded at a 2.5% annual rate, a noticeable acceleration from the 0.8% growth rate experienced in the first half of the […]
Mourant Ozannes wins double HFMWeek client service award
Mourant Ozannes has been named ‘Best Offshore Law Firm – Client Service’ at the HFMWeek US Hedge Fund Services Awards 2011. This follows the firm winning the same client service accolade at the HFMWeek European Hedge Fund Services Awards earlier […]
HFMWeek’s Hedge Fund Best Third Party Marketing Firm Award Goes to Agecroft Partners
Agecroft Partners, the hedge fund consulting and third party marketing firm, was recognized at the 2011 HFMWeek US Service Awards as the winner in the “Best Third Party Marketing Firm” category, which is the third year in a row they […]
Mary J. Miller On OTC Derivatives And the Dodd-Frank Act
Secretary Mary J. Miller at the CFA Institute: During my time at Treasury, I have come to greatly appreciate the importance of open lines of communication with investors, financial institutions, and other stakeholders. As the Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets, […]
Dow Jones Indexes to Distribute Index-Constituent Data Through Morningstar Direct
Dow Jones Indexes today announced that Morningstar, Inc., a leading provider of independent investment research, is now including constituent data on a range of Dow Jones Indexes’ gauges through Morningstar DirectSM, its global web-based institutional investment analysis platform. Morningstar Direct […]
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index Fell 4.23% in September as Market Uncertainty Negatively Affected All Strategies
Press Release – The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index saw less than half of the declines seen in broad equity indexes in September. Nevertheless, uncertain market conditions negatively affected all strategies. Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse […]
Survey Collects Benchmarks for Hedge Fund Compensation
Press Release – The fifth annual Hedge Fund Compensation Survey is being conducted to uncover the trends and changes in hedge fund pay practices. Designed to collect data directly from those in the industry and create a reliable and affordable […]