Derivatives
11 May 2012
Shares in JPMorgan Chase slid even further today with a 8.5% drop in early trading on Wall Street, following a surprise $2bn derivatives trading loss.
11 May 2012
Shares in JPMorgan Chase fell almost 7% in after hours trading on Wall Street on Thursday after it revealed a surprise $2bn derivatives trading loss by a London trader.
11 May 2012
Kames Capital's David Roberts has added "disaster insurance" to the £510m Strategic Bond fund on doubts the markets will be able to function smoothly over the summer.
23 March 2012
Barclays has launched an investment strategy to give investors exposure to the Vix volatility index.
14 March 2012
A Goldman Sachs executive has quit after criticising the “toxic” and “destructive” culture at the investment bank.
30 November 2011
Eclectica's hedge fund star Hugh Hendry has been using put options on the so-called 'fear index' to play market volatility.
28 October 2011
The VIX, or volatility index, sunk 15% to its lowest level in three months yesterday as European leaders announced plans to alleviate the debt crisis.
27 September 2011
Standard and Poor's (S&P) has received notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recommending a lawsuit be brought against it over a mortgage-backed security it rated in 2007.
17 August 2011
Threadneedle is to alter its managed funds’ investment policy by allowing managers to make more defensive plays and invest more heavily in its long/short offerings.
04 August 2011
Franklin Templeton Investments has launched a global multi-asset product which makes use of the group's multi-manager capabilities and has the option to hedge markets on the downside.
06 July 2011
The IMA has called upon the European Commission and the US Treasury to abandon proposals which will force fund managers to comply with derivative rulings from different jurisdictions depending on their investor base.
14 April 2011
Ministers from Brazil, Russia, India and China are calling for stricter regulation of derivative markets as volatile commodity prices pose a threat to financial stability.
04 January 2011
Longevity as an asset class has typically appealed more to institutional investors but it will start appealing to retail investors too, writes Centurion's David Rawson-Mackenzie.
17 November 2010
Swiss & Global Asset Management has expanded its range with the launch of the Julius Baer Absolute Return Europe Equity fund.
10 September 2010
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