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Man & machine: Building a knowledge platform to develop predictive prowess in asset management
December 17, 2015-- Big changes are afoot across a broad spectrum of the financial services industry. For example, in the wealth management and investment advisory space, thanks to huge technological developments in recent years, traditional wealth managers have a new competitor to face; the robo adviser...
Source: Hedge Week
FT explainer: currency trading algorithms
Algos are being designed to carry out ever more complex functions
December 17, 2015--Algorithm has been a dirty word this year. In September, Volkswagen admitted to installing a "sophisticated software algorithm" on certain vehicles to cheat emissions tests, and in November Barclays was fined $150m for alleged misuse of its foreign exchange algorithm.
New regulation will soon be in place to manage the potential for “market distortion” as a result of the increased use of algorithms in financial markets.
Source: FT.com
The Irony of Ending the U.S. Oil Export Ban Is Imports May Rise
December 17, 2015--WTI discount to Brent narrows, making imports more profitable
U.S. imports in week ended Dec. 11 rose to highest since 2013
The lifting of the U.S. ban on oil exports might actually make imports more appealing.
By allowing American oil to compete globally, the price for U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude is inching closer to the international marker Brent, which has traded at a premium for most of the past five years.
Source: Bloomberg
Renaissance Capital's Preliminary 2015 Global IPO Annual Review
December 16, 2015-Global IPO Issuance Falters in 2015
Weighed down by volatile equity returns, global IPO issuance failed to deliver a repeat of 2014's blockbuster year. Global IPOs raised only $156.2 billion in 2015, down 35% from 2014's seven-year highs but still slightly ahead of the ten-year median ($148.4 billion).
Following two years in the shadow of North American issuance, Asia Pacific returned to dominance with 44.6% share of all proceeds raised despite the on-again, off-again China A-share market, thanks in large part to the $12 billion triple listing of Japan Post''s bank, insurance and holding companies in October. Europe ran a close second, representing 35.4% of global proceeds raised, thanks to large privatizations such as Spanish airport Aena ($4.8 billion deal), Dutch bank ABN Amro ($3.6 billion) and Italian post office Poste Italiane ($3.4 billion).
Source: Renaissance Capital
Trading in the Pre and Post-Market Sessions Part I: Liquidity Profile
December 16, 2015--This is the first post in a three part series where the Tradebook Quantitative Research team examines the after-hours trading environment and the opportunities these sessions offer institutional traders.
For U.S.-listed stocks, a significant percentage of the day's volume trades are done in the pre-open and post-close sessions during earnings releases and other high-profile events. Below, we present some statistics that demonstrate that such events are not only associated with higher-than-average volume but also have significant price moves associated with them.
Source: Bloomberg
Bloomberg to Buy Barclays Index Business for $787 Million
December 16, 2015--Barclays said on Wednesday that it had agreed to sell its risk analytics and index solutions business to Bloomberg L.P. for 520 million pounds, or about $787 million.
The deal includes a variety of financial market indexes, including a family of bond indexes, and tools for analyzing and constructing financial portfolios.
Source: NY Times
Despite $28 Billion Drop in Global Private Infrastructure Investment in Energy, Transport, and Water, Strong Showing of Renewable Energy Projects
December 15, 2015-Despite a sharp decline in private investment in energy, transport, and water infrastructure in developing countries in the first six months of 2015, investment in renewable energy projects, mainly solar, rose to nearly half of the total investment-the highest level ever as a share of total investment, according to an update released today by the World Bank Group's Private Participation in Infrastructure Database.
Total private infrastructure investments for the energy, transport, and water sectors in 139 emerging economies dropped by more than half, from $53 billion in first six months of 2014 to $25 billion in the first six months of 2015, mainly due to a decline in the number of projects in Brazil, China, and India. Investments in other countries remained steady.
view the H1 2015 Global Private Participation in Infrastructure Update
Source: World Bank
IOSCO Publishes results of the third annual Risk Outlook Survey
December 15, 2015--The Research Department of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published a Staff Working Paper entitled Risk Outlook Survey: Detailed methodology and results 2015, which provides a detailed analysis of responses to its annual Risk Outlook Survey
Source: IOSCO
Closing the Gender Gap of Advice: Reaching and Retaining the Female Investor
December 15, 2015--A comprehensive view of women's investment attitudes and behaviors-explore how to turn these discoveries into actionable insights to better collaborate with female investors.
The face of investing has changed. Investors are more sophisticated and more demanding. They're also more likely to be female.
Less than a generation ago, women were undeniably in the minority of investment decision-makers.1 Just as the retirement plan landscape has gone through a dramatic shift-with the risk of meeting retirement needs transferring from the employer to the employee-women are now more likely to bear the responsibility for their household investment portfolio.
view Reaching and Retaining the Female Investor-Closing The Gender Gap Of Advice
Source: State Street Global Advisors
Swift-Worldwide Currency Usage and Trends
December 14, 2015--This paper focuses on the currency, volume and value of cross-border payments exchanged by financial institutions over SWIFT between 2012 and
2014.
Source: Swift
