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Record net inflows of $83 billion through the end of April helped to push assets invested globally in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) to a new all-time high of US$2.13 trillion, according to figures from ETFGI’s Global ETF and ETP industry insights report for April 2013. ETF and ETP assets have [...]

With interest rates bumping along at low levels, investing in distressed assets has plenty of appeal. However, interest in this asset class — which includes entities in default or bankruptcy — is outpacing activity, especially in what was thought to be an active European market. Veteran banker Robert Willoughby tells Alpha Now why that might [...]

April proved to be a somewhat volatile and uncertain month for investors in many asset classes, as traders proved ready to take profits on the first sign of trouble and as the economic overview remains murky at best. The second quarter of 2013 got off to a bumpy and uncertain start in April. On the [...]

From Warren Buffet to Sir John Templeton, the concept of value investing — finding equities that represent bargains — has been around for decades. But could this idea be used to group stocks according to country? A recent Thomson Reuters StarMine study suggests that the value approach may help identify nations that are attractive for [...]

The dramatic selloff in gold captured financial market headlines, and bargain hunting is curbing those losses only slightly as the mood in the precious metals turns decidedly bearish. Among commodities markets mavens, Monday, April 15, 2013, will be remembered as the day that the price of gold fell by an astonishing 9% in a single [...]

Net inflows into exchange-traded products hit a fresh high of $73.4 billion during the first quarter of 2013, pushing assets invested ETFs and ETPs to a new record of $2.09 trillion, according to data from ETFGI. Large gains in many global equity markets fueled enthusiasm among investors for exchange-traded products, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs) during [...]

In spite of renewed signs of turmoil in Europe, as the government of Cyprus struggled to prevent the collapse of its banking sector, investors continued to display their confidence in financial assets and once again, stocks and other “risk on” asset classes led financial markets higher in most corners of the world. The investment universe [...]

Turning a Deluge of News and Data into Actionable Ideas With growing volumes, velocity and variety of data, it’s no longer enough for financial services firms to limit their analysis to traditional market data. To unlock the real benefits of Big Data, you need to analyze broader sources, such as unstructured data, and combine that [...]

For the hedge fund community, we have a broad range of data across major categories including macroeconomics data, text mining, insider, short interest, ownership, options, and industry-specific data that frankly should be used more. We see time and time again that outperformance demands breaking away from the most readily available, commoditized data and measures that [...]

Take five with the global head of investors analytics at Thomson Reuters. Spend a few minutes with Dr. Stephen Malinak, the Global Head of Investors Analytics at Thomson Reuters and one of our industry’s foremost thought leaders on data, analytics and investment research. His team of quant researchers builds analytics on top of Thomson Reuters [...]