In 2011, interest rate markets for Greek government bonds bolted and interest rates skyrocketed raising the specter of a sovereign debt crisis for the whole of Europe. Overall, interest rates around the world have remained at record lows thanks to the maneuvering of central banks; 10-year US treasuries for example pay less than 2 percent. Investors are increasingly impatient and there is a rapidly growing demand for equity capital that has to be pumped into the economy to salvage balance sheets. Governments and central banks are already fully leveraged and do not have sufficient resources to...

We are please to announce that our product profile was ranked in the Barclay Hedge Ranking award for October 2011. var siteHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://" : "http://"); document.write(''); This fund was ranked based on the data in BarclayHedge’s CTA database In October, the unfolding of the European crisis was in the focus of market participants. At the European summit a new rescue package for Greece was structured. Governments and private institutions have decided on a haircut for the Greek debt. After the US has enacted the Volcker rule for banks,...

  “The global economic system is dysfunctional because of the mismatch between the modern technology used in the real economy and the operational procedures of the financial system.” Richard Olsen is an economic researcher in high frequency finance. He has a long experience and strong knowledge of the forex market structure, technology and buy/sell side. “The financial system needs to be reformed, which is not as difficult as people might think”, he stressed. Olsen proposes the introduction of electronic certificates, global early warning system or stabilizing...