FundCreator NewsFlash
February 11, 2008.
A new fund has been launched, which combines the alpha generating skills of an experienced hedge fund manager with the risk management know-how of FundCreator. The fund aims for zero correlation with equity and 7% volatility. It offers daily liquidity and is UCITS3 compliant. More information can be obtained by emailing Info@FundCreator.com.
December 1, 2007.
The FundCreator technology is now available via a fund structure. Investor may purchase shares in one of two funds with fixed risk profiles or alternatively design their own risk profile for their own sub-fund (subject to a minimum amount). This alternative is specifically aimed at investors that want the benefits of FundCreator but who do not want to trade on a brokerage account. More information can be obtained by emailing Info@FundCreator.com.
September 28, 2007.
We have posted a new paper in the FundCreator Library, called "FundCreator: Reply to the Critics", in which Harry Kat and Helder Palaro discuss the various comments on FundCreator that have been made over the past 12 months.
July 23, 2007.
Rochester Capital is now offering tailor-made FundCreator based managed accounts. This alternative is specially aimed at investors that want the benefits of FundCreator but who do not want to do their own trading. More information can be obtained by emailing
Info@FundCreator.com
March 19, 2007.
FundCreator now allows users to generate trade tickets and trade and position overviews in Excel. The system now also facilitates back and middle office functions by allowing multiple access to the same account.
February 16, 2007.
FundCreator now allows users with multiple accounts to update all their accounts simultaneously with one click of a button.
January 15, 2007.
FundCreator now provides users with a full record of daily trading instructions for all accounts. This makes trade reconciliation extremely straightforward.
December 8, 2006.
FundCreator has added the well-known Edhec, CISDM and HFRI hedge fund indices to its database. This makes it very straightforward for FundCreator users to replicate these indices.
November 24, 2006.
FundCreator now allows users to floor the monthly returns of any synthetic fund.
November 17, 2006.
FundCreator users can now select their basic collateral return from a set of 12 different rates, in each of 7 different currencies.
November 14, 2006.
Another 14 futures contract have been added, bringing the total number of contracts available to FundCreator users to 76.
November 13, 2006.
FundCreator users can now structure their own real estate proxy from 100 different REITs and real estate ETFs.
November 6, 2006.
FundCreator now allows users to define different rollover strategies for different futures contracts.
November 3, 2006.
FundCreator users can now also trade longer-dated futures contracts, which saves on transaction volume.
October 26, 2006.
A new page with answers to 18 frequently asked questions about FundCreator has been added to the website. It is accessed from the main FundCreator.com page.
October 10, 2006.
The number of futures contracts in FundCreator has been expanded to 62, and now also includes a number of commodities.
September 20, 2006.
FundCreator users can now select their home currency from the following currencies: USD, CAD, EUR, GBP, CHF, JPY, AUD.
September 9, 2006.
A fourth detailed out-of-sample case study has been added to the website. This new case concerns a synthetic fund with zero correlation with stocks and bonds and a fixed -5% floor under the fund return.