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CCData, an FCA-authorised benchmark administrator and provider of digital asset data and index solutions, has partnered with the Association of National Numbering Agencies and the Digital Token Identifier Foundation to introduce Digital Token Identifiers (DTIs) and International Securities Identification Numbers into its Asset Metadata solution.  
Trian Fund Management, the activist hedge fund firm founded by Nelson Peltz, has published a 133-page memo outlining strategies to enhance performance at entertainment giant The Walt Disney Company, according to a report by Fortune. 
Abu Dhabi Global Market, the city’s financial centre, is actively engaging with 125 global firms, including hedge funds and asset managers, who are exploring opportunities to establish a presence in the Gulf emirate, according to a report by Financial News. 
Brian Sack, formerly a Managing Director at DE Shaw and Head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s markets group, has joined the $21bn multi-strategy hedge fund Balyasny Asset Management, according to a report by Bloomberg.
A failed bet that US interest rates would fall left Brevan Howard’s flagship fund with an estimated 3.2% loss in February, making it one of the worst months since the firm started trading in 2002, according to a report by Bloomberg.
British broadcaster GB News, which is jointly owned by hedge fund giant Sir Paul Marshall and Dubai-based private investment firm Legatum via holding company All Perspectives, posted a £42.4m loss, forcing its owners to provide a further £41m in funding to cover operating costs, according to a report by the Financial Times. 
A compliance training session aimed at helping China’s quant hedge fund firms understand the current regulatory mindset and work requirements as part of a bid to prevent market risk has been held by the Shenzhen and Shanghai stock exchanges, according to a report by Reuters.
A surge in trading volumes has resulted in an increase of $500m in AUM in less than one month at exchange-traded products provider GraniteShares, taking its total AUM to above $2.5bn.
Murex, a global specialist in trading, investment management, risk and processing solutions for capital markets, has formed a new strategic partnership with Alveo, a leading provider of cloud-based market data management services.
Fasanara Digital, a London-based crypto hedge fund founded by 27-year-old University of St Andrews mathematics graduate Nikita Fadeev, is looking to bolster his quant and engineering teams in the capital, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.

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