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LOGiQ Asset Management has appointed Colleen McMorrow and the Honourable Joe Oliver to its board of directors, effective 21 April 2017. McMorrow (pictured) has also been appointed the chair of the board's audit committee.   McMorrow is an accomplished business professional who recently retired as partner from a 38-year career at Ernst and Young where she held a number of senior leadership positions.   She presently serves as a director on various boards and also participates in the capacity of chair of the Finance and Audit Committee for the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario board and as a member of
Matthew Chamberlain has been appointed as chief executive of the London Metal Exchange (LME), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), subject to the approval of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Chamberlain (pictured) will remain on the LME board and will continue as a member of HKEX’s management committee.   Chamberlain has been the interim chief executive since January 2017 and was previously the chief operating officer and head of strategy of the LME, and co-head of business development across the LME and LME Clear. During his time at the LME, Chamberlain has led the
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an order of registration to London-based NEX SEF Limited, granting it registration status as a swap execution facility (SEF).  NEX SEF is a private limited company, incorporated in the UK and a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEX Group, also headquartered in London.   SEFs are platforms that operate under the CFTC’s regulatory oversight for the trading of swaps. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 authorized the creation of SEFs.   After a review of its application and associated exhibits, the CFTC has determined that NEX SEF demonstrated
Total hedge fund industry capital increased to a third consecutive quarterly record in the first quarter of 2017, as investors increased allocations to event driven and quantitative, trend-following systematic macro strategies. Industry assets ended Q1 2017 at USD3.07 trillion, a quarterly increase of USD47.2 billion (1.6 per cent), according to the latest HFR Global Hedge Fund Industry Report, released by HFR.   In the trailing 12 months, total hedge fund capital has increased by 7.3 per cent.   The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) rose 2.4 per cent in Q1 2017 led by equity hedge strategies, while the HFRI
Hedge funds gained 0.53 per cent in March, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, extending its string of wins to a fifth consecutive month. For the first quarter of 2017, the index was up 2.99 per cent.   “The ongoing global equity rally has been a significant driver of returns for the past five months,” says Sol Waksman (pictured), founder and president of BarclayHedge.   Fifteen of Barclay’s 17 hedge fund indices gained ground in March. The Technology Index was up 2.26 per cent, Healthcare and Biotechnology gained 1.41 per cent, European Equities were up 1.22
CAMRADATA, a provider of data and analysis for institutional investors, has launched a new monthly snapshot of the top investment searches carried out in CAMRADATA Live, to provide investors with greater insight into the latest trends. The top three asset classes searched in March 2017 were US equity, global equity and global diversified growth funds.   There was also increased interest in emerging markets debt, which moved from being the 21st most searched asset class in February 2017 to the 10th in March 2017. There was also greater search activity focused on global corporates during March, compared to February.   The top searched
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 0.5 per cent in March, fuelled by fixed income strategies. In Q1, meanwhile, event-driven managed to outperform, up 2.1 per cent, according to the latest Lyxor Hedge Fund Brief.   Improving returns for alternative strategies and rising concerns over the valuation of US equities led to strong inflows into alternative UCITS. In Q1, the asset class saw double-digit billion euro inflows in Europe, mainly benefitting multi-strategy, fixed income arbitrage and market neutral L/S strategies.   Lyxor writes: “In terms of positioning, it is interesting to note that global macro managers have significantly increased
Metori Capital Management has selected QunatHouse’s QuantFACTORY to automate its trading portfolio. QuantHouse provides end-to-end systematic trading solutions including QuantFEED, its ultra-low latency market data technologies, QuantFACTORY, its algo-trading development framework and QuantLINK, its proximity hosting and order routing services. QuantHouse helps trading venues, hedge funds, market makers, proprietary desks, brokers and sell-side firms achieve optimal trading performance.   Metori Capital was set up by former executives of Lyxor Asset Management as an independent firm to manage the EPSILON funds worth circa EUR400 million. Metori Capital will be managing the EPSILON funds through its automated trading portfolio technology based on
Euronext has announced the new composition of its Tech 40 label, which recognises 40 innovative European small and mid-cap companies listed on its markets. This year, 12 new companies are entering in the new label composition, selected by a group of independent European experts, based on capital markets, economic and financial performance criteria. The companies are also added to the index, composed exclusively of the labelled Tech 40 stocks.   Euronext launched the Tech 40 label two years ago to increase the exposure of promising tech companies that are listed on its markets. The index for these shares rose by
Man Group has reported what it describes as strong performance for the first quarter of 2017 with funds under management (FUM) totalling USD88.7 billion at 31 March 2017, up from USD80.9 billion at the end of December 2016. Net inflows in the quarter totalled USD3.0 billion, driven by strong inflows into discretionary long only and fund of fund alternatives, while the company also saw positive investment movement of USD2.2 billion in the quarter.   Positive FX movements of USD0.8 billion in the first three months of the year quarter were driven primarily by the weakening of the US Dollar against

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