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Quantitative investment firm WorldQuant has launched WorldQuant Accelerator, an independent portfolio manager platform comprising approximately 15 teams, a number the company is committed to doubling in the next two years. World Quant says the platform will continue to attract and retain exceptional independent portfolio managers, providing them with full access to the firm’s leading technology and capabilities, including proprietary impact modelling and back-testing technologies. Managers will benefit from the full support of WorldQuant’s established internal Operations, Execution and Data teams, allowing them the opportunity to grow and develop more rapidly in an entrepreneurial environment without having to manage the challenges
Quandl, a platform for financial, economic and alternative data, has added ICE Data Services’ US Treasury evaluated pricing and reference data to its offering.  ICE Data Services is a part of Intercontinental Exchange, a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services.   The comprehensive Treasury database includes prices, yields, derived metrics and detailed metadata for Treasury bills, bonds and notes. Through Quandl, the database is available in a variety of formats, including via API or via libraries for Excel, R, Python and other tools.   “Treasury data is an essential part of
As part of its ‘Agility for Growth’ strategy introduced in May 2016, Euronext has launched a new post-trade solution – The Euronext Chequers service – which will be implemented in stages throughout 2017. The new service will provide Risk Analytics, Inventory Management and a Collateral Transformation platform supporting commodities, fixed income and equities, and meets increasing‎ participant demands for collateral upgrade opportunities, given regulatory constraints relating to capital and margin requirements and will help customers to control costs and improve efficiency. The initial phase of Euronext Chequers will see the start of participant on-boarding in March. This will be using electronic storage certificates, to
One of the most potentially intriguing panel discussions at this year’s Amsterdam Investor Forum could be “The fund industry in a post Brexit world”, a topic that is sure to ignite the flames of opinion. Sitting on that panel will be Jack Inglis (pictured), CEO of AIMA (Alternative Investment Management Association). As Inglis points out, this is a topic that is likely to run and run. Indeed, since the Brexit decision was confirmed last June it already feels like we’ve had a lifetime’s worth of press commentary over the last six months.  There is, says Inglis, still a limited amount
Preqin’s All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark recorded gains of 1.40 per cent in January 2017, the highest January performance recorded since 2013 (+2.59 per cent).  This also represents the highest performance month for the industry since April 2016, as funds built on gains of 1.07 per cent seen in December.  All leading hedge fund strategies posted positive performance for the month, with equities strategies (+1.82 per cent) and event driven strategies (+1.70 per cent) funds leading the way. January’s positive returns put 12-month performance for the industry at 11.75 per cent, and funds have only recorded two months of losses out
Strong gains across Event-Driven, Relative Value Arbitrage and Macro strategies saw Asian hedge funds top the performance of volatile Asian equity markets in both Q4 and FY 2016, according to HFR’s latest Hedge Fund Industry Report. At the same time, total hedge fund capital invested in Asian hedge funds was steady to conclude 2016, posting a narrow quarterly decline of USD1.4 billion to end the year at USD110.4 billion USD (RMB, JPY) For FY 2016, total capital invested in the Asian hedge fund industry fell by USD8.6 billion, though the majority of the decline occurred in the volatile 1Q16, when
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international financial centre in Abu Dhabi, has joined FinTech company EquiChain’s Market Infrastructure Group.  The Group, which comprises global industry & financial leaders, will jointly discuss and further the development and application of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and related solutions that will drive market efficiency and enhance risk management in the capital markets.  EquiChain has established an experienced and well-qualified Board with the appointments of Peter Sands, former Group CEO of leading international bank, Standard Chartered plc, and Chief Technology Officer Hugh Madden, co-founder of one of the largest blockchain solutions providers in the
Building on its indexing and liquid alternative asset management business in the United States, New York-based ABR Dynamic Funds, LLC has launched its first Irish-domiciled UCITS V fund.  The fund, which seeks US equities participation in a bull market and significant, positive absolute returns in a crisis, is being distributed by OpenFunds, which is also acting as Swiss legal representative for the fund. The fully-systematic fund will seek returns similar to ABR's first index, the ABR Dynamic Blend Equity and Volatility Index (ABRVXX). ABR's founder and CEO, Taylor Lukof, plans to grow Assets Under Management (AUM) in an expanding segment
A survey by The European Repo and Collateral Council of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) calculating the amount of repo business outstanding on 7 December 2016 from the returns of 65 offices of 62 financial groups, sets the baseline figure for market size at EUR5,656 billion. Using a consistent sample of banks that have contributed to the last the surveys, the market shows 0.8 per cent year on year growth and 2.4 per cent growth from the June 2016 survey. The size of the repo market remains static, with some seasonal fluctuations. Negligible real growth in the repo market,
Eurekahedge reports that hedge funds started the year on a positive note, up 0.84 per cent during the month of January. Meanwhile, underlying markets as represented by the MSCI AC World Index (Local) gained 1.49 per cent over the same period. Among regional mandates, Latin American hedge fund managers topped the tables, gaining 3.47 per cent while event driven managers posted the best returns, up 1.95 per cent among strategic mandates. Financial markets were still hinged on the developments post-Trump win with US equity markets trading higher at the start of January on the back of encouraging US macro data.

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