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Euronext has formed a strategic partnership with AX Trading, a US-based FinTech company, to create a new block trading service for equities.  The platform will be based on AX Trading’s leading edge technology and owned and operated by Euronext. The service will cover large in scale orders in European equities from small caps to blue chips. Market participants across Europe will be able to execute blocks in a trusted environment that bridges the gap between human, high-touch trading and electronic, low-touch execution. The platform is scheduled for launch in mid-2017 pending regulatory approval.   Regulatory change, technology, best execution and
Australia-based litigation funder IMF Bentham, on behalf of its US affiliate Bentham IMF, has launched a USD200 million vehicle expressly to back its growing US portfolio. This is the parent company’s first formal investment vehicle and will be used exclusively to finance its US cases and investments. Bentham’s unnamed partner, affiliated with a prominent hedge fund, is committing USD150 million while IMF Bentham will commit up to USD50 million. Since launching US operations in 2011, Bentham has made 45 separate investments in American litigation matters, concluding 14 of those with an average internal rate of return of 83 per cent
Dyal Capital Partners (Dyal), a division of Neuberger Berman Group, has closed Dyal Capital Partners III (PE), its third fund, with approximately USD5.3 billion of committed capital.  Dyal increased the target fund size by over USD2.0 billion during the marketing period, as investment opportunities increased and investor interest in the strategy was strong. The fund was heavily oversubscribed at the final close.    Aggregate commitments across all Dyal funds now total more than USD8.7 billion from 160 unique global investors, solidifying Dyal's position as the leading provider of minority equity capital to well-established private equity and hedge fund management companies. Dyal
Semper Capital Management’s Semper MBS Total Return Fund (the Fund) has reached USD700 Million AUM less than four months after reaching USD500 million AUM in October 2016. In August 2016, the Fund crossed its 3-year mark and received a 5-Star Overall Morningstar Rating (out of 235 non-traditional bond funds as of January 31, 2017). The institutional share class (SEMMX) and the investor share class (SEMPX) each received a 5-Star Overall Morningstar Rating. "From a fundamental standpoint, the sector's credit underpinnings continue to strengthen," explains Greg Parsons (pictured), CEO and Investment Committee Chair of Semper Capital. "We continue to remain confident in the market's ability
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

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