Hedge funds advanced in December to conclude a strong year dominated by uncertainty and high volatility, as managers navigated the dual challenges of increasing interest rates and inflation, as well as the impacts of the second year of the global
CTAs recorded small gains in December, recovering some of the losses from November to finish up the best year since 2014. The SG CTA Index had positive performance of 0.45 per cent in December, completing the year up 6.27 per
EEX Group’s European Spot markets reported a new high of 57.3 TWh (previous record in March 2021: 55.9 TWh) in December, with records reached in both Intraday (Austria) and Day-Ahead (France, Denmark, Nordics) markets.
Symbridge Holdings, a digital asset exchange built specifically for future-minded traders, has secured a USD9 million strategic investment from newcomer investor Traxys North America (Traxys), a physical commodity trader and merchant in the metals sector. One of the world’s biggest
Adam Katz, a former Elliot Investment Management executive, and Andy Dodge – ex-Induba Capital Management – to launch a mid-cap focused activist hedge fund according to Bloomberg. Capital-riaisng is said to be already underway for the new fund, which will
Hedge funds are selling growth-focused tech stocks at the fastest rate in a decade due to rising bond yields, according to a report by CNBC. In the four sessions between 30 December and 4 January, hedge funds sold off tech
VERMEG, a software house providing Banking, Capital Markets, Insurance and Digital solutions, and Cassini Systems, a provider of pre- and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives markets, have partnered to assist financial institutions in complying with Initial Margin (IM)
Alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital (Blue Owl) is to bring its institutional quality middle market lending capabilities to Canadian accredited investors. The initiative positions Blue Owl as one of the first US-based private credit managers to offer direct lending
Trading Technologies International (TT), a provider of professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions to proprietary traders, brokers, money managers, CTAs, hedge funds, commercial hedgers and risk managers, has invested USD6.35 million in KRM22, a technology and software investment company
The Archegos meltdown, the “meme stock” short-selling squeeze, and new curbs on Chinese education stocks contributed to a “significant stress test” for the prime brokerage sector in 2021, one which potentially heralds far-reaching consequences for the ways prime brokers and
