StoneX Financial, a subsidiary of StoneX Group, has been named as one of the top three Rubber and Electricity General Clearing Members (GCM) at the 2020 SGX Commodities Awards. The SGX Commodities awards are designed to honour the GCMs, inter-dealer
The soaring price of bitcoin is putting the world’s foremost cryptocurrency on a direct collision course with ESG-focused investments, as allocators increasingly want portfolios to be managed responsibly, says Robert Furdak, chief investment officer for ESG at Man Group. The
Altana Wealth, the credit, currencies and special situations-focused hedge fund led by industry veteran and former Trafalgar Asset Managers co-founder Lee Robinson (pictured), is gearing up to launch a new strategy that will capitalise on the fast-growing SPAC sector.
The number of new hedge funds being launched has reached its highest level in three years, as managers look to capitalise on the nascent economic recovery, idiosyncratic and volatility-based opportunities, and a shifting macro environment. New hedge fund launches increased
Umbria, a DeFi protocol that uses layer two technology developed by Polygon, has launched Umbria Farm. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) has been awarded the contract for the sale of fuel emission allowances in the national Emissions Trading Scheme (nETS) by the German Federal Environment Agency. Fuel emissions trading has been in force in Germany
Cineworld, a long-standing target of hedge fund short sellers, saw its share price plummet on Thursday after the group slumped to an eye-watering USD3 billion pre-tax loss last year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The beleaguered global movie
TORA, a provider of trading technology, has integrated its order & execution management system (OEMS) with BondCliQ’s US corporate bond consolidated quote and trade data. The integration will greatly improve the contextual pricing data available to TORA customers evaluating corporate
The hedge fund industry experienced USD30.5 billion in inflows in January, a strong start to the year following a December that saw nearly balanced flow activity with USD42.6 million in redemptions, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator from BarclayHedge.
Drury Capital, the long-running US trend-following hedge fund firm led by former grain trader Bernard Drury, has soared into double-digit territory this year, with both its established flagship fund and recently-launched multi-strategy futures fund making gains across commodities and equities
