Options Technology, a provider of IT infrastructure to global capital markets firms backed by Abry Partners, is ti acquire Fixnetix, a DXC Technology Company. Financial terms of the transactions, which is expected to close during the first half of this calendar year,
Hedge funds have made gains from bets against AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline in recent weeks – but bearish managers lost more than USD600 million on FTSE 100 shorts at the end of the year, with short sellers facing continuing “unpredictable swings” in
Sixty-four per cent of respondents to a new State Street survey are planning to launch cross-border products in the next five years. During the same timeframe, cross-border fund domiciles are also envisioned to experience accelerated growth. Just over two thirds
Foreign exchange specialist Ballinger & Co (Ballinger) has entered into a partnership with global financial brokerage ED&F Man Capital Markets Ltd (MCML).The collaboration combines Ballinger’s deliverable Foreign Exchange offering for corporate and institutional clients with MCML’s capital markets expertise, tier-one
IQ-EQ has completed the acquisition of Constellation Advisers, an industry leading US co-sourced and outsourced investment management services provider, following receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals.
Hedge funds that trade emerging markets mounted a partial comeback last month following bruising double-digit losses earlier – but total invested capital in EM funds tumbled as the coronavirus crisis took its toll.
Sudrania Fund Services Corp (Sudrania), a cloud-computing enabled fund administrator, has acquired the primary assets of Triple Leo Consulting (TLC), a Philadelphia-based fund administrator that specialised in crypto and digital assets fund administration. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
RessCapital, a specialist boutique hedge fund manager, is generating consistent uncorrelated returns with a novel investment strategy that focuses on the US life insurance industry.
Don Steinbrugge (pictured), Founder and CEO of Agecroft Partners, outlines his predictions for the biggest trends in the hedge fund industry in 2021, based on contact with more than 2,000 institutional investors globally and hundreds of hedge fund organisations… 1.
Although lauded for their ability to outperform broader market indices, hedge funds’ “Best Ideas” do not excel relative to the rest of their portfolios, according to a study produced by Epsilon Asset Management, a quantitative investment firm, in collaboration with
