A survey by Market Intelligence specialists, Acuiti, commissioned by Avelacom and Deribit, offers insights into how proprietary trading firms are approaching the cryptocurrency markets, both spot and derivatives. The survey also explores how this differs between those firms created specifically
The global hedge fund business returned +0.18 per cent in June, bringing year to date (YTD) performance for the industry to +9.22 per cent, the best first half performance since 2009, according to the just-released eVestment June 2021 hedge fund
Versor Investments, a quantitative investment management firm focused on alternative investment strategies, has published a new white paper titled “The Environment for Merger Arbitrage: 2021.” The paper is co-authored by Versor Founding Partners Deepak Gurnani and Ludger Hentschel who have
Hedge funds are in a buoyant mood heading into the second half of the year, boosted by impressive Q2 performances and increased capital inflows, according to a key industry confidence metric. The latest Hedge Fund Confidence Index – published jointly
IOWArocks, the global marketplace for data, tech, and services, has added First To Invest to its established data marketplace. First To Invest use big data and NLP technologies to collect, structure, and reveal events on public, private companies, and specific
Robert Lam, co-head of credit at Man Numeric, the Boston-based investment unit of London-listed hedge fund giant Man Group, said “99 per cent” of high yield assets are managed using traditional discretionary processes. But he suggested such one-side market composition
The hedge fund industry continued its winning ways in June, returning +0.88 per cent on the month, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. This marks the eighth consecutive month of positive
Substantive Research, a research discovery and research spend analytics provider for the buy-side, has launched a new, integrated dashboard providing asset managers with detailed insights on their research providers’ pricing, sector coverage and investment in analyst teams. Read the full
Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global security corporate actions, pricing, and reference data services, has partnered with XTAL Strategies, with the aim of supporting XTAL’s new regulated private market benchmark initiative. Read the full story at Institutional Asset
Market data vendor Exchange Data International (EDI) has hired former Head of Sales at GFT Group Stephen Straker, for the role of Business Development Manager, Canada. Straker will lead EDI’s programmes in Canada and is already networking with key market
