The IMF has warned that a “concentration of vulnerability has built up” which poses a potential risk to wider financial stability, given that a small group of hedge funds now accounts for the vast majority of short positions in the
Athena, a full front-to-back OMS/PMS solution, has integrated data science specialist BTON Financial’s AI-powered Trader Co-Pilot solution into its offering with the aim of helping trading decision-making for fund managers, particularly in equity and ETF execution.
Multi-strategy hedge fund Citadel and Founder Ken Griffin’s market-making firm Citadel Securities have agreed to a deal with British Land and Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC to pre-let over 250,000 sq ft of space at the new 2 Finsbury Avenue
Multi-strategy hedge fund ExodusPoint Capital Management has continued to build out its operations in the Middle East with the addition of three new Portfolio Managers to its office in Dubai, according to a report by Bloomberg.
A period of poor performance has prompted macro hedge fund major Brevan Howard to embark on a strategic cost cutting exercise which will see the Jersey-headquartered firm axe around 100 traders and middle and back-office staff, according to a report
Hidden Road Partners, a startup prime brokerage with backing from Ken Griffin’s market-making firm Citadel Securities, is looking to raise new funds as the digital assets market rebounds, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people with knowledge of
European Commodity Clearing and BSP Energy Exchange have concluded the migration of clearing services for power spot intraday continuous and day-ahead customers in Slovenia. Around 30 customers have so far transferred to the ECC systems.
Iress’s QuantHouse division, which provides API data feeds to hedge funds and other asset managers, has entered into a global partnership with BMLL, a independent provider of harmonised Level 1, 2 & 3 historical data and analytics for the global
Thomas DeBow has left his role as Chief Technology Officer at Alphadyne Capital Management, the global macro and fixed-income relative-value hedge fund founded by ex-Goldman Sachs Partner Philippe Khuong-Huu, to join multi-strategy firm Schonfeld Strategic Advisors.
Hedge fund performance was positive during the first quarter, as nearly all strategies turned more bullish on US stocks, with gross returns across all strategies averaging nearly 6%, led by managed futures strategies with gross returns at nearly 10%, according
