Net outflows from the hedge fund industry totalled $80bn for the year to 18 October despite net profits hitting around $119bn according to a report by Reuters citing a new report from hedge fund specialist Aurum Funds.
Virtu Canada Corp is suing troubled Toronto-based hedge fund firm Traynor Ridge Capital Inc over at least CAD5m in losses it says it incurred executing trades asked it to execute but then failed pay for, according to a report by
Wyden, a specialist in institutional trading technology for digital assets, has integrated institutional digital assets solutions provider Copper’s secure custody infrastructure and ClearLoop trading network into its platform.
Somerset Capital Management portfolio managers Mark Williams and Kumar Pandit have generated strong outperformance (+9.2%) with Somerset’s Emerging Markets Dividend Growth Strategy over the MSCI Emerging Markets Index during the past three years.
Systematic long-short hedge funds which employ computer algorithms to trade equities registered a strong performance advantage over fundamental long-short funds run by humans in October, according to a report by Reuters.
Man Group, the world’s largest publicly-traded hedge fund business with over $162bn in assets, has acquired a majority 51% stake in Geneva-based impact asset management firm Asteria Investment Managers.
The Managed Funds Association has written a supplemental comment letter reiterating its view that the US Securities and Exchange Commission should withdraw its proposed safeguarding rule.
Equilend’s Orbisa, a data platform built specifically to help hedge fund managers gain transparency across their portfolio, provide trading insights and validate market sentiment across the industry is now delivering real-time securities lending data.
TS Imagine, a cross-asset provider of real-time trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for financial institutions, has launched a new module within TradeSmart OEMS and TS One that streamlines Best Execution compliance and reporting.
Two Sigma has told clients that the unauthorised actions of one of its researchers who manipulated the firm’s models in an attempt to boost his compensation, led to gains and losses totalling $620m, according to a report by the Wall
