Cryptocurrency hedge fund fund Protos is now available for trading to verified non-US investors and accredited US investors on the Openfinance Alternative Trading System (ATS), a US regulated platform for the secondary market trading of digital alternative assets. The Protos
Recovery continues in hedge funds according to Eurekahedge which found that hedge funds were up 0.48 per cent during the month of November, with 2016 year-to-date returns coming in at 3.60 per cent. Meanwhile, underlying markets as represented by the
Mediobanca is to acquire a 69 per cent interest in RAM Active Investments (RAM AI), a Switzerland-based systematic investment manager. RAM AI offers a range of actively managed and alternative systematic fundamental equity and tactical fixed-income funds to a wide
FinTech company NEX Group is planning to relocate its New York and London offices at a time of significant change for the business. From the end of April, the NEX Group businesses in New York will relocate to new offices
SaaS-based technology company Alight has appointed hedge fund manager Rick Brandt as vice president of platform product management to drive the firm’s real-time data analytics strategy. Brandt has a background in investment management, data science, product management and product marketing,
More than seven in 10 (73 per cent) institutional investors believe Brexit will be “hard”, including 29 per cent who believe it will be “very hard”, research by asset management group Managing Partners Group (MPG) reveals. More than four out
The US CFTC has issued an extension of the time-limited no-action relief provided in CFTC Staff Letter 17-05 from 8 May 2017 until 7 November 2017. The extended relief states that the CFTC will not recommend enforcement action against a
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has welcomed Hong Kong-based Qantex Capital Markets (Qantex Capital) as the latest Derivatives Trading Member of Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) derivatives market. Michael Syn, Head of Derivatives at SGX, says: “We warmly welcome Qantex Capital to our expanding
Maria João Carioca, chief executive of Euronext Lisbon and member of the managing board of Euronext, has resigned after being asked by the Government of Portugal to join the management board of Caixa Geral de Depósitos. She has accepted the
Dallas-based alternative investment firm Highland Capital Management has appointed Damon Krytzer as managing director, supporting business development across the firm's institutional platform. The addition of Krytzer (pictured)is part of Highland's ongoing commitment to reshape its institutional platform to meet the needs
