The Royal Bank of Canada’s specialist fixed income manager, BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay), has opened a new office in Madrid, Spain to serve Iberian investors more closely. BlueBay is particularly well-known in Europe, where it already has a direct presence
Barclays clients will be able to access derivatives and swaps on hedge fund strategies via a new platform, according to a report bye Bloomberg. Anonymous sources familiar with subject are quoted as saying that the bank’s prime brokerage team is
Macro hedge funds posted strong, negatively-correlated gains in January as equity and fixed income markets suffered steep losses, while investors positioned for sharp interest rate increases and generational inflationary pressures to begin 2022, with investable HFRI 500 Macro Index advancing
BSO, a global infrastructure and connectivity provider, has upgraded its backbone route into Mexico City, making it the fastest low-latency connectivity provider to both the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) and the Institutional Stock Exchange (BIVA). Mexico City is home to
A new study of institutional investors and wealth managers, who collectively manage around USD110 billion in assets, reveals that 15 per cent believe that long-term over 10 per cent of the funds they help to manage will be in digital
London CIV has launched an Alternative Credit Fund sub-fund with three seed investors and initial assets under management (AuM) totalling GBP398 million. The sub-fund’s objective is to seek a return of SONIA +4.5 per cent, net of fees, which it
Piper Sandler Companies has completed the acquisition of macro research firm Cornerstone Macro. Cornerstone Macro’s senior research analysts connect macro insights from around the world to deliver a comprehensive overview of important global trends. Cornerstone Macro will continue providing its
Cryptocurrency Exchange EQONEX has launched BTC Dated Futures with physical settlement allowing traders to use commonly deployed derivatives trading strategies in cryptocurrency markets. This latest launch by EQONEX follows the introduction of Cross Collateral functionality, ether (ETH) Perpetual Futures, and
Rising Sun Management (RSM) has offered to buy 100 per cent of Japanese marketing research firm Intage Holdings for JPY1900 per share through its Japanese vehicle Hikari Acquisition KK. The offer values Intage at approximately JPY76.7 billion. Paul ffolkes Davis,
Spectrum Markets, a pan-European trading venue for securitised derivatives, is collaborating with Euronext Securities Milan, the Central Securities Depository (CSD) for the Italian financial market formerly known as Monte Titoli, to further enhance connectivity and provide pan-EU post-trade solutions. The
