Options Technology, a provider of Capital Markets services, backed by Abry Partners, is to acquire ACTIV Financial. The financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. As a long-term provider of global capital markets services including cloud-enabled managed solutions,
Digital asset investment products saw inflows totalling USD80 million last week, according to the latest Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly report from CoinShares. Total assets under management are now USD72.3 billion, their highest level on record. Bitcoin saw the largest
Quantitative hedge fund and CTA pioneer Aspect Capital has unveiled a new systematic momentum-based investment strategy focused on Chinese financial and commodities futures, tapping into the expanding global institutional investor appetite for opportunities there. The Aspect China Diversified Fund –
MarketFactory, part of ION Markets, a global provider of trading, analytics, and risk management solutions for capital markets, has partnered with Tradefeedr, an independent FX data and analytics provider. The Tradefeedr data and analytics platform is now fully integrated within
Digital Asset Research (DAR), a provider of crypto asset data and research, has released its October 2021 Crypto Exchange Vetting and Asset Vetting results. In an environment where cryptocurrencies trade across hundreds of lightly regulated or unregulated exchanges, DAR’s vetting
Gadze Finance has launched a DeFi focused crypto fund with an initial USD25 million under management, growing to USD100 million over the coming six months. The new fintech startup launched by Mike Silagadze and Andrew McGrath aims to democratize access
Alternative investment platform CAIS is working with the Milken Institute to provide expanded access by wealth managers to educational content from the 24th annual Milken Institute Global Conference, taking place October 17-20 in Beverly Hills, California. This year’s Milken Institute
Law firm of Kirby McInerney partner Randall Fox has been named the 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” by the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund (TAFEF), a public advocacy group for whistleblowers. TAFEF presented Fox with the prestigious award, citing his
FRMO Corp has added Alice C Brennan, Herbert M Chain, and Dov Glickman to its Board of directors. With the appointment of Brennan, Chain, and Glickman, FRMO Corp now has nine directors, of which six are independent. “We are very
Bitfinex, a digital token trading platform for institutional investors in the bitcoin space, has doubled its server capacity. Bitfinex has increased the volume of heavy duty servers at its Zug-based data centre amid surging demand to trade digital tokens among
