American Securities’ opportunistic credit business, Ascribe Capital, has merged with Birch Grove Capital (BGC), a credit asset management business, to form AS Birch Grove, which now manages approximately USD5 billion in assets across an opportunistic hedge fund, private credit vehicles,
Utopia Genesis Foundation, an organisation formed to support the ecosystem development around blockchain-powered music royalties platform, Utopia Genesis, has launched three new platforms geared towards artists and creators in the music industry.
Sudrania Fund Services (Sudrania), one of the world’s fastest-growing fund administrators, has opened its newest office in Toronto, Canada to introduce its end-to-end cloud-based fund administration platform to institutional investors. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Energy-focused hedge funds are capitalising on oil’s continuing price surge, as the commodity hit its highest level since 2018 this week. Hedge fund managers that trade across the oil market and energy equities spectrum have generated eye-catching double-digit returns this
LiquidityBook, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, has appointed Chris Junge as Vice President of Customer Success.Junge will oversee all aspects of the customer support process, working closely with the product and deployment groups to ensure
Global multi-strategy hedge fund Schonfeld Strategic Advisors has selected Behavox to integrate data from encrypted global communications applications such as WhatsApp and WeChat into its compliance surveillance programme. Behavox, which uses AI to enable enterprises to organise and refine their
Investment research solutions provider ResearchPool, has announced a strategic collaboration with IHS Markit, a specialist in critical information, analytics and solutions, to give access to ResearchPool’s advanced solutions for investment research, content discovery and management to IHS Markit’s customers –
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has successfully launched new Financial Gas Futures contracts which are cash-settled against the European Gas Spot Index (EGSI). Since launching on Monday 28 June, when EEX registered a volume of 41 GWh, the new Financial
The newly elected EEX Exchange Council has held its constitutive meeting during which the Exchange Council members elected Dr Bernhard Walter, Head of Market Design and Regulatory Affairs at EnBW AG as new Chairman. In addition, the members elected Pierre
Trading Technologies International (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, and the Institutional Services division (IS) of inter dealer broker TP ICAP, have signed a multi-year agreement whereby TP ICAP will utilise TT’s new
