Apex Group Ltd (Apex), a global financial services provider, has been appointed by Barometer Capital Management (Barometer Capital), to provide administration services to the Barometer Global Music Royalty Fund. Barometer Capital has partnered with the Kilometre Music Group (Kilometre), a
StoneX Financial, a subsidiary of StoneX Group, has been named as one of the top three Rubber and Electricity General Clearing Members (GCM) at the 2020 SGX Commodities Awards. The SGX Commodities awards are designed to honour the GCMs, inter-dealer
The soaring price of bitcoin is putting the world’s foremost cryptocurrency on a direct collision course with ESG-focused investments, as allocators increasingly want portfolios to be managed responsibly, says Robert Furdak, chief investment officer for ESG at Man Group. The
Altana Wealth, the credit, currencies and special situations-focused hedge fund led by industry veteran and former Trafalgar Asset Managers co-founder Lee Robinson (pictured), is gearing up to launch a new strategy that will capitalise on the fast-growing SPAC sector.
FX HedgePool, a matching engine for mid-market execution of FX swaps, has completed its first match aligned with International Monetary Market (IMM) dates. With this initial transaction, which involved BNP Paribas and Standard Chartered Bank as the credit providers to
The number of new hedge funds being launched has reached its highest level in three years, as managers look to capitalise on the nascent economic recovery, idiosyncratic and volatility-based opportunities, and a shifting macro environment. New hedge fund launches increased
JonesTrading Institutional Services (JonesTrading) has appointed industry veterans Chris Macaluso and Jon Everett to its European and US outsourced trading teams, respectively. The moves come after a year of tremendous growth for the firm, and will further augment JonesTrading’s
Cowen has launched a new algorithmic trading solution, the “Inaccessible Liquidity Adjustment,” to address fundamental shifts in the US market structure and help clients accurately navigate an ever-evolving investment landscape. The mix in trading volumes driven by retail and institutional
Angelo, Gordon & Co, a USD43 billion alternative investment firm focused on credit and real estate investing, has added two senior executives to its structured credit team. Nicholas Smith, former Head of Non-Agency Residential Mortgage Trading and Asset-Backed Securities Trading
Umbria, a DeFi protocol that uses layer two technology developed by Polygon, has launched Umbria Farm. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
