Diginex Limited (Nasdaq: EQOS), a digital assets financial services company, has launched EQUOS Origin (EQO), a token that can only be earned through trading on the EQUOS cryptocurrency exchange. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Jeremy Touboul, a former fund manager at H2O Asset Management, and Raphaël Remond, former CEO of State Street France, have launched LIOR Global Partners, a new sustainability-focused discretionary global macro hedge fund firm. LIOR Global Partners will use a top-down
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 1.18 per cent in February, underperforming the 1.52 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The
AlphaMaven has launched a free Investment Listings service for fund managers which initially includes over 100 funds and managed accounts. Managers participating in the launch cover a broad cross section of the Alternative Investment universe, including Hedge Funds, CTAs, Venture
Rhenman & Partners Asset Management’s flagship healthcare-focused hedge fund overcame February’s market volatility to finish the month in positive territory, as the strategy triumphed in the Best Global Equity Fund category at this year’s Hedgeweek European Awards. The Rhenman Healthcare
Hedge funds may be better placed to withstand a future performance squeeze in SPACs than other investors, as the recent sell-off in the asset class shed light on vehicle structures and investor-sponsor alignment. Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs, have
The global hedge fund business continued its strong start to 2021 with 80 per cent of funds seeing positive performance in February, according to eVestment’s February hedge fund performance data. The average positive performance among this large group of
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index measured 2.40 per cent for February. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.59 per cent in March. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital Movement Index
Family office-backed alternative asset manager Trium Capital has hired experienced macro strategy specialist Joe Rouncefield. Rouncefield joins Trium from emerging market-focused hedge fund Spinnaker Capital and brings extensive experience working with a wide range of institutional investors in offshore and
Tether Operations Limited, a blockchain-enabled platform that powers the largest stablecoin by market capitalisation, has launched Tether tokens (USDt) on Solana, an ultra high-speed Layer 1 blockchain. USDt’s integration on Solana will allow USDt holders to exchange USDt at speeds
