London-based energy hedge fund Westbeck Capital’s high-flying flagship strategy was brought back down to earth during a dismal October – but the oil-focused fund is staging a November fightback following news of a Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough. The Westbeck Energy Opportunity
In recent months, Market Neutral L/S strategies underperformed other hedge fund strategies, in a context where risk assets rallied following the Pfizer vaccine announcement in November 2020. Lyxor’s stance on the strategy remains Underweight on the back of its exposure
Designed as a balanced portfolio of ‘best-in-class’ hedge fund managers, Prime Capital AG’s flagship fund of hedge funds strategy – the PCAM Blue Chip Fund – has built a formidable track record since launching in October 2007.
Lukka, a crypto asset software and data provider, has partnered with global business information provider IHS Markit to redistribute Lukka’s institutional-grade blockchain and digital asset data products, including Lukka Prime and Lukka Reference Data, as part of the comprehensive IHS
Cobalt, a multi-award-winning provider of FX and Digital Asset risk and settlement infrastructure, has partnered with Spotex, a developer of FX technology solutions, to provide clients with dynamic credit management tools. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
AlgoDynamix, a specialist in behavioural based forecasting for financial markets, has launched powerful new Quantum Computing capabilities. The new cloud-based service uses technology provided by D-Wave Systems and is a world first in behavioural forecasting for financial analytics. The new
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.01 per cent in January, outperforming the -0.16 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The
Nasdaq’s Quandl, a provider of alternative and core financial data, has appointed Hamza Khan as Head of European Data. Khan was formerly the CEO and founder of Suburbia, a technology company that specialised in alternative data solutions. Based in Amsterdam
Cowen Inc has appointed Adam Strout as a Director in the Company’s Outsourced Trading division. Strout brings decades of experience in trading global equities for institutional clients at large brokerages as well as directly for portfolio managers at well-known investment
Digital token trading platform Bitfinex has launched Increase Position and Bitfinex Borrow features for paper trading, enabling users to explore and better understand these features in a simulated market environment without the use of real funds. Users can now choose
