With surges in volatility tipped to become increasingly frequent, so-called “black swan” events are more likely to become part of “the new normal”, speakers at this year’s Hedgeweek LIVE Europe summit heard.
CTAs were unable to extend their two-month winning streak into the New Year as January performance dipped 0.02 per cent for the month according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. “Although equity prices
By Matthew Chapman (pictured), Director, ACA Compliance Group – Geopolitical change and uncertainty, regulatory sabre-rattling and industry shake-ups have combined to create a perfect storm for many financial services firms when it comes to their trade and transaction reporting obligations under MiFIR,
US hedge fund titan Kenneth Griffin (pictured), founder, CEO and co-CIO of Citadel, says the recent GameStop trading frenzy demonstrates the need to overhaul the settlement process in markets, and wants a shorter timeframe for settling trades, along with more
State Street Corporation has launched Insights, a new research platform that offers clients proprietary research, exclusive data-driven indicators and the latest market commentary from the firm’s team of global macro strategists. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Refinitiv has launched MarketPsych ESG Analytics, a new analytics tool to provide numerical ESG insights on companies and countries based on news and social media monitoring.
London-based regulatory compliance firm eflow is working with Refinitiv to further improve the existing market data store currently used in eflow’s trade surveillance platform TZ. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
iCapital Network has partnered with the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association to launch of AltsEdge, a new education initiative designed to help financial advisers better understand alternative investments and how they can leverage these products to improve client outcomes.
Hedge funds started 2021 on a positive note returning 0.98 per cent in January, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. By comparison, the S&P 500 Total Return Index was down 1.01
Digital token trading platform Bitfinex has increased the maximum leverage for margin trading on the bitcoin-US dollar pair to from 5x to 10x. In addition, the maximum borrowing amount on Bitfinex Borrow has been increased from 80 per cent to
