Alpha Blue Ocean, the London-based alternative credit investor, is eyeing growing funding opportunities arising out of the sharp economic downturn following the coronavirus outbreak. The firm focuses mainly on the healthcare, energy and technology sectors, targeting typically smaller and medium
Leatherback Asset Management, in partnership with Tidal ETF Services, has launched its first Exchange-Traded Fund – the Leatherback Long/Short Alternative Yield ETF (LBAY).Read the full story at ETF Express…
Cocktail parties, oil markets, and why China resembles Bismarck’s Germany as it continues to exert its economic influence – in conversation with Massar Capital’s Marwan Younes…
Chicago-based CME Group plans to launch new options on its Micro E-mini S&P 500 and Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures contracts, which will be available for trading in the autumn of 2020, pending regulatory review. Read the full story on Institutional
The Seychelles-based SECDEX Group, which comprises a licensed, regulated exchange (offering traditional and digital assets), central counterparty clearing house (CCP) and central securities depository with registry, has launched SECDEX Digital Custodian (SDC). SDC has been granted a licence under the Financial
VERMEG, a banking and insurance software solutions provider, has launched Colline.Cloud, an end-to-end collateral management service, aimed at smaller buy and sell-side firms.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Torgos Credit Opportunities: Best Distressed Debt Hedge Fund – Torgos Credit Opportunities is a multi-pronged credit strategy seeking to invest across debt capital structures of corporate issuers primarily in North America and Europe. The strategy allocates capital on a bottom-up basis,
Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (PAAMCO) has launched PAAMCO Launchpad, a co-investment platform for seeding and supporting emerging hedge funds. Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) is the inaugural PAAMCO Launchpad partner. ERS and PAAMCO believe the PAAMCO Launchpad platform will
As the global economy slowly emerges from the coronavirus lockdown, conditions could be set for a weaker US dollar, in turn strengthening emerging market equities, according to new research by analysts at Man Group.
MUFG Investor Services’ Global Securities Lending Solutions Group has selected the EquiLend Spire securities finance system as its core global platform to expand front-, middle- and back-office solutions.EquiLend Spire is a modular and scalable securities finance system offering solutions for
