BEQUANT​, a global provider of cryptocurrency and digital asset services for professional traders and institutions, has launched BEQUANT PRO, a prime brokerage platform.BEQUANT PRO​ is now available after an extensive beta period that incorporated feedback from hedge funds, family offices,
As the economic toll of the novel coronavirus mounted, managed futures posted another positive month in April gaining 0.12 per cen,t according to the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. Year-to-date, CTAs gained 1.43 per cent
BTIG has appointed Pawan Misra as Managing Director and the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) based in New York. As CTO, he will be responsible for helping to develop and deploy technologies across the firm. “We are pleased to welcome Pawan
Digital asset trading platform FalconX has secured USD17 million in financing from investors including Accel, Accomplice VC, Coinbase Ventures, Fenbushi Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Avon Ventures, a venture capital fund affiliated with FMR LLC, the parent
JTC has appointed Ronan Reilly as Managing Director and Imran Khan as Director of the company’s new Dublin office.The appointment follows JTC’s recent acquisition of the corporate services business ‘Cornerstone’ in Dublin, extending the company’s service offering to global corporates,
JonesTrading Institutional Services has named Andrew (Andy) Volz as Chief Operating Officer, to oversee the global operations of the firm, across all divisions. Volz reports to Alan Hill, JonesTrading’s CEO.Over the course of the last several years JonesTrading has expanded
High-conviction long-positioned hedge fund portfolios outperformed high-conviction short portfolios during the recent market meltdown, according to new MSCI research exploring how hedge fund managers navigated Q1’s unprecedented volatility surge. The study, authored by Donald Sze, executive director, MSCI Research and
Cheyne Capital, the London-based credit and multi-strategy alternative investment manager, has continued to attract investor allocations during this year’s turbulence with its focus on market dislocations, as its thematic long/short equity hedge fund notched up successive gains in March and
State Street Corporation has entered into an alliance with Coremont to provide fully integrated outsourcing services for hedge fund managers, covering front, middle and back office operations.This alliance combines Coremont’s portfolio management analytics and support with State Street’s asset servicing
Broadridge Financial Solutions has released the results of a survey into the progress and challenges associated with artificial intelligence (AI), which includes machine learning (ML) and robotics process automation (RPA), across the capital markets industry. An overwhelming majority (80 per
