As more investors become comfortable outsourcing functions to third-party providers, the importance of excellence in this space is coming into sharper focus. In a part of the industry where services can risk becoming commoditised, providers are keen to demonstrate the
With fund managers’ demand for increased access to larger datasets, the opportunity arises for service providers in the outsourcing space to enhance these already-expanding datasets. The increased use of data and evolving use cases are leading to a shift towards
By A Paris – They say you should never let a serious crisis go to waste and the latest wave of turbulence caused by the global Covid-19 pandemic is certainly testing the hedge fund industry to understand how to make
Blockchain platform Telos has integrated with EvolutionDex, a protocol that allows anyone to create and launch their own trading pairs on decentralised exchanges. Traders will also be able to realise additional gains through increased trading fees that are acquired through the
The advent of negative prices for the US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil benchmark will further squeeze growth and investment in the Permian basin, potentially heralding a sharp slide in US natural gas exports, according to Horseman Capital Management. The
In his latest monthly blog, Joel Press, formerly a senior partner and Head of the Global Hedge Fund Practice at Ernst & Young, and a leading voice on hedge fund operations and co-ordination services, looks at how social distancing might
For Dixon Boardman, the CEO and founder of Optima Asset Management and renowned fund-of-hedge funds pioneer, the dramatic turbulence that shocked markets earlier this year is unlike anything ever seen during his three decades-plus of investing. Boardman – an industry trailblazer
Commodities markets are often viewed predominantly through the narrow lens of energy markets, with the recent dramatic oil price volatility garnering front page headlines, bringing hefty gains for several hedge fund strategies amid the turmoil.
Hedge fund investors turned cautious in April 2018, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator, even as the equities markets rebounded and volatility began to calm down. Industry assets levelled off at an all-time high of USD3.0 trillion. Data drawn
Trading platform BidFX has gained access to frontier markets by adding global markets banking specialist ICBC Standard as a new liquidity provider. Read the full story at InstitutionalAssetManager…
