Named after the riverside district in central Moscow, Balchug Capital – the long/short emerging market equities and fixed income investment manager launched by David Amaryan in 2009 – focuses on event driven and value-based opportunities predominantly in Russia and the
BrightSphere Investment Group has promoted chief financial officer Suren Rana to chief executive officer and president, with Rana taking over the roles from the outgoing Guang Yang.The appointment is effective immediately, and Rana will also join the board of directors.
ventus Systems, a global trade surveillance and risk management software platform provider, has made appointed of four seasoned finance, market and technology professionals who collectively bring 80 years of experience to key positions.
Westbeck Capital, a London-based oil-focused hedge fund, continues to generate stellar double-digit returns in 2020’s lively energy markets, and believes short-term mis-pricings in oil equities offers further buying opportunities ahead of a potential price recovery later this year. The firm’s
Hedge funds trading emerging markets strategies face major dispersion in their assets, as the impact of Covid-19 – and the resulting government responses – diverges sharply across different regions and countries. New analysis by Lyxor Asset Management this week pointed
Triad Securities, an agency-only brokerage firm, has announced a ‘Triad Cares Trading Day’ on 20 April to help Covid-19 relief efforts. All of Triad’s trading commissions will be donated to a group of four leading charities that provide services to those
Abacus Group, a managed service provider of hosted IT solutions for alternative investment firms has expanded and customised its use of Thycotic’s Secret Server for more than 350 clients to date. “Managing up to 3,000 passwords for privileged access daily
Last month, the impact of coronavirus caused stock markets to plummet. This led to a huge spike in volatility, with the VIX Index hitting a high of 82.69 on 16 March, benefiting macro strategies (according to the latest Q1 performance
The hedge fund industry returned to net outflows in February with USD8.1 billion in redemptions, a reversal from January’s USD21.2 billion in inflows.February’s redemptions represented 0.2 per cent of industry assets, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator published by
Glue42, a provider of integrated desktop solutions to financial institutions globally, and LodeStar Ecosystems, a fintech startup behind LodeBot, an AI-powered, personal digital assistant for brokers, traders and asset managers, have established a formal partnership to further improve the productivity and workflow
