Specialist fixed income manager, BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay), has added to its emerging market debt (EM) illiquid corporate credit capabilities with the appointment of Illya Zyskind to the newly-created role of Portfolio Manager.Based in London, Illya reports to Polina Kurdyavko,
Hedge funds posted mixed performance in February, led by fixed income-based Relative Value Arbitrage strategies, as global equities and commodities suffered steep declines on spreading coronavirus contagion fears. The investable HFRI 500 Relative Value Index gained +0.8 per cent for the
The impact of the coronavirus outbreak is revealing underlying weaknesses in emerging market debt, according to Man GLG. Guillermo Ossés, head of emerging market debt strategies at Man GLG, says the firm is staying negative on EM assets until the
With notable dispersion in high yield in 2019, CQS and BlueBay Asset Management see further upside as energy and automotive sectors respond to technology disruption… High yield credit will likely present further idiosyncratic opportunities in 2020 thanks to elevated dispersion
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved Australian Securities Exchange Limited’s (ASX 24) application to permit direct access for US customers to trade on its platform. ASX 24, a foreign board of trade (FBOT) is now registered with the
Capitolis, a technology provider for the capital markets, has launched a novation service in foreign exchange (FX). Citi, HSBC, BlueCrest and Brevan Howard, among many other market participants, have collaborated with Capitolis on this service, which is the first of
The rapid stock market sell-off – which saw the S&P 500 slide 3 per cent again on Thursday, with the FTSE 100 down 3.5 per cent on Friday morning – is unlikely to end the long equity bull market run,
The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) has published a memo on addressing potential conflicts of interest between parallel funds, which was developed by the Standards Board’s Governance Working Group.
Matchbook, is teaming up with the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global representative of the alternative investment industry, to provide fund managers with best-in-class recruiting technology and executive search services to help them grow their business.Matchbook, a OneWire brand,
CAIS, the leading financial technology platform connecting financial advisors with alternative investments, today announced a new strategic partnership with National Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: NHLD). National Holdings Corporation, or National, a full-service independent brokerage, investment banking, trading, and asset management firm, has
