Investcorp, a global provider and manager of alternative investment products, and HC Technologies (HC Tech), a global technology-driven quantitative and algorithmic trading firm, are partnering to launch HC Capital Advisors.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved a proposed rule to reduce regulatory burdens for US market participants in order to promote economic growth and job creation, by bringing certain CFTC requirements in line with other US regulators and
KiteEdge, a company providing asset managers with the tools to find, collaborate, and leverage content across complex and often siloed organisations, has launched The Ontology Project, a community initiative committed to educating sector professionals, helping them to improve ontology within
Triad Securities, a full-service, agency-only brokerage firm, has partnered with BestEx Research Group to provide Triad’s clients with access BestEx’s newly-launched, next-generation algorithmic trading platform.Founded and led by industry veteran Hitesh Mittal, who previously served as head of AQR’s Global
UBS O’Connor (O’Connor), the multi-strategy hedge fund manager within UBS Asset Management, has hired Ken Geren as a Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of the firm’s newly formed, absolute return strategy which will incorporate the impact of environmental issues
Simcorp has made an investment in start-up Alkymi as part of a new machine-learning initiative aimed addressing the current strain and costly challenge of processing unstructured data for alternatives investments
CTAs are maintaining their strong start to 2020, with trend-following portfolios well-balanced between cyclical and defensive assets, boosting profits in the first six weeks of the year. Long positions across equity, fixed income, precious metals and US treasuries have strengthened
From the new UK chancellor’s career background to the latest campaigns from the best-known US managers, activist hedge funds are firmly back in the spotlight, not least after a stellar 12 months of performance.
TrueFX, a purpose-built OTC market designed for the buyside, has launched the TrueFX Clearing Member network, with Axicorp, FXCM and Velocity Trade partnering with TrueFX to support customer access to the ecosystem.
Asian digital asset brokerage Octagon Strategy Limited (OSL) has deployed Caspian’s full suite of crypto trading tools, including a portfolio management system to meet increasing demand for crypto trading from institutional investors. OSL is the largest OTC digital asset brokerage
