Electronic marketplace operator Tradeweb has reported a new quarterly record for average daily volume (ADV) of USD753.8 billion, representing an increase of 39.6 per cent. The company also saw new quarterly records for ADV in interest rate swaps and mortgages
Reconciliation specialists Watson Wheatley has closed out its financial year with record turnover and the biggest increase in client numbers in the firm’s 10-year history. Turnover, excluding prepayments at the firm, whose clients include hedge funds, long-only asset managers and
Copper is a London-based technology platform that is set to revolutionise crypto investing. By building state-of-the-art trade infrastructure, the Copper Platform not only allows funds to easily, and securely deploy capital across multiple exchanges, it also provides institutional-quality independent custody.
By Manuel Anguita – At Silver 8 Capital, we believe that the future global monetary system will look considerably different than that of today. In our view, the combination of technological progress and geopolitical and social developments are going to change
The digitisation of the alternative funds industry has the potential to usher in a new investment paradigm; one that offers fund managers and investors a chance for capital preservation by investing in companies, real estate, infrastructure projects, and crypto currency-backed
With so much bandwidth being absorbed by the gravitational pull of Brexit, hedge fund managers could be forgiven for paying short shrift to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR), which formally comes into effect on 9 December 2019. Set
Digital Vega, an FX Options e-trading platform and provider of FX Options trading solutions, has made three senior appointments – Simon Nursey as Head of Asia, Asa Attwell as Head of Product Development, and Laura Winkler, EMEA Relationship Manager. Nursey joins
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a statement regarding manufactured credit events in connection with credit default swaps (CDS). The CFTC statement says: ”The CDS market functions based on the premise that firms referenced in CDS contracts seek
Evidence collected by INDOS Financial Limited (INDOS), a UK independent depositary, has revealed that many hedge funds have chosen not to revisit their administrative and depositary arrangements since the implementation of the AIFMD (Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive) in July 2014.
Independent specialist asset manager, Unigestion, has completed its migration from on-premise to a cloud-based model, on SimCorp Dimension. Unigestion’s migration addresses the operational burden faced by many buy-side institutions, as they seek more flexibility, scalability and elasticity within their investment
