OTCX, a leading multi-dealer bilateral RFQ platform for off-venue interest rate derivatives, has integrated with thinkFolio, IHS Markit’s investment management platform. thinkFolio offers its clients advanced modelling and trading management tools for all asset classes, including fixed income and derivatives instruments.
International law firm Dorsey & Whitney has appointed Martha F Coultrap (pictured), as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Group in New York. Coultrap’s practice focuses on private investment funds and fund investors. She represents a variety of investors in
Carey Olsen has advised AX1 Limited on the initial coin offering (ICO) of its AX1 Token. The ICO proceeds will be invested by AX1 Limited’s subsidiary into a cryptocurrency mining operation based in the UK. Partner Chris Griffin led the
SIX has launched a new technology interface designed to eliminate the challenges associated with collateral management. Called Collateral Cockpit, the interface aims to join up fragmented front and back office information systems to give repo professionals the ability to view
Templum, a financial technology company providing a marketplace for the primary issuance and secondary trading of alternative assets as smart securities, has appointed former AlphaPoint, TradingScreen, Lava Trading, and Bloomberg executive Brian Nadzan as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In this
Investors redeemed an estimated net USD9.45 billion from hedge funds in March. Total Q1 asset flows remain positive at +USD14.33 billion, bringing overall industry AUM to USD3.32 trillion, according to the March 2018 eVestment Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. Among
The market rebound supported the hedge fund industry last week, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team, with CTAs recovering strongly thanks to the rise in oil prices and US Treasury bond yields. Overall, models
Hedge fund managers ended August 2019 down 0.35 per cent on an equal-weighted basis, and 0.54 per cent on an asset-weighted basis, according to data released by Eurekhedge. The risk-off sentiment persisted throughout the month, as the US labelled China
Robeco has launched the Robeco QI Emerging Markets Sustainable Enhanced Index Equities with a strategy that aims for a 20 per cent higher score on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria than the benchmark (MSCI Emerging Markets Index). It also
Apex Group (Apex) has received Full Depositary authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland for its subsidiary the European Depositary Bank (EDB) to operate in Ireland. Through EDB, Apex offers independent banking, depositary and custody services to institutional investors and
