Hedge fund capital increased in the first quarter of the year, rising to a seventh consecutive record as investors reduced equity market beta in favour of M&A-focused Event-Driven (ED) exposures and fixed income-based Relative Value Arbitrage (RVA) strategies. Total hedge
Boutique prime broker, Invast Global, has launched a Tokyo oneZero Hub in TY3. This development follows on from the unveiling of the Invast LD4 oneZero Hub only three weeks ago. The addition of the TY3 Hub means that clients around
SILEX Investment Managers, a Paris-based asset management company, has chosen Broadridge’s integrated order management, portfolio management and risk management technology platform to help the company manage its front-, middle- and back-office investment operations. SILEX will deploy Broadridge’s investment operations platform
PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform of EEX Group operated by Powernext, registered 153.1 TWh on its Futures segment in July 2019. Those strong results were driven by the great performance of the Dutch TTF, which has reported its second
R5 Capital has launched as the 17th independent research provider (IRP) on Analyst Hub, a platform serving more than 200 institutional investors. R5 Capital is a boutique consumer-centric equity research and consulting firm focused on utilising proprietary data and significant
The Exchange Council of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) has welcomed plans to merge current Powernext activities into EEX from the 1 January 2020. The council believes that the harmonisation of Powernext and EEX, will enable the exchange to offer
By George Ralph, Managing Director of RFA – How does a modern business organise its technology estate so that it is meeting the needs of the workforce, while making best use of infrastructure and the resources that it has available
Pragma, a multi-asset quantitative trading technology provider, has committed to adopting the principles of the foreign exchange (FX) Global Code as a Market Participant. The FX Global Code was launched in partnership with policymakers and market participants, and provides a
Equity hedge fund manager Valley Forge Capital Management (VFCM) has surpassed USD500 million in assets under management (AUM). Founded by Dev Kantesaria, VFCM runs a long-biased equity strategy that employs a bottom-up fundamental approach to find high-quality businesses that trade
Industry veteran Vince Cutala has joined BTIG’s Outsource Trading unit in San Francisco as a Director. Cutaia will focus on expanding business and strengthening the firm’s relationships with clients across the West Coast. Cutaia will focus on finding execution solutions
