Hedge fund returns were mainly beta-driven last week, with equity markets on the rise across all regions, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross-asset Research team. As a result, L/S Equity and to some extent Special Situations funds
Centaur is planning a series of celebrations to mark the tenth anniversary of its launch in the fund administration space, having first opened its doors to business in Dublin back in 2009. The firm will be celebrating what it describes
B-PIPE, Bloomberg’s flagship real-time market data feed, will now be available to clients globally in the cloud through Amazon Web Services (AWS). Building on the initial launch of B-PIPE in the cloud for US-based clients, Bloomberg will work with AWS
ACA Compliance Group (ACA) and Eagle Investment Systems (Eagle), a BNY Mellon company and part of Data and Analytics Solutions, have partnered to help firms comply with the new 2020 Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS). The firms believe that ACA’s GIPS compliance
Hedge fund Livermore Partners has added David Gould to its Advisory Board. Gould is currently a member of the Board of Directors of LetterOne Holdings, an international investment business focused on investment in the Energy, Retail, Health and Technology sectors,
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has made a proposal to the Board of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) to combine the two companies. The Board of HKEX says a combination with LSEG represents ‘a highly compelling strategic opportunity to create
The first investable British cryptocurrency mine has launched. The mine, which will be Britain’s biggest, will be open to qualified investors through a limited company – The Third Bladetec Bitcoin Mine Ltd – which is governed and protected by UK
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned -0.27 per cent in August, underperforming the 0.38 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The
Reference data specialists SmartStream Reference Data Utility (RDU) has launched a cloud-based security reference data service to simplify and enable firms to meet the European Union’s Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) requirements. SFTR reporting obligations, which are due to begin
Heartwood Investment Management, the asset management arm of Handelsbanken in the UK, has made three new appointments. Siobhan Pandya has joined as Head of Investment Communications. Pandya is responsible for developing and implementing the content and marketing strategy for Heartwood.
