Steady performance and investor inflows through Q3 2017 increased total hedge fund capital to a fifth consecutive record quarterly level, as global economic growth prospects improved despite continued elevated geopolitical risks. Total hedge fund industry capital rose to a record
Banca Generali and Saxo Bank are to establish an exclusive partnership to offer online trading and digital services. The objective is to offer clients, on an exclusive basis for the Italian market, access to an innovative platform for advanced trading,
Digital asset exchange provider Binance has launched a new DeFi composite index line of perpetual contracts. Listed on Binance Futures, the contracts are denominated in USDT and with leverage of up to 50x. This is Binance’s first such composite index derivatives
Phoenix American Financial Services has appointed Justin Deitrick (pictured), as Senior Vice President, Fund Accounting. Deitrick will be responsible for leading the company’s fund accounting team and developing and maintaining an expanded client base for this division which provides accounting, reporting
Colt Technology Services is to provide direct connectivity between trading venues in Tokyo and Chicago for the Japan Exchange Group’s new inter-exchange service dubbed JPX-Chicago Co-Location Direct. The new service, powered by Colt’s dedicated, ultra-low-latency IQ Network, links JPX’s data
By George Ralph, RFA – Firms which may be considering a move, partial or otherwise, to cloud-based services, will need to work through a checklist to ensure all the bases are covered, that the firm is not exposed to any
Preqin’s latest survey of hedge fund investors finds that the proportion of institutions that feel their hedge fund portfolios have met or exceeded their performance expectations has doubled in the past 12 months. In June 2016, just 21 per cent
Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Cassini Sytems are teaming up to provide SGX market participants to meet Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) requirements. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
SANNE has appointed Stuart Harris as Director of Global Facilities to support the ongoing enhancement of the firm’s growing services and strategic development. Harris (pictured), will drive the strategic direction of facilities management across the 15 jurisdictions in which SANNE
Sycomore AM has appointed Brice Prunas and Jessica Poon as senior global analysts. Both join the investment team, which now includes 19 professionals. These appointments are designed to allow Sycomore to broaden its research universe to include the United States
