Gemini Alternative Funds has won the 2016 Hedgeweek USA Award for Best North American Managed Account Platform. Representatives from Gemini Alternative Funds were on hand to accept the award at a ceremony in New York City on 15 September 2016.
The UK’s HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has designated the Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX) as a recognised stock exchange under the Income Tax Act 2007 (ITA). The designation extends to the entire Gibraltar Stock Exchange and is a significant development
LiquidityBook, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, has named Matthew Howard as Head of Asia-Pacific Client Service. Based in London, Howard (pictured), will work alongside Nick Thompson, who joined the firm last year and leads LiquidityBook’s
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) is planning to launch options on the FTSE Emerging Index on 26 September 2016. The FTSE Emerging Index is a market-capitalisation weighted index representing the performance of large and mid-cap companies from advanced and
Rhenman & Partners Asset Management, a Stockholm-based hedge fund firm which invests in global healthcare stocks, is optimistic about a post-US election market bounce, and points to “intense activity” among vaccine developers working on a treatment for Covid-19. The firm’s
Grassi Fund Administration Services (GFAS) has launched a compliance and regulatory services division. GFAS provides compliance and regulatory services to enable its clients to establish and maintain rigorous compliance programmes, risk assessments, mock audits and anti-money laundering and KYC services.
The average return of the global hedge fund industry was pulled into negative territory in February as markets experienced sharp reversals, with trend following CTA/managed futures and long/short equities strategies lagging behind the pack. That’s according to the latest figures
Trend following hedge fund managers gained ground in July following a patchy first half of 2020, notching up their best monthly performance so far this year by capitalising on soaring gold prices and emerging trends against the US dollar.
Alternative investments specialist Investcorp has partnered with Shoals Capital Management (Shoals), which currently manages approximately USD160 million in an event driven strategy investing across capital structure and sub-sectors in the financials sector. Investcorp and other institutional investors, including a large
Object Trading, a provider of global, multi-asset trading infrastructure, is the first vendor providing market access to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) to have conformed to the upgraded ASX 24 (futures) New Trading Platform (NTP) from Cinnober, due to go live
