Trade finance industry leaders and leading asset managers have joined forces to create a global trade finance working group dedicated to boosting the role of alternative lenders in the sector. The working group will consolidate initiatives within the Alternative Credit
San Francisco-based investment management law firm Cole-Frieman & Mallon has appointed Frank J Martin, a former general counsel and president of a multi-billion-dollar, multi-strategy, global hedge fund firm, as a partner and general counsel at the firm.Â
LightPoint Financial Technology and FactSet, a global financial digital platform and enterprise solutions provider, are collaborating to offer hedge funds, institutional asset managers, and family offices a fully integrated front-to-back solution with greater data flexibility.
Over half of systematic hedge funds surveyed or interviewed for a new report by Acuiti – Bringing the case for buy-and-build to the front office – are utilising a combination of both outsourced strategies and in-house development to build their
Winning interest rate bets helped drive gains at an investment vehicle managed by hedge fund Brevan Howard during 2022 as market volatility and soaring inflation prompted central banks to hike interest rates, according to a report by Reuters.
European financial watchdog the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) wants London-based hedge funds and asset managers to demonstrate that they have established a suitable physical presence in the European Union, according to a report by Reuters.
Alternative data specialist QuantCube Technology has launched QuantCube CPI nowcast indicators for Brazil and China. The new indicators, which quantify the Consumer Price Index at a country level in real-time, are available on the QuantCube Macroeconomic Intelligence Platform.Â
Hedge funds lost a combined $208 billion of client cash last year, marking the biggest single-year decline for the industry since the global financial crisis of 2008, when combined losses totalled $565 billion, according to a report by Reuters. The
BTIG, a specialist in institutional trading, investment banking, research and related brokerage services has launched the Tactical Hedge Fund Group with key hires Bella Brandon, CFA and Zoe Henderson. Brandon and Henderson both join the team as managing directors and
London-based hedge fund Eisler Capital has made a key hire as it continues its transformation into a multi-strategy investment business with the appointment of former Goldman Sachs partner Alain Marcus to lead trader recruitment, according to a report by Bloomberg.
