Cognolink, a research partner for hedge funds and private equity funds, has announced a new name and brand identity for the company, becoming ‘Third Bridge’ both in the UK and globally. This move is designed to align the firm’s naming
FinTech company Red Deer and TheySay, a text analytics company created by computational linguists from the University of Oxford specialising in sentiment analysis and emotional AI, are to collaborate on deep text analytics to automatically connect, contextualise and analyse research,
The Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB), the standard-setting body for the hedge fund industry, has held its first table top cyber-attack simulation for hedge fund managers in London. The HFSB is custodian of the Hedge Fund Standards, and is supported
Coinsilium Group Limited, an accelerator that finances and manages the development of early-stage blockchain technology companies, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with HyperChain Capital a hedge fund focused on investing in Blockchain companies. Under the terms of the
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has acted on the restructuring of the Sturgeon Central Asia Fund, to enable it to be one of the first funds to invest in Iran. Although the repeal of pre-existing sanctions is good news
Karson Management, a provider of reserve, capital and collateral financing solutions, and BNY Mellon have successfully completion of the first K-Note reinsurance collateral financing transaction in Canada. The patented K-Note financing platform has been designed by Karson around a number
Point72 Asset Management has named Jonathan Jones to lead its Investment Talent Development (ITD) group. Jones is responsible for leading the Firm’s mission to identify and recruit the industry’s brightest talent at all levels, from the Point72 Academy to experienced
Euroclear is partnering with Quantessence, a UK-based financial technology company delivering an open architecture platform that manages the running of predefined asset allocation algorithms. The first application on the platform will offer a service for iCPPI products. iCPPI is a
HazelTree has partnered with AcadiaSoft to enhance the Collateral Management capabilities of the HazelTree Integrated Treasury Management Solution. The enhanced solution aiming at delivering seamless integration between the industry’s leading treasury management and margin automation solutions. It is expected to
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.34 per cent in May, outperforming the 0.24 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The
