Drury Capital, the long-running US trend-following hedge fund firm led by former grain trader Bernard Drury, has soared into double-digit territory this year, with both its established flagship fund and recently-launched multi-strategy futures fund making gains across commodities and equities
The Exchange Council of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) at its first meeting of 2021, which was chaired by Dr Michael Redanz, Managing Director of EWE Trading, has welcomed the intention of EEX to introduce exchange-based procurement auctions to provide
BrokerTec, a provider of electronic trading platforms and technology services in fixed income markets, has launched Relative Value (RV) Curve spread trading, allowing clients to trade cash US Treasury benchmark spreads in a single order for the first time.
Danish-owned cryptocurrency hedge fund ARK36 has participated in a private sale of GTU tokens issued by Concordium, a new blockchain project built for business and focused on regulatory compliance and privacy. Concordium, which is run by a team of Danish
Aberdeen Standard Investments is bullish on event driven merger arbitrage hedge funds amid a surge in deal volumes, while equity long/short and activist managers are also tipped to capitalise on the continued fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc, has partnered with AccessFintech to deliver a new Strategic Gateway for Settlement Workflow that offers efficiencies in resolving multi-party settlement fails. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Global equities hedge fund Russell Clark Investment Management is taking a bearish stance on “expensive” gold, and urges caution on the price of the safe-haven commodity. In a recent market commentary, Russell Clark examined the long-term value of the precious
Acuity Analytics, parent company of financial technology firm Acuity Trading, has completed its first acquisition with the purchase of research firm Signal Centre, formerly PIA First. The sale, for an undisclosed sum, will see the fusion of analytical prowess and
Sun Hung Kai & Co has committed capital to the ActusRayPartners European Alpha Fund which launched on 18 March 2021. The fundraising target over the first few months is USD100 million, while the fund will focus on listed equities in
Toscafund, the multi asset fund management group, has become the leading shareholder in VoxSmart, the communications surveillance software provider, by investing USD25 million of growth capital to enable the business to continue its rapid growth trajectory. This is the seventh
