2020 saw hedge funds successfully weather the political, social and economic turmoil brought about by the coronavirus pandemic to generate their biggest rise since 2009, at the height of the Global Financial Crisis.
The fallout from the coronavirus pandemic is set to unlock global “megatrends” this year, including consumer and corporate technology, healthcare, and sustainability themes – and hedge fund investors can expect a “rich environment for growth”, a major new study by
New data released by Trading Platforms indicates that it costs USDF25.2 million per day in electricity to process bitcoin transactions. The consumption cost is based on bitcoin’s 30-day average transaction of 328,418 as of 17 January, 2021, and the energy
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has issued a discussion paper on market structure, putting forward a set of proposals designed to enable the Exchange to modernise and adapt to emerging trends and evolving customer needs. The proposals aim to achieve
EEX Group continued to strengthen its position in the global commodity exchange space in 2020 by posting significant volume increases across the majority of its energy and commodity portfolio. The major growth drivers were the European power markets, the environmental
ACA Compliance Group has launched a specialist global environmental, social, and governance (ESG) advisory practice. Read the full story at Institutional Assert Manager…
StatPro Group, an AIM listed provider of cloud-based portfolio analysis and asset pricing services for the global asset management industry, has acquired ODDO BHF’s regulatory risk services bureau, for an undisclosed sum in cash. The acquisition adds a full, managed
RegEd has acquired the ComplianceMAX and FIRE Continuing Education businesses from National Regulatory Services (NRS), a provider of compliance and registration products and services for investment advisers, broker-dealers, hedge funds, investment companies and insurance institutions. Read the full story at
As more hedge funds pile into cryptocurrencies, market inefficiencies and price dispersion are bringing fresh arbitrage opportunities for managers. Bitcoin’s sustained rally over the past year saw the cryptocurrency roar to a record high of more than USD41,000 in early
Hector McNeil (pictured), co-Founder and co-CEO, HANetf presents his most recent commentary, arguing: The Case for Non-Transparent Active ETFs. Growth in the ETF industry is sustained, long-term and global – at the time of writing, there have been 51 months
