The ongoing sell-off since the beginning of October has proved difficult to navigate for hedge funds, though there were substantial divergences across strategies, last week, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. Lyxor writes: “L/S
Private equity firm Corsair Capital (Corsair) has made a majority investment in ZEDRA Group (ZEDRA), a specialist in trust, corporate and fund services. Corsair has a long and successful track record of growing financial services firms across a diverse range
Mercatus, an asset and investment management platform, has partnered with professional services firm, Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) to help customers accelerate digital and data strategies through Mercatus’ Investment Lifecycle Management product. The new wave of digitalised investors that is emerging
Multi-asset prime broker Invast Global is to continue its support for the Qantas Australian Women’s Sevens team for the upcoming HSBC Sevens Women’s World Series campaign. Invast’s logo will feature on the shorts of the Aussie Sevens Women’s side.
The State Street Global Investor Confidence Index decreased to 82.7 in November, down 1.7 points from October’s revised reading of 84.4. Confidence among North American investors further weakened, with the North American ICI decreasing from 81.6 to 79.2. The European
Calastone, the global fund transaction network, is to migrate its entire global network of more than 1,700 financial organisations, across 40 global markets, to blockchain in May 2019 via the company’s new Distributed Market Infrastructure (DMI). The migration connects one
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) increased volumes on its power derivatives markets by 26 per cent to 349.5 TWh in November (November 2017: 276.6 TWh). This was driven partly by a threefold increase in Phelix-DE futures to a volume of
New analysis from data provider instiHub reveals that Europe’s sub-advised fund assets have outgrown those of the broader fund market by 45 per cent over the 12 months to September 2018. At the same time as the broad UCITS and
PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, reported its best monthly volume in 2018 with 193.3 TWh traded in November. Once again, the spot segment posted a strong activity with 103.9 TWh, including the highest traded volume on
Northern Trust is to acquire BEx, a provider of foreign exchange (FX) software solutions, to drive innovation and growth in its Global Foreign Exchange business. The acquisition will give Northern Trust ownership of a platform providing algorithmic FX trading, global
