AI-driven investment manager Quantumrock’s flagship strategy, the Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP), closed 2020 up 30.93 per cent, its best year of performance since 2016. After November’s momentum change, stocks continued their rally in December due to the Covid-19 vaccine
Utopia Genesis Foundation, an organisation formed to support the development of an open platform for the music industry, will be moving from Ethereum to a Polkadot parathread this year, providing interoperability, consensus, scalability and security to Utopia users. This expansion
Moonstake is now supporting staking of QURAS’s cryptocurrency XQC in its Web and Mobile Wallets following the announcement of a strategic partnership between the two firms in April of last year.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
The Maltese Parliament has unanimously approved three blockchain bills as the island looks to establish itself as a cryptocurrency hub. In addition Stephen McCarthy has been appointed as CEO of the newly established Malta Digital Innovation Authority. Malta-based law
Quantile Technologies (Quantile), a provider of portfolio optimisation services for hedge funds and other financial institutional engaged in OTC derivative transactions, has secured a USD51 million (GBP38 million) minority investment from Spectrum EquityRead the full story at Private Equity Wire…
TORA Holdings, a provider of investment technology for buy-side and sell-side firms, is to begin a new strategic partnership with Revolution Co Ltd, a fast growing Japanese investment and asset management company. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Glafka Capital, an FCA-authorised alternative investments fund manager, has launched a digital currency arbitrage hedge fund which will be hosted on a VALK Corda powered platform. Investors in Glafka’s Starboard Digital Strategies will benefit from a fully institutional grade hedge fund,
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has identified the key priorities where financial market infrastructures (FMIs) should focus in the coming years to proactively and effectively manage risk in a post-pandemic environment. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Hedge and ETF technology specialist Truss Edge has introduced enhancements in both front and back office features that will further benefit the firm’s asset management clients. Its latest software release is focused on improvements to certain order management features as well
The Citco group of companies (Citco) has opened new offices in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international finance centre in the United Arab Emirates, after increasing its assets under administration (AUA) in the region last year by 400 per
