Hedge fund and private equity administrator, JP Fund Administration (Cayman) Ltd, has grown its Assets Under Administration (AUA) to more than USD5 billion, bringing the JP Integra group total AUA to more than USD6 billion. Dave van Duynhoven (pictured), head
CME Group and Crypto Facilities Ltd have launched the CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate, which will provide a daily benchmark price in US dollars at 4pm London time, and CME CF Ether-Dollar Real Time Index, which will allow users access
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed a civil enforcement action against defendants Q3 Holdings, and Q3 I, and their principal, Michael Ackerman for fraudulently soliciting over USD33 million to purportedly trade digital assets and misappropriating a substantial portion of
ResearchPool has launched a new interactions management tool on its platform that allows buy-side firms to simplify the monitoring, aggregation, analysis and evaluation of investment research and corporate access related interactions.As part of the investment process, investment professionals acquire, in
BitSpread, a blockchain asset research and advisory firm, has launched BlockBerry, a new managed account platform. The platform offers specialised, bespoke, managed account access to blockchain assets for institutions (both US and non-US), enabling self-management or third-party management. The blockchain
Tradecraft Capital, a crypto asset hedge fund and investment company, has launched its first fund, the Tradecraft Crypto Asset Fund, an actively-managed portfolio of concentrated, high-conviction positions. Unlike many crypto hedge funds that act more as a long-term focused venture
Productivity provides an edge in equity research, and as equity-focused hedge funds navigate the markets this year, any opportunity to use next generation technology tools to trade more adroitly will likely be welcomed. In the following Q&A with Hedgeweek’s managing editor,
By Roger Aitkin – With the former head of the Russian Federation’s Federal Tax Service and newly appointed Prime Minister, expressing the view that “all operations” with cryptocurrency should be taxed, industry pundits in the space are reflecting on what
Tether, a blockchain-enabled platform that powers the largest stablecoin by market capitalisation, is live on Algorand 2.0, the world’s first permissionless, pure proof of stake blockchain platform. Tether will now provide instant confirmation, micro payments and automatic wallet support. Tether is
Marex Spectron, a global commodities broker and research house, has formed a joint-venture with Earth-i, a specialist ‘New Space’ technology provider, to develop and distribute a range of analytical tools. Working alongside Marex Spectron’s award winning Market Analytics division run
