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By Beatrice Bedeschi – The Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Saudi Arabia’s state oil company Saudi Aramco has seen a refocus on domestic investors after what was expected to be the largest IPO on history saw a reduction in valuation amid challenging

Crypto market activity slowed significantly during the third-quarter following the summer bull run in crypto asses, but it’s settled at levels notably higher than the previous 12 months, according to a new report The State of Crypto: Bitcoin, Altcoins &
 The new launches will include long short equities funds. The Paris-based manager already manages USD 15 billion in alternative and structured investments and recently launched three new hedge funds: * SingleHedge Market Neutral, Irish domiciled;* SingleHedge Global Macro, French

As asset owners and allocators look to gain greater transparency and analytical insights on their multi-asset class portfolios, technology platforms are being sought out to build strategic partnerships. One recent example of this was State Street Corporation, which announced on

Saxo Bank Securities (Saxo Bank Japan), an investment and trading specialist, has gone live with the first phase of its migration to Torstone Technology’s Inferno. Saxo Bank Japan has replaced its legal ledger legacy system with Inferno to support regulatory

By Simon Gray, BVI Finance – While the popularity of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) as a centre for hedge funds is testament to the ease and cost-effectiveness of establishing funds in the jurisdiction, the quality and sophistication of its legislative,

By Simon Gray, BVI Finance – The crypto hedge fund is a new phenomenon, created by entrepreneurial investment managers looking to take advantage of the huge gains that cryptocurrencies have experienced over the last three years. At present, the sector is
London-based Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein’s Prime Brokerage platform has expanded its range of services for hedge fund clients with the launch of its Macro offering.