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Morgan Stanley Investment Management is rolling out a new ESG-focused fixed income fund, which aims to tap into sustainability themes by trading a range of ‘best ideas’ credit opportunities across the capital structure in developed and emerging markets.
Since launching on 10 December, 2018, Huobi Futures become one of the leading one-stop derivatives service platforms in the world, with cumulative trading volume exceeding USD2.6 trillion.Over the past two years, Huobi Futures has expanded its product offerings through various product lines (eg USDT-margined Swaps, Coin-margined swaps and futures, options) and it has been working diligently to provide users with one-stop, full-service, ample derivative product options.
Among the various product lines of Huobi Futures, USDT-margined Swaps is growing strongly, accounting for 22.7 per cent of the trading volume of all units as of December 3. Along with the new function
Drebbel, an end-to-end fintech sales company, has secured its first Chinese client, Shanghai-based Winner Futures, the ‘gateway for the fastest and most comprehensive access to the Chinese equities and futures markets’, primarily aimed at HFTs.
EEX is to introduce financially settled natural gas futures in the first quarter of 2021. The new futures will be offered for the Dutch (TTF), the Austrian (CEGH) and the German (NCG) market areas. The range of maturities for the new contracts will cover the full curve and also include Day, Weekend and Week contracts in addition to the monthly, quarterly, seasonal and annual expiries. The financial futures will be settled against EEX’s European Gas Spot Index (EGSI).
This launch will not only extend the range of trading opportunities for the customers, it will also enable EEX to launch spark spread
Hedge fund returns for 2021 are forecast to be lower due to lower public market performance, but despite this improved operating conditions should be supportive for most hedge fund strategies to generate alpha.
Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio’s long-running hedge fund giant, has paired up with French institutional manager Lyxor Asset Management to launch a new multi-asset strategy next year, based around sustainable investing.
The new vehicle – which is designed for investors to achieve financial and sustainability targets – is built around Bridgewater’s ‘All-Weather’ multi-asset framework, and trades assets aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Bridgewater, the world’s biggest hedge fund with more than USD130 billion in assets, will bring its systematic research process to analyse and select public market assets aligned to the UN SDGs. The fund will employ the hedge
Axiom Alternative Investments, a French asset manager with EUR1.8 billion under management and offices in London and Paris, has continued to see positive inflows, despite the backdrop of an uncertain credit cycle and the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2020. Third-party assets under management (AuM) increased for a second consecutive year by over EUR300 million to EUR1.8 billion, as of the end of November 2020, bringing AuM for the Group to an all-time high. Over 70 per cent of the inflows in the period were into the Group’s Legacy funds.
Earlier in the year, Axiom continued to strengthen its long/short product range, both
BarclayHedge: Best Index Provider – Savvy investors are considering non-bond alternative investments to provide portfolios with an element of diversification and offer protection during major market sell-offs. As they look to substitute parts of their fixed income holdings with hedge fund and managed futures, the demand for data on these assets has been on the rise. The volume and accuracy of these information requirements have also been evolving. This progress has buoyed firms like BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions Group, whose purpose is to help clients solve data and information-related problems.
CTAs and trend-following hedge funds generated positive returns across a broad range of strategy types last month amid the global market rally – but the sector’s year-to-date performance remains mixed, new data from Société Générale shows.
Commodities “poised for a bull run” after years of underinvestment, says RWC Partners
Commodities “poised for a bull run” after years of underinvestment, says RWC Partners