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Accelerate Financial Technologies’ (Accelerate) suite of institutional-calibre alternative ETFs, inclduing the Accelerate Absolute Return Hedge Fund (HDGE) and Accelerate Arbitrage Fund (ARB), have been added to the RBC Dominion Securities A+ platform.
A&A Investment Adviser’s Luxembourg’s entity has agreed to terms with an Asset Management Firm to acquire an Irish ICAV, which it says will be one of the most innovative launch platforms for quantitative sub-funds in UCIT’s format in the European market.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Alma Capital Investment Management has signed an agreement with Rothschild & Co Asset Management Europe to take over the InRIS alternative UCITS platform. From this date, Alma Capital Investment Management becomes the exclusive distributor of InRIS UCITS Plc platform which has over EUR500 million of assets under management, across five different UCITS funds, each managed by an external hedge fund manager.
InRIS platform’s range of equity long/short and systematic UCITS funds are complementary to the existing range of alternative and long only funds currently managed by Alma Capital Investment Management.
Alma Capital CEO Henri Vernhes says: “This acquisition is part of
US long/short equity hedge funds are said to be “cautiously” positioning their portfolios on a Joe Biden victory in next week’s US presidential election.
Lyxor Asset Management strategists say that a Democrat win on 3rd November looks increasingly likely. But prospects of a sweeping ‘Blue Wave’ victory – which would strengthen “ambitious” plans on stimulus, taxes, and wages – is less clear-cut, hinging on a Democrat majority in Congress.
In recent weeks hedge funds of all strategy types have increased their exposures amid signs that September’s correction was ending – but now they are cutting back on certain risks “and
Bitfinex Derivatives,a derivatives platform accessible through digital token trading platform Bitfinex, has launched a perpetual contract for Silver.The contractm which went live on 26 October, will offer users up to 100x leverage and will be settled in Tether (USDt) tokens.
“As the second precious metal offering, we anticipate a ready uptake for this silver perpetual contract,” says Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Bitfinex Derivatives. “This offering is available to sophisticated traders for the purposes of hedging and managing risk.”
Bitfinex Derivatives platform and products are only available in eligible jurisdictions, and are exclusive to verified users.
A victory for Joe Biden in next month’s US presidential election may “counter-intuitively” help boost global oil markets, according to London-based energy-focused hedge fund Westbeck Capital.
London-based global equity hedge fund Russell Clark Investment Management is eyeing a rise in global agricultural crop prices amid potential wider global food inflation, as a result of the disruptive impact of swine flu on China’s pig population.
China – the world’s foremost pig producer and consumer – has seen the cost of pork double after the African Swine Flu virus wiped almost two-thirds of the country’s pigs between 2018 and 2020, with prices there now six times those of the US.
In a note this week, Clark suggested that the global pork market is set to stay “very tight for a prolonged
Bixin Ventures has launched a USD100 million proprietary capital fund to support the global blockchain ecosystem and infrastructure necessary for the future of open finance through a permissionless and decentralised network.Read the full story at Private Equity Wire…
Hedge fund short-sellers have taken a five-month drubbing on bets against the Dow Jones, as the sustained summer rally torpedoed their negative wagers to the tune of USD16 billion – but September’s sell-off has stemmed losses, leading to hopes of an upturn in fortunes.
The robust performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the aftermath of March’s Covid crash brought month-on-month hits to short positions, new analysis from London-based equity research firm Ortex Analytics shows.
The index – which tracks the stock market performance of the 30 largest listed US companies – gathered pace from April onwards, which left
The aim of London-based systematic managed futures hedge fund manager DG Partners is simple, says founder and chief investment officer David Gorton: “To be the best trend-follower we can be in the business.”
