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big xyt, an independent provider of smart data and analytics solutions to the global trading and investment community, has added Philip Barnes to the firm’s executive team as Managing Director, Head of Business Development in Asia Pacific.
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ARK36, one of Europe’s fastest-growing cryptocurrency-focused investment funds, has partnered with CVX Ventures, a Danish venture investor, as part of the fund’s ongoing effort to strengthen its presence in the European market and to provide more value at scale to its investors.
CVX Ventures’ mission is to create value for the most promising new companies by facilitating the exchange of skills and knowledge and driving their growth through capital investment. Their current network of partners includes more than 380 private investors, advisers, and board members, as well as investment funds.
CVX is always scouting for new, high-performing companies they can
Digital asset investment products saw inflows totalling USD492 million last week, according to the latest data released by CoinShares.
Macrobond Financial (Macrobond), a provider of economic and financial data, has appointed Howard Rees as Chief Commercial Officer, effective immediately.
Rees will oversee all global sales, customer activities; and strategic partnerships from the company’s London office.
Data and analytics are needed more than ever to interpret global macroeconomic trends and market developments. At the same time, the information economists, strategists, and analysts must access and analyse is growing exponentially. Simpler ways are therefore needed to quickly extract information from millions of data points to uncover the real economic story.
Macrobond is the world’s most comprehensive source of economic intelligence for
The SS&C GlobeOp hedge fund Forward Redemption Indicator for February 2021 measured 2.37 per cent, up from 1.78 per cent in January.
“SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator of 2.37 per cent for February 2021 reflects a 16 per cent reduction in redemption notices compared to 2.83 per cent reported a year ago,” says Bill Stone, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SS&C Technologies. “The 2.37 per cent reading for February 2021 also marks the eighth consecutive month of lower year-over-year redemptions, as well as the lowest redemption level for any month of February since the Forward Redemption Indicator’s inception in 2006.
“Hedge fund asset retention
The stock market gamification seen in the Robinhood-GameStop trading saga is unlikely to end soon or draw major near-term regulatory actions, according to a major new report published by Bloomberg Intelligence (BI), North American Gamification of the Stock Market Report.
Retail investors are a major force, accounting for 23 per cent of US equity trading volume, and could provoke further “meme” stock gyrations, says the BI report. Greater Robinhood scrutiny and higher Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) margin requirements could curtail some gamification practices and force traders to shift venues, but may not alter their appetite for heavily shorted
BCB Group, a global digital financial services firm, has launched BCB Treasury, a service designed for corporate treasury departments looking to get involved with digital assets.
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London’s long-term prospects as a centre for derivatives trading remain bright post-Brexit, despite recent shifts in volumes to the US and EU, according to Capco, a global management and technology consultancy headquartered in London.
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In recent months, Market Neutral L/S strategies underperformed other hedge fund strategies, in a context where risk assets rallied following the Pfizer vaccine announcement in November 2020.
Lyxor’s stance on the strategy remains Underweight on the back of its exposure to the Momentum risk factor, which appears poorly suited for the current environment.
Market Neutral L/S experienced diverging fates in the past three months, but on average their performance has been disappointing, as it was already last year
Lyxor’s views on the strategy remain quite defensive for two main reasons. Market Neutral L/S is a defensive strategy by nature, which
Man GLG’s Flamand urges market neutral tilt as inflation risk looms amid equities “euphoria”
Man GLG’s Flamand urges market neutral tilt as inflation risk looms amid equities “euphoria”