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Leading global investor services group IQ-EQ has today announced plans to expand its Irish operations with the launch of a dedicated Funds business in Ireland.
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Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) has assigned BBB Issuer ratings to three multi-strategy hedge funds: Kensington Global Strategies Ltd (KGSF), Kensington Global Strategies Fund II (KGSF II), Ltd, and Citadel Wellington LLC (Wellington), and a BBB Senior Unsecured rating to USD500 million of notes issued by Citadel Finance.
The notes are guaranteed on a several, but not joint, basis by KGSF II, Wellington, and KGSF Offshore Holdings Ltd (wholly-owned subsidiary of KGSF). The guarantor funds are managed by Citadel Advisors, LLC, the investment management subsidiary of Citadel Group.
Citadel Group, headquartered in Chicago, is a global hedge fund with a
Ambienta, a sustainability-focused European asset manager, has made two senior appointments – William Kitchin becomes the Head of Business Development for Ambienta X, the firm’s public markets division, while Michele Romualdi has been appointed Head of Sales Italy.
Kitchin and Romualdi joined the firm in February and March 2021 respectively and will report directly to Nino Tronchetti Provera, Managing Partner and Founder of Ambienta.
Kitchin joins Ambienta from Titan Capital Management, where he has been Director of Marketing since 2018. Prior to this, Kitchin was Vice-President at Morgan Stanley, where he was responsible for due diligence and monitoring all European-based
Q&A with Dr Kyle Scerri (pictured), Regulated Industries and Compliance Advisor at CSB Group, a member of FinanceMalta…
How will the EU regulatory framework for digital assets impact Malta’s offer in the space?
The introduction of a proposed level playing field across the EU through the Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation (“MiCA”), will undoubtedly test Malta’s competitive advantage among promoters and service providers seeking a regulated forum for the issuance and establishment of digital assets. This, however, is a challenge which should be met with optimism rather than scepticism. Malta’s regulatory bodies and industry professionals have gained industry know-how by actively being
With the shape of the post-pandemic recovery still in flux, London-based quantitative hedge fund firm Aspect Capital believes its computer-driven global macro strategy is well positioned to capitalise on both short-term market dislocations and medium-term trends this year, as well as benefitting from relative value opportunities amid the varying recovery speeds.
Exchange Data International (EDI) has released a report that questions whether stock and derivative exchanges have copyright in closing prices, and whether they can license the redistribution of these closing prices.
Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Diginex Limited’s flagship liquid alpha centric fund of crypto hedge funds, Bletchley Park Multi Strategy Fund (BPMSF), generated an estimated net 35 per cent return for the last twelve months, as of 31 January.
BPMSF primarily invests in alpha strategies that generate returns with limited directional exposure to underlying crypto prices (eg, movements in the price of bitcoin). BPMSF has achieved this through investing in a range of carefully selected crypto hedge fund managers with the objective of being profitable in a range of market conditions, including periods of declining crypto currency prices.
Returns can potentially be generated from
IS Prime, part of ISAM Capital Markets, has launched a new trading GUI and risk system with Reactive Markets, particularly aimed at its growing client base of FX hedge funds and asset managers.
This latest development from the FCA regulated Prime of Prime allows clients to combine their position management, charting, technical analysis, risk management and trading across FX, indices, cryptocurrencies and precious metals. Alongside this, clients are able to access trade analytics including slippage and latency statistics enabling them to trade more efficiently and effectively on IS Prime’s market leading liquidity.
The partnership with Reactive Markets combines features
Etrading Software, an independent, global provider of technology-led solutions designed for financial institutions and industry initiatives, has been nominated to become the exclusive Registration Authority, (RA), for the new International Organization for Standardization’s, (ISO), standard for Digital Token Identifiers (DTIs).
By Christian Pollard – Every year Opus participates in hundreds of audits where the goal is to distribute a clean set of audited financials out to interested parties in a timely manner. Each party involved in the audit shares a common desire for the process to be completed as smoothly and as quickly as possible, with minimum stress. However, it should not be underestimated how challenging this can be. A smooth audit process requires the manager, the administrator and the auditor to synchronise and work in tandem. Issues may arise anywhere within the 23 key milestones that Opus has identified as
