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Over 70 per cent of hedge fund firms are positive about their business prospects for the coming year, according to AIMA’s new Hedge Fund Confidence Index (HFCI).
Grexel, part of EEX Group, has been appointed by the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) as the operator and issuing body of the first European Guarantees of Origin (GO) market for green hydrogen, in the frame of the third phase of the CertifHy project.
The CertifHy project was initiated upon the request of the European Commission back in 2014. Undertaken by a consortium led by HINICIO and financed by the FCH JU, the CertifHy scheme has been bringing together stakeholders to develop a common European-wide certification scheme for renewable and non-renewable Hydrogen. Grexel will be part of
MSCI ESG Research reports are now available to Buyside users by request on the Refinitiv Eikon and Workspace platforms – including mobile access.
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Following the successful launch of two hedge fund ETFs in the US market, iM Global Partner has brought an absolute return strategy developed by Dynamic Beta investments (DBi) to European investors via the OYSTER Range.
DBi has been selected as the sole sub-advisor to manage the OYSTER Stable Return SICAV Fund (the Fund). The UCITS-compliant Fund is now positioned as an all-weather strategy focused on delivering stable hedge fund returns to institutional and retail investors with competitive fees, daily liquidity, and transparency.
The Fund stands to benefit from DBi’s impressive decade-plus track-record of successfully replicating diversified portfolios of leading hedge
Angel Oak Capital Advisors, an investment management firm specialising in value-driven structured credit investments, has hired Jim Calla as senior vice president, institutional business development.
In this role, he will oversee the expansion of Angel Oak’s institutional sub-advisory role for bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) separately managed accounts. Calla will help facilitate the relationships between bank clients, insurance carriers and Angel Oak’s expert portfolio management team to deliver high-touch investment solutions that meet the needs of today’s regional and community banks.
Angel Oak sees immense opportunity to provide separately managed account solutions for BOLI products and is already active in the
All eyes will be on the European Commission’s legal proposal pertaining to the AIFM Directive, which is expected to be published sometime in the first half of 2021, and could usher in an updated version – AIFMD II – a decade after it was first adopted.
Managed futures funds broke a two-month slump in November, posting a 1.38 per cent return for the month, according to the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions.
For the year-to-date, CTAs were up 2.60 per cent through November.
“Positive Covid-19 vaccine news contributed to a historic month for equity markets. Rising prices in energy, base metals and crops combined to boost managed futures funds in November,” says Sol Waksman, president of BarclayHedge.
All sectors but one tracked in the Barclay CTA Indices were in the black for November. The Cryptocurrency Traders Index led the way
FalconX, an all-in-one platform for institutions trading cryptocurrency, has secured an investment from American Express Ventures.
Decentralised network ICON has announced an integration with ozys’ Orbit Bridge, allowing Ethereum-based digital assets to be transferred onto the ICON Network.
Orbit Bridge is a decentralised Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) platform. Its interoperability protocol will help ICON expand its DeFi capabilities by connecting it to other top blockchains and their applications.
This integration brings more value to the ICON Network, specifically its DeFi ecosystem, by bridging assets between different blockchains and bringing more economic activity to the ICON Network. Traders can now take advantage of arbitrage opportunities, and DeFi projects built on ICON can now enable borrowing and lending of
By George Teixeira, Tax Leader, Financial Services Practice, Anchin – As we publish our annual year-end tax planning alert, we are frequently reminded that 2020 is no ordinary year. What began as a normal filing season was extended to July 15, 2020, and came with other ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic – quarantine in place, working from home, CARES Act, social and economic turmoil as well as a still-unsettled election and political environment.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) made sweeping changes to income taxation, estate and gift taxation and international taxation. Since enactment, the Internal Revenue
