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UMB Fund Services: Best Administrator – Technology – As managers seek new ways to generate alpha for investors, they look for new and unique opportunities. As a result, funds will look to strong third-party partners who are committed to delivering the comprehensive solutions to support their objectives and the needs of their investors.
“We expect the future to continue to be centred around technologies that allow funds to scale quickly and improve the overall investor experience,” notes Jill Calton, Executive Vice President and Director of Alternative Investments at UMB Fund Services, “Technology demands have increased over the past year, perhaps heightened by
Cowen Outsourced Trading: Best Outsourced Trading Solution Provider – The near immediate global lockdown that resulted because of the Covid-19 pandemic and the shelter-at-home policies that followed has to be the biggest challenge clients have faced this year. The struggles they encountered led to a sharpened need for trading assistance and connectivity.
By A Paris – As the world scrambled to transition to remote working, service providers played a critical role in easing the shift among hedge funds and alternative investment managers. In this, they proved to be of vital support to ensure managers continued to trade and also serve their clients without interruptions.
The winners of this year’s Hedgeweek Awards show they are nimble and can adapt their solutions to managers’ changing needs. In a fast-paced industry where technology demands, sustainable investing considerations and regulatory requirements are constantly on the rise, having access to partners who can alleviate some of that administrative and
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.
Swiss-based algorithmic trading software company AlgoTrader has formed a new partnership with UK-based artificial intelligence-powered trading platform AiX.The new partnership will allow institutions using AlgoTrader to onboard seamlessly with AiX, which will provide immediate, trader-to-trader interaction, removing the need for inter-dealer-brokerage through its intuitive and groundbreaking AI trading platform.
In practice, this means that the institution using AlgoTrader will now request a market quote using the AiX platform through a single FIX connection. This request would immediately be sent to multiple market makers simultaneously, who then respond with a price. The best price quote would be relayed back to the
SC Ventures, the innovation and ventures unit of Standard Chartered, and Northern Trust, a provider of asset servicing, have partnered to launch Zodia Custody, an institutional-grade custody solution for cryptocurrencies.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Quantumrock, an AI-driven investment manager, has announced strong performance for its flagship strategy Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP).
Digital asset financial services company BitGo Prime, has launched new value-added Capital Introduction Services (Cap Intro).Through a series of invitation only, quarterly roundtables, BitGo Prime will bring together the institutional investment community, such as asset managers, family offices, sovereign funds, pension funds, endowments and high-net-worth individuals, with hedge fund managers.
BitGo Holdings (BitGo) has already hosted the first Cap Intro Roundtable in the series, with Mike Belshe, CEO, BitGo and Nick Carmi, CEO, BitGo Prime speaking on Investing in Crypto… the Future of Cryptocurrency Hedge Funds.
Presenting managers included:
Dan Morehead, CEO and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Pantera Capital
Delfos Machado
GAM Investments has appointed Stephanie Maier as Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investment. Maier will report directly to Group Chief Executive Officer Peter Sanderson and will be a member of the Senior Leadership Team. She will join the firm on 4 January.
In this newly created global role, Maier will be responsible for leading GAM’s sustainable investment and ESG (environmental, social and governance) strategy and strengthening the firm’s ESG proposition for clients.
Maier brings 18 years’ experience in responsible investment and ESG strategy. She joins GAM from HSBC Global Asset Management, where she was Director for
Angel Oak Capital Advisors, (Angel Oak Capital) has completed AOMT 2020-SBC1, a USD164.3 million securitisation backed entirely by small-balance commercial loans originated by an affiliate of Angel Oak Capital. The securitisation was rated by DBRS and the senior AAA tranche was oversubscribed.
“The completion, and success, of this securitisation is a testament to our firm’s commitment and prudent approach to this specific area of the commercial real estate market, where we see great opportunity to provide value to both borrowers and investors,” says Ben Easterlin, managing director for Angel Oak Commercial Lending.
AOMT 2020-SBC1 consists of 236 loans across all asset
