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FlexTrade Systems’ client KGI Securities is to launch the KGI MaxxTrader’s electronic foreign exchange (FX) pricing and trading engine in Singapore.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
MackeyRMS, a provider of SaaS-based research management software for investment teams, has launched ESG Scorecards to streamline investment selection, monitoring and reporting for ESG-focused portfolios.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager
A pick-up in M&A activity within certain healthcare stocks is helping Stockholm-based global healthcare-focused hedge fund Rhenman & Partners Asset Management generate further gains in its flagship equity strategy.
Exabel, an alternative data, AI and data science platform for active asset managers, has hired Jan Bratteberg as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Nathaniel Cohn as VP of North America and Head of Data Partnerships. The news follows the closure of a third funding round last month and the commercial launch of the firm earlier this year.
As CCO, Jan will build out further the commercial strategy of the company, as it seeks to disrupt the USD2 billion alternative data market by making the datasets available more usable by investors without the need for in-house quants or technology infrastructure. Jan
Global financial services provider Apex Group Ltd (Apex) has launched its Compliance Solutions business in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
CVC Credit Partners (CVC Credit) has priced Apidos XXXIV, a Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO) fund totalling USD402.5 million. This is the second CLO fund CVC Credit has priced in the last month, following the pricing of Cordatus XVIII in late September.
Together these funds total cUSD850 million of new issuance and will increase CVC Credit’s global CLO funds raised in 2020 to cUSD1.6 billion. Pro forma for both funds CVC Credit’s global CLO assets under management now stand at approximately USD17 billion.
Arranged by Deutsche Bank, Apidos XXXIV is CVC Credit’s second new-issue CLO to price in the US in
KingSwap, a regulated defi project introducing a liquidity pool platform with fiat conversions, has announced its advisory board. The KingSwap board members are Michael Terpin, founder, BitAngels and Transform Group; Lionel Iruk, Esq, Managing Partner and General Counsel at Empire Global Partners and Iruke Legal Inc; and Robert Choi PhD, Founder and CEO of MKTForum and Lean Startup Korea.
These advisers join KingSwap co-founders Dunstan Teo, Chief Architect of the Fido Protocol, CTO and prominent blockchain researcher Dr Anish Mohammed, former Bank of Singapore Director Ho Chin Shin, KingSwap Board Member, and the rest of the KingSwap team in building the
Bitfinex Derivatives, a derivatives platform accessible through the Bitfinex digital asset trading platform, has launched perpetual contracts for EOS, litecoin, and polkadot.EOS, litecoin, and polkadot went live on 12 October at 9:00 AM UTC. Each contract will offer users up to 100x leverage and will be settled in tether (USDt).
“We’re delighted to announce the addition of EOS, litecoin and polkadot to the growing portfolio of perpetual swaps available to trade on the exchange,” says Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Bitfinex Derivatives. “We anticipate great interest in these products among funds and professional investors for hedging purposes and to manage risk.”
The Trium ESG Emissions Impact Fund has been included in Square Mile’s Academy of Funds, having been awarded an ‘A’ rating by the investment consultant. The Academy is a showcase of recommended funds for advisers and clients.
Ninety five per cent or institutional investors believe that securities lending activities can coexist with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles, according to a new survey by The Risk Management Association (RMA).Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
