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Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio’s long-running hedge fund giant, has paired up with French institutional manager Lyxor Asset Management to launch a new multi-asset strategy next year, based around sustainable investing.
The new vehicle – which is designed for investors to achieve financial and sustainability targets – is built around Bridgewater’s ‘All-Weather’ multi-asset framework, and trades assets aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Bridgewater, the world’s biggest hedge fund with more than USD130 billion in assets, will bring its systematic research process to analyse and select public market assets aligned to the UN SDGs. The fund will employ the hedge
Axiom Alternative Investments, a French asset manager with EUR1.8 billion under management and offices in London and Paris, has continued to see positive inflows, despite the backdrop of an uncertain credit cycle and the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2020. Third-party assets under management (AuM) increased for a second consecutive year by over EUR300 million to EUR1.8 billion, as of the end of November 2020, bringing AuM for the Group to an all-time high. Over 70 per cent of the inflows in the period were into the Group’s Legacy funds.
Earlier in the year, Axiom continued to strengthen its long/short product range, both
Galaxy Plus, a platform for managers and investors providing an institutional level, “managed account like” experience in alternative assets, has added two new hedge fund managers. Read the full story at Wealth Adviser…
Fidelity Digital Assets has launched a new offering that enables clients on Fidelity’s institutional-grade digital assets custody platform to pledge bitcoin as collateral in a transaction. The new capability marks Fidelity’s entrance into the digital asset financing space, strengthening and broadening Fidelity Digital Assets’ existing custody offering, which remains integrated with a trade execution venue for customer liquidity needs. In conjunction with the launch of the collateral agent capability, BlockFi, a leading cryptocurrency lending platform and a CME Bitcoin Futures Block Liquidity Provider, will begin to offer its institutional customers the option to custody bitcoin pledged as collateral in their cash
CLSA, Asia’s leading capital markets and investment group, has deployed GigaSpaces In-Memory Computing Platform for algorithmic trade execution and for all client and exchange-facing management systems. GigaSpaces InsightEdge Smart Operational Data Store (ODS), a Digital Integration Hub (DIH), reduces algorithmic trading response time and manages 3-4 million transactions per day worth billions of US dollars that are executed in over 12 countries. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Hong Kong, CLSA operates from 22 cities across Asia, Australia, the Americas and Europe, with access to major Stock Exchanges and the bulk of alternative liquidity venues, providing truly global execution services to
The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, the professional body for the global alternative investment industry, has announced that more candidates passed its most recent Level II examination than at any other point in its history, and it has welcomed its largest new class of Charterholders ever. The organisation announced in July that in response to the still ongoing global pandemic it would augment its exam offering by making online proctoring of its September 2020 exams available to all interested Candidates and worked quickly to implement the systems and safeguards needed to make this effort a success.
“I could not be
When bitcoin hit an all-time high of some USD20,000 earlier this month, it rounded off a remarkable year for the world’s leading cryptocurrency – and fully underlined the arrival of the once-niche asset class on a rapidly-growing number of hedge fund firms’ radars.
BarclayHedge: Best Index Provider – Savvy investors are considering non-bond alternative investments to provide portfolios with an element of diversification and offer protection during major market sell-offs. As they look to substitute parts of their fixed income holdings with hedge fund and managed futures, the demand for data on these assets has been on the rise. The volume and accuracy of these information requirements have also been evolving. This progress has buoyed firms like BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions Group, whose purpose is to help clients solve data and information-related problems.
NAV Fund Administration Group: Best Administrator – Middle-Office Services – Over the coming year, the hedge fund industry can expect further development in the area of technology, and in particular advancements including accelerated report delivery cycles, more efficient transaction processing, and enhanced data security.
These advancements can help managers meet the challenges posed by the need for greater data security, the increased costs of fund administration, and expanding rules and regulations. “We view our clients as partners, so we strive to provide them with one-stop solutions that offer the most comprehensive, inclusive suite of services at a highly competitive cost,” outlines Ambuj
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