Latest News
Elliptic, the global leader in cryptoasset risk management solutions, is to monitor Binance Chain and its native cryptoasset BNB, which averages USD250 million in daily trading volume. Elliptic’s crypto transaction and wallet monitoring solutions, Navigator and Lens, automate compliance monitoring for BNB so that Binance and other exchanges listing this token can scale operations efficiently and improve accuracy in detecting suspicious activity on the blockchain.
Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange, has been using Elliptic’s blockchain analytics solutions and services since 2019 for their global compliance operations, working together in all regions that Binance operates to help them comply with
The Maples Group is acting as administrator of the Fountainhead Alternative Vehicle (FAV), Hong Kong-based multi-family office Fountainhead Partners’ USD285 million fund of hedge funds (FoHF) which has an estimated YTD return of 33 per cent.Having supported Fountainhead since 2016, the Group’s fund services business provides a full range of administration services to FAV, including fund accounting, investor services, and AEOI and AML compliance support. Its customisable approach, robust technology and infrastructure, coupled with the expertise and experience of its team in working with sophisticated family office clients were key elements in Fountainhead’s decision to engage the Maples Group and
By Don A Steinbrugge, Agecroft Partners – Although hedge fund indices can be a very useful tool, indices can also create confusion if their construction and composition are not well understood.
Take for example hedge fund industry performance: what does this number represent? The hedge fund industry is not an asset class, rather, it is a fund structure that may be used in a broad array of strategies. It is like calculating the performance of the mutual fund industry into a single number by combining the performance of money market funds, bond funds and equity funds.
In addition, in any
The hedge fund industry turned in a fourth consecutive positive month in July as stock markets’ continued strong performance contributed to a 2.76 per cent return, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. By comparison, the S&P 500 Total Return Index was up 5.64 per cent in July and closed at an all-time month-end high.
Year-to-date, the hedge fund industry moved back into the black, up 0.07 per cent. The S&P 500 Total Return Index was up 2.39 per cent over the same period.
Every hedge fund sector tracked by the Barclay Hedge
The Alternative Investment Management Association has launched a new initiative aimed at improving transparency around diversity and inclusion within the global hedge fund and alternative investment industry.
Hedge fund industry trade group AIMA, in partnership with investment consultancy Albourne Partners, has unveiled the voluntary Diversity & Inclusion questionnaire, which looks to gauge how the industry is improving diversity within firms.
Specifically, the questionnaire – which is freely available to alternative investment managers, investors and service providers – will help investors better probe asset managers on the measures they are taking to improve representation of women, racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+
Quantumrock, the Munich-based AI investment technology firm, has announced its fifth month of strong performance for its flagship strategy Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP).Up 37.02 per cent for the year, and by 0.63 per cent for the month, VSOP has continued to prove that it can deliver encouraging results when markets are relatively calm, as well as during times of volatility. This month, the balanced component moved with the market and contributed +2.42 per cent.
VSOP entails a systematic multi-strategy approach in the S&P 500 index volatility market with a real-money track record dating back to July 2016. The
Elliptic, a specialist in crypto asset risk management solutions, has integrated its blockchain analysis solutions for transaction and wallet risk screening with Fireblocks’ institutional platform for storing, transferring, and issuing digital assets, automating anti-money laundering (AML) compliance for shared institutional customers.Now that Elliptic’s real-time risk scoring and analytics are exposed directly in the Fireblocks platform, their joint customers have the ability to quickly identify and take action on potentially risky transactions in a scalable way, saving time and cost in their compliance operations.
“The cryptoasset market is developing and gaining the attention of institutional and retail investors as an efficient
Alternative investment platform CAIS, which provides financial advisers with access to a wide range of alternative investment strategies including, hedge funds, has reported rapid adoption of its CAIS IQ learning system.Read the full story at Wealth Adviser…
Digital B2B ecommerce marketplace provider Distichain is partnering with SECDEX Digital Custodian (SECDEX), Africa and the Middle East’s first regulated fully operational digital custodian. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Continued extreme anxiety is boosting our confidence, says Ardevora’s Lang
Continued extreme anxiety is boosting our confidence, says Ardevora’s Lang