Latest News
FEG Investment Advisors (FEG), an independent investment consulting and OCIO firm, has selected Diligend, a provider of investment management software, to automate and digitalise the collection of manager data and documents in its operational due diligence (ODD) of investment managers across public and private markets and hedge funds.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Huobi Futures has announced its latest offering that looks to take advantage of the ever-growing and popularising stablecoin market, USDT-Margined Swaps. Ten popular currencies including BTC, ETH, BCH, BSV, LINK, DOT, UNI, FIL, YFI, and BNB are listed in the first batch. Based on Huobi’s announcement, currently only Web and API are available; trading on APP will be supported around a week after the initial launch.
The total market capitalisation of stablecoins has grown from USD2.6 billion at the start of 2019 to USD20 billion by late September of 2020. Tether (USDT), at USD16 billion, leads the way. The data indicates
Alma Capital Investment Management has signed an agreement with Rothschild & Co Asset Management Europe to take over the InRIS alternative UCITS platform. From this date, Alma Capital Investment Management becomes the exclusive distributor of InRIS UCITS Plc platform which has over EUR500 million of assets under management, across five different UCITS funds, each managed by an external hedge fund manager.
InRIS platform’s range of equity long/short and systematic UCITS funds are complementary to the existing range of alternative and long only funds currently managed by Alma Capital Investment Management.
Alma Capital CEO Henri Vernhes says: “This acquisition is part of
Global multi-asset manager Fulcrum Asset Management has hired Filippo Cartiglia, former chief international economist at Arrowgrass Capital Partners, as a senior member of its investment team.
US long/short equity hedge funds are said to be “cautiously” positioning their portfolios on a Joe Biden victory in next week’s US presidential election.
Lyxor Asset Management strategists say that a Democrat win on 3rd November looks increasingly likely. But prospects of a sweeping ‘Blue Wave’ victory – which would strengthen “ambitious” plans on stimulus, taxes, and wages – is less clear-cut, hinging on a Democrat majority in Congress.
In recent weeks hedge funds of all strategy types have increased their exposures amid signs that September’s correction was ending – but now they are cutting back on certain risks “and
On the heels of high-profile client acquisitions and rapid organic asset growth within the US market over the last 18 months reaching approximately USD65 billion in client assets, iCapital has expanded its reach to serve a growing international client base with heightened interest in private market investments. Read the full story at Wealth Adviser…
Bitfinex Derivatives,a derivatives platform accessible through digital token trading platform Bitfinex, has launched a perpetual contract for Silver.The contractm which went live on 26 October, will offer users up to 100x leverage and will be settled in Tether (USDt) tokens.
“As the second precious metal offering, we anticipate a ready uptake for this silver perpetual contract,” says Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Bitfinex Derivatives. “This offering is available to sophisticated traders for the purposes of hedging and managing risk.”
Bitfinex Derivatives platform and products are only available in eligible jurisdictions, and are exclusive to verified users.
Somerset Capital Management (Somerset Capital), a global emerging markets equities specialist based in London and Singapore, has appointed Min Chen as a Portfolio Manager on the firm’s China team.
A victory for Joe Biden in next month’s US presidential election may “counter-intuitively” help boost global oil markets, according to London-based energy-focused hedge fund Westbeck Capital.
London-based global equity hedge fund Russell Clark Investment Management is eyeing a rise in global agricultural crop prices amid potential wider global food inflation, as a result of the disruptive impact of swine flu on China’s pig population.
China – the world’s foremost pig producer and consumer – has seen the cost of pork double after the African Swine Flu virus wiped almost two-thirds of the country’s pigs between 2018 and 2020, with prices there now six times those of the US.
In a note this week, Clark suggested that the global pork market is set to stay “very tight for a prolonged
