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ABN AMRO Clearing has completed its first commodity futures trade in China, a crude oil futures transaction for an existing client.Currently approved as an Overseas Intermediary Broker by the Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE) and Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), the company expects to steadily expand its China service offering in support of our client demand.
Due to high trade volumes in China’s commodities market and its growing role as a price-setter, many of ABN AMRO Clearing’s existing internationally-based clients are eager to participate, particularly proprietary trading firms and corporate hedging firms. International investors, free to settle trades in USD or
Truss Edge, a provider of technology and automation solutions to the global hedge fund and ETF management industry, has made further enhancements to its services to help fund managers whose staff are working remotely.“We continue to follow our roadmap of enhancing features of our software that deliver real improvements in our clients’ operating environment,” says Truss Edge CEO Jay Duffy. “The advent of the Covid-19 pandemic has created a demand for new security features for funds that are now seeing their staff working in a much more dispersed manner, and we have addressed some of those needs.”
The enhancements also
BlueBay Asset Management, the London-based fixed income and emerging markets manager, is warning the recent uptick in economic activity could give way to “a more difficult backdrop” in August, as the future direction of the global economy continues to hinge heavily on developments surrounding a potential coronavirus vaccine.
BlueBay chief investment officer Mark Dowding said recent economic data showed a “more rapid bounce” during May and June than many predicted following the Covid-19 lockdown.
“We believe that in Europe this momentum may carry over into July data; conversely, in the US we believe that a dip is more likely when
The global hedge fund industry is currently facing a number of headwinds, from fee pressure, increased redemptions and liquidations, to the decreasing new fund launches as investors around the world look towards defensive strategies, according to a new report from ResearchAndMarkets.com.
But despite the tough times, the industry saw a double-digit annualised return in 2019 for the first time in the past six years.
The Global Hedge Fund Industry: Growth, Trends and Forecasts 2020-2025 report highlights that the United States currently accounts for three-quarters of assets under management globally in the sector. Despite hedge fund activity in other regions globally expanding alongside
Arrano Capital, the blockchain arm of Venture Smart Asia Limited, has licensed the MVIS CryptoCompare Bitcoin Index (MVBTC) for its recently launched bitcoin fund.
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Investors like Bill Ackman are bringing Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) back into vogue, and while the size and sophistication of these ‘blank-check’ companies is evolving, it is unlikely to signal a long-term structural shift.
Soaring gold prices are bringing stellar returns for hedge funds this year, and now projections for the rest of 2020 are being revised upwards in light of the commodity’s runaway momentum.
In part one of this article series, entitled Alphabet Soup, three key themes were discussed in relation to the global regulatory environment investment managers must navigate: 1) Uncertainty, 2) Accountability and 3) Increased Scrutiny.
As the complexity of meeting compliance continues to grow, investment managers are looking at how best to tackle data management, improve workflow efficiency and ensure good governance, particularly those who operate across multiple jurisdictions.
Headcount not the solution
Many firms are resigned to simply throwing money at the problem. While understandable, this is not sustainable. A more strategic approach, one that leverages technology, can not
UCITS hedge funds delivered on their pledge of portfolio diversification during the coronavirus-fuelled market meltdown this year, and investors should now consider putting more of their money into the sector to seize on continued market dislocations, Lyxor Asset Management says.
A new Lyxor study led by Bernadette Busquere Arnal, European head of hedge fund research, and Nathanael Benzaken, chief client officer, forecasts further growth in alternative UCITS, after the sector outflanked broader market indices during the Covid-19 crash in March.
The commentary also suggested the pandemic is further driving sustainable investment trends among UCITS hedge funds.
While the HFRI Liquid
Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has added a new long/short strategy to its alternative UCITS platform. Launched on 14 July 2020, U Access – Long/Short Japan Corporate Governance is a market-neutral and sector-neutral fund investing in Japanese equities and focusing on individual companies’ corporate governance.According to UBP’s qualitative and quantitative research, Japanese companies show a strong correlation between stockmarket performance and the quality of their governance. Furthermore, since 2014, a raft of reforms designed to reinforce governance at Japanese companies has created many opportunities for companies that best adapt to regulatory developments as opposed to those that have difficulties doing so.
