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Investcorp, a global provider and manager of alternative investment products, and HC Technologies (HC Tech), a global technology-driven quantitative and algorithmic trading firm, are partnering to launch HC Capital Advisors.
Triad Securities, a full-service, agency-only brokerage firm, has partnered with BestEx Research Group to provide Triad’s clients with access BestEx’s newly-launched, next-generation algorithmic trading platform.Founded and led by industry veteran Hitesh Mittal, who previously served as head of AQR’s Global Trading Strategies Group and before that ran ITG’s algorithmic trading business, BestEx Research Group is an independent, high-performance algorithmic trading software provider. The firm’s broker-neutral trading solution combines expert consultation with sophisticated execution algorithms, a back-testing platform and multi-asset TCA capabilities, allowing investment managers to access the liquidity they need while minimising trading costs and information leakage.
BestEx CEO Mittal
UBS O’Connor (O’Connor), the multi-strategy hedge fund manager within UBS Asset Management, has hired Ken Geren as a Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of the firm’s newly formed, absolute return strategy which will incorporate the impact of environmental issues into its investment process.
Simcorp has made an investment in start-up Alkymi as part of a new machine-learning initiative aimed addressing the current strain and costly challenge of processing unstructured data for alternatives investments
CTAs are maintaining their strong start to 2020, with trend-following portfolios well-balanced between cyclical and defensive assets, boosting profits in the first six weeks of the year.
Long positions across equity, fixed income, precious metals and US treasuries have strengthened returns lately, analysts at Lyxor Asset Management said, adding that several factors may to support performance throughout the year.
Lyxor’s weekly briefing note, by Philippe Ferreira, senior strategist, Jean-Baptiste Berthon, senior strategist, and Pierre Carreyn, hedge fund analyst, observed how CTA portfolios are more balanced between cyclical assets – specifically equities – and defensive assets such as fixed income, precious
From the new UK chancellor’s career background to the latest campaigns from the best-known US managers, activist hedge funds are firmly back in the spotlight, not least after a stellar 12 months of performance.
TrueFX, a purpose-built OTC market designed for the buyside, has launched the TrueFX Clearing Member network, with Axicorp, FXCM and Velocity Trade partnering with TrueFX to support customer access to the ecosystem.
William Blair Investment Management has confirmed the appointment of an addition to its Emerging Markets Debt (EMD) team, with Johnny Chen joining as a portfolio manager.Chen joins William Blair from NN Investment Partners, where he was a portfolio manager responsible for Asian rates and currencies for the company’s pan-Asian and Global Emerging Market Debt portfolios. He previously worked at ING Investment Management. Chen has an MSc in Financial Computing and a BSc in Economics from the University College London (UCL).
In his new role, Chen will focus on Asian sovereign debt markets. The appointment further strengthens William Blair’s emerging markets
Global law firm Ropes & Gray has appointed Egan M Cammack and Laura M Hirst to the firm’s asset management practice as counsel in Boston.
Crux Informatics (Crux) has signed an agreement with Euronext FX to enable broad market delivery of FX Market Data.
