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Japanese institutional investors now have access to a crypto-asset benchmark following the launch of the NRI/IU Crypto-Asset Index by MV Index Solutions (MVIS), and Intelligence Unit (IU), in partnership with Nomura Research Institute (NRI).
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Last year provided some optimism for global macro hedge funds, ending the year up 6.50 per cent according to eVestment’s aggregated hedge fund performance data. And there are signs that 2020 could offer good opportunities to make upside, as macro traders position themselves for higher inflation in Europe and investor rotation out of US equities.
“We’re not constructive equities. We want to be on the front foot when bad things happen like the Iran incident. We had a good couple of weeks being short equities, long oil but for the last two weeks we’ve given back some of those gains
OptionMetrics, an options database and analytics provider for international institutional investors and academic researchers, launched its new IvyDB Signed Volume dataset at Europe EQD 2020 in Barcelona.
CIFC, an alternative credit specialist serving institutional investors globally, has appointed Jason Horowitz as Head of US High Yield Bond Investments. In this new role, Horowitz is supported by seasoned high yield investment professionals, Managing Director Brandon Hole and Executive Director Eric Seiden. Horowitz, Hole and Seiden join CIFC from Millennium Management and are based in New York.
Steve Vaccaro, CEO and CIO of CIFC, says: “Jason, Brandon and Eric are accomplished credit professionals whose significant experience investing in high yield bonds will be instrumental to CIFC as we continue to expand the range and flexibility of our investment solutions
Prices of palladium have now reached more than USD2,500 per ounce, in a sustained rally potentially indicative of a late stage bull cycle, analysts at Man Group said on Tuesday.
It is rare one can apply the term ‘innovative’ in financial markets with any real conviction, but it absolutely holds true for Aurum Fund Management Ltd (Aurum), a Bermudan fund-of-funds manager with a commitment to environmental conservationism and sustainability.
Over the last 25 years, this ESG mission has been at the heart of Aurum’s business. In 2002, it launched its first embedded impact fund and took the decision to use 100 per cent of the Fund’s management fee to support a number of charities, including Synchronicity Earth, a registered charity that supports the conservation of biodiversity, ecosystems and species at
Stack, a provider of cryptocurrency trackers and index funds has launched an institutional grade bitcoin index fund in response to investor demand for controlled exposure to the high-yield potential of bitcoin globally.
The single-asset index fund expects to capture USD750 million in assets under management during 2020, and to surpass USD2 billion in 2021, tapping into the unmet demand for traditional investment vehicles in Asia’s digital asset space. Stack’s list of partners includes premiere financial services providers, BitGo, Silvergate Bank, and Coin Metrics for custodian, banking, and index solutions, respectively.
Matthew Dibb, Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer of Stack, says:
Akin Gump has expanded its investment management capabilities in Asia with the relocation of investment management partner Olivia Chung and senior counsel Divya Thakur to its Singapore office. Previously, Chung and Thakur were resident in the firm’s New York and London offices, respectively.
Their arrival boosts the firm’s private equity funds and hedge funds practices on the ground in Asia and will further complement its highly recommended funds practices in Hong Kong, the United States and Europe.
Robert Griffin, investment management partner and head of Akin Gump’s Singapore office, says: “By further developing our funds practice in Singapore, we provide our
IHS Markit a business information provide to over 500 asset managers including more than 300 hedge funds, has appointed pricing and risk management specialist, Mark Findlay, as the Global Head of its Financial Risk Analytics business. Based in London, Findlay will report to Chief Technology Officer and Chief Data Scientist, Yaacov Mutnikas, and will lead the business.
With more than 25 years of experience in global markets, consulting and financial risk solutions services, Findlay joins IHS Markit from TLG, a specialist risk management consultancy in London, where he served as a Partner. Previously, Findlay held chief operating officer positions in financial
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Catalyst Capital Advisors, of Huntington, New York, and its CEO, Jerry Szilagyi, for materially misleading statements made by Catalyst and one of its portfolio managers, and for failing to implement an adequate supervisory system to prevent such misstatements.
