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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.
Emerging managers and family offices can benefit from the services offered by boutique accountancy firms as this gives them access to high quality, responsive service they may not get elsewhere.
Muhammad Akram, founder of Akram & Associates, elaborates: “I have learnt that there aren’t many boutique firms of our size which can really help and support emerging managers and family offices. Bigger firms often don’t want to service them or are simply not a good fit. Also, if they go to a large firm, they risk not getting the quality of service they require in terms of responsiveness, for example.”
2020 Top 10 tech predictions – To introduce the Hedgeweek Global Outlook Report 2020, the team at RFA has made the following 10 predictions on technology and how they might impact the industry over the next 12 months. We took a considered approach before settling on these 10 trends based on what we’ve seen across our client base, the conversations we’ve had (and continue to have) on a daily basis, as well as from research into business drivers and emerging technology:
The Big Apple is the world’s foremost financial hub, beating London into second place for the second year running, according to a new report from Duff & Phelps.
The New York Institute of Finance (NYIF) and Google Cloud have launched a new Machine Learning for Trading Specialisation available exclusively on the Coursera platform. The Specialisation helps learners leverage the latest AI and machine learning techniques for financial trading.
Amid the Fourth Industrial Revolution, nearly 80 per cent of financial institutions cite machine learning as a core component of business strategy and 75 per cent of financial services firms report investing significantly in machine learning. The Machine Learning for Trading Specialisation equips professionals with key technical skills increasingly needed in the financial industry today.
Composed of three courses in financial
The percentage of female partners of private equity firms and hedge funds and other financial services partnerships has stuck at just 14 per cent for the third year in a row, says employment and partnership law specialists Fox & Partners.
The LuxHedge Global Alternative UCITS Index posted a gain of +4.2 per cent over the past year and more than 80 per cent of funds ended the year in positive territory.
There are an estimated 445 alternative data providers in the funds industry, serving the needs of both traditional and alternative fund managers. This is, according to alternativedata.org, an industry that is projected to be worth USD350 billion in 2020. But while there is no doubting the quantity and diversity of data sets one can acquire, how valuable really are they?
Airbus’ wholly owned subsidiary Skytra has selected Nasdaq to provide the core technology for its derivatives trading venue.Headquartered in London, Skytra was recently established to help the USD1 trillion per annum air travel industry hedge its revenue risk through the trading of cash-settled futures and options contracts based on a series of Skytra Price Indices. This is the first time that the industry will have financial risk management instruments available to them specifically to address revenue volatility.
The air travel industry makes long-term financial commitments, but is challenged by short-term revenue visibility, where up to 90 per cent of the
The Year of the Rat: China’s economy is strong but investors need to be on their guard
The Year of the Rat: China’s economy is strong but investors need to be on their guard