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Nomura Research Institute (NRI), a provider of consulting services and system solutions, is launched Shingan AD, a new service providing institutional investors with Japanese alternative data and data analysis on 1 December 2019.
The use of alternative data in investment decision-making is growing rapidly. Sourcing, cleansing, and preparing large amount of data for analysis presents a big challenge for institutional investors who are looking for untapped alpha.
NRI’s new offering, Shingan AD, allows institutional investors to easily access Japanese alternative data. A wide range of alternative data collected from Japanese companies and data vendors is available, as well as data
Atalaya Capital Management, an alternative asset manager focused on private credit and special situations investments, has closed its seventh Special Opportunities Fund (ASOF VII) at its USD950 million hard-cap.
ASOF VII’s investors are primarily public pensions, corporate pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, and foundations & endowments.
Since the inception of its investment period, ASOF VII has closed 17 investments and called ~28 per cent of its capital commitments. Atalaya attributes the velocity of capital deployment to the Firm’s deep bench of repeat counterparty and joint venture relationships and long-standing industry experience. This initial activity demonstrates continued momentum from ASOF VI,
Cryptocurrency futures exchange OKEx has launched USDT-Margined Futures, following a successful simulation beginning 5 November, 2019. The BTC/USDT Futures Contracts officially went live on 14 November, 2019.
Served as a virtual derivative product that is quoted and settled in digital token USDT, BTC/USDT contract has a face value of 0.0001 BTC. The available range of the leverage is 0.01-100x.Traders can long or short a position to profit from the increase or decline of a cryptocurrency’s price respectively. OKEx provides a wider derivative portfolio with a greater variety of underlying currencies and more comprehensive functionality to meet users’ trading requirements.
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The managed futures industry suffered a second straight down month in October declining 0.74 per cent, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions.
Sixty per cent of CTA funds had losses on the month, but year-to-date, CTAs have posted a 4.80 per cent gain through the end of October.
“Signs of a possible ‘phase one’ US/China trade truce coupled with the hope that a no-deal Brexit may yet be avoided was enough to convince investors that it may be time to reduce their defensive positions and get on offence,” says Sol Waksman (pictured),
Two Sigma has launched Venn, a cloud-based investment analysis software platform. Venn was introduced initially on a limited, invite-only basis, but is now available to institutional investors and wealth managers among others.
For many institutional investors, the investment process today remains highly qualitative, with a reliance on spreadsheets or other inefficient tools that are slow to provide more complex analysis and can require hours of manual effort to build and maintain. These barriers to data-driven analysis can prevent investment teams from responding to management needs in a timely manner and increase the likelihood of human error.
“Two Sigma has spent
With more investors increasing allocations to private equity and other alternative asset classes, largely at the expense of traditional hedge fund offerings, alternative fund managers are examining their strategic priorities and focusing on how to develop products and prepare their business for a rapidly evolving future.
That’s according to the 2019 EY Global Alternative Fund Survey When focusing on the future, where do you look?
The 13th annual survey (formerly the EY Global Hedge Fund Survey) found that overall allocations to alternative investments haven’t changed, but the competition is intensifying between asset classes. Continuing a multiyear trend, assets under management
The Investment Management Due Diligence Association (IMDDA), an investor-based organisation dedicated to the professionals who perform investment and operational due diligence, has appointed Kelly DePonte, Managing Director at Probitas Partners, to its Advisory Board.
“We are excited to welcome Kelly to the IMDDA Advisory Board,” says Andrew Borowiec, IMDDA Executive Director. “Kelly’s knowledge and expertise will be invaluable in helping to guide the IMDDA’s content for private funds.”
Based in San Francisco, DePonte is Managing Director at Probitas Partners, where he is responsible for research. With offices in San Francisco, New York, London, and Hong Kong, Probitas Partners is a
EDBI, a global Asian-based Investor, is now a Pico investor and strategic partner. Pico provides transparent, low-latency financial markets solutions.
Instant access to financial markets is provided via PicoNet, a globally comprehensive network platform instrumented natively with Corvil analytics and telemetry. Its clients include more than 400 leading banks, exchanges, asset managers, financial technology vendors and trading firms operating across five continents. With Pico, clients are empowered with a highly responsive and transparent technology platform required to participate successfully in today’s fast paced financial markets.
“We are honoured and delighted to welcome EDBI as a strategic investor in Pico. EDBI was instrumental to
Align: Best Cyber-Security Services Provider – In the fast-paced world of technology, efficiency and speed are highly valued. Align, a technology infrastructure solutions & managed IT services firm, prides itself on offering clients the innovation that occurs in the public cloud at a faster rate than any of its competitors. This, in turn, allows its clients access to the full benefits of these developments.
Chief Operating Officer of Align, Vinod Paul (pictured), says: “The single biggest factor many service providers are trying to navigate is how to utilise the public cloud. Align was an early adopter of the public cloud and
Peaks Strategies: Best Public Relations Firm – Technology is playing a greater role in all aspects of the asset management value chain and communications agency Peaks Strategies is focused on introducing new, analytical technologies to help clients better understand the impact and the effectiveness of PR.
“I want to make sure we’re analytically measuring the real business impact of our work. We have and continue to seek thee technology to help us better understand the return on investment of PR, by measuring the impact our work makes, the visibility it builds for our clients and the engagement it creates – essentially
