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The Xena Exchange platform for digital assets trading is ready to launch the first-ever leveraged cryptocurrency-settled derivative contract for the GRAM token on 12 March.
This is a significant step towards the liquidity of GRAM, as Telegram TON project investors will be able to trade the derivative contracts before the GRAM tokens are actually issued.
The Telegram TON blockchain project has become one of the most successful ICOs of 2018, raising USD1.7 billion from private investors and leaving those who missed the token sale waiting for GRAM to enter the exchanges. The launch of the derivative contracts on the
Dmitri Rabin is to join the fixed income team of Jennison Associates as a managing director and portfolio manager, effective 12 March 2019.
Rabin (pictured), brings 18 years of investment experience to the role, specialising in mortgages and structured finance.
Rabin played an important part in the US Treasury’s effort to reform the residential mortgage-backed securities market after the 2007-2008 financial crisis, co-authoring a framework to improve investor protections in structured finance documents and was also the co-chair of the Mortgage Securitization Council for the Association of Institutional Investors. He will work in Jennison’s Boston office and report to
Exactpro, a provider of quality assurance (QA) services for market infrastructures, has completed a review of testing processes for the NextGen Post Trade Programme that is underway at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) and delivered a set of test strategy recommendations for Phase 1 of the programme.
The NextGen Post Trade Programme will help strengthen HKEX’s competitive advantages amid a rapidly changing business, technology and regulatory environment. With this programme, HKEX is undertaking a comprehensive upgrade of its post-trade infrastructure across all of its business processes and systems. The revitalisation of HKEX post-trade infrastructure is a multi-year programme
KRM22, a technology and software investment company with a focus on risk management in capital markets, has launched the Enterprise Risk Cockpit, a real-time enterprise risk management application for capital markets firms.
The Enterprise Risk Cockpit allows firms to eliminate cumbersome spreadsheets, improving data accuracy and provides actionable insights on enterprise risk.
Enterprise risk management typically requires high manual processing, making it challenging for firms to obtain a clear real-time view of events and their impact. By automating these time-consuming activities firms can gain actionable insights on risk, allowing better informed decision making.
KRM22 is launching the Enterprise
The exhausting momentum of the year-to-date rally, ECB’s downward revisions of its economic forecasts and frictions in US-China trade negotiations sent markets in the red this week, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team.
Hedge Funds were resilient, due to top-down strategies, which are defensively positioned in aggregate. They made up for the losses of Merger strategies’ severely hit by the abrupt turn in the Bristol-Myers-Celgene deal spread.
Lyxor writes: “Bristol-Myers announced the acquisition of Celgene for a record of USD89bn early January, with a 50 per cent record premium (likely aiming to avoid
Amun AG, a Swiss fintech aiming to facilitate access to crypto-asset investments, has completed its first funding round, bringing on board a number of experienced industry figures including Adam Draper, Founder of Boost VC, Graham Tuckwell, Founder of ETFS Capital, Greg Kidd, Co-Founder Hard Yaka, as well as four family offices.
Amun is a technology platform for creating crypto indices and issuing crypto products, in addition to listing, settling, and custody of physically-backed crypto products on public exchanges. Amun listed HODL, the world’s first physically backed ETP (exchange traded product) based on five leading cryptocurrencies (BTC, ETH, BTC Cash, XRP
Carillon Tower Advisers’ affiliate Raymond James Financial International has appointed Gerrit Van Gorp as Head of Sales/Continental Europe, and Kevin Lloyd as Head of UK/Ireland Wholesale Sales.
Lloyd and Van Gorp expand the capabilities in London of Carillon Tower Advisers, a global multi-boutique asset management firm.
The two strategic appointments strengthen the existing local sales presence for Carillon Tower Advisers and its ability to serve investors in the United Kingdom and Europe. Lloyd will be responsible for the UK and Ireland wholesale market, and Van Gorp will be responsible for sales in Continental Europe. They will report to Don Pepin, Head
LiquidityBook, a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, has opened a new office at 383 George St. in Sydney, Australia.
The firm, which added more than 40 new customers in 2018, will use the new office to accommodate its growing team and support its rapid expansion in the Asia-Pacific region.


The new office will be opened by Chief Architect Andy Carroll, who joined the firm from Twitter in July 2017. He will be joined by Andre Meintjes, who was recently hired to serve as the firm’s Asia-Pacific Client Services Lead. Meintjes will play a vital role in deploying
The Small Exchange, a new futures exchange focussed on retail customers, is to adopt Eventus Systems’ real-time market surveillance system. The marketplace is deploying the cloud-based version of the Validus platform for its comprehensive surveillance activities.
Eventus CEO Travis Schwab (pictured), says: “We’re very excited to work with the Small Exchange and to play a vital role in the infrastructure underlying the exchange’s operations when it launches. The team behind the Small Exchange is one of the best in the business, and we couldn’t be happier to partner up in this effort. Increasingly exchanges and alternative marketplaces – across a broad
Franklin Templeton Investments Canada has launched the Franklin K2 Alternatives Fund to provide investors with access to alternatives investments in a mutual fund format.
The fund uses a multi-strategy approach in seeking to dampen volatility and offer downside protection, while providing added diversification and low-correlation to asset classes typically held in a traditional portfolio.
“With the market environment being unpredictable over the past year, investors are looking to reduce volatility and protect capital,” says Duane Green (pictured), president and CEO of Franklin Templeton Investments Canada. “Our alternatives fund addresses these investor needs and combines the benefits of a sophisticated solution
