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Equitivo is partnering with Ablrate, a specialist asset backed lending marketplace, to accelerate its growth, launch a new integrated broker platform, expand its marketing and develop new products.
The consultancy work will also assist in Ablrate’s progress of ASMX, a blockchain enabled secondary market which connects multiple platforms and investors in one portal, to integrate Ablrate and its white label partner Huddle Capital. This will create the worlds’ first blockchain based platform for trading private debt globally.
Equitivo is a specialist fintech consultancy with international capabilities and a broad range of consultancy services. Already working with more than ten
The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 2.32 per cent in January, as the risk-on sentiment returned to the market, propelling the MSCI AC World Index (Local) up 7.36 per cent during the month.
That’s according to the February 2019 Eurekahedge Report which reveals that throughout 2018, hedge fund managers posted losses of 4.08 per cent, outperforming the global equity market which slumped 10.18 per cent over the year.
The global hedge fund industry saw its assets decline USD154.4 billion throughout 2018, down 6.3 per cent from its end-2017 figure – the largest yearly percentage drop since 2008, as
Harneys has been named Best Offshore Law Firm for the third consecutive year at the annual Hedgeweek global awards ceremony held in London on 14 February.
Harneys’ Head of Investment Funds, Philip Graham, says: “We are delighted with this hat-trick which spotlights the unrivalled reputation of our global funds team. We would like to thank our clients and industry peers for electing us.”
Hedgeweek Global Awards 2019 – The Winners
The awards, which recognise excellence among hedge fund managers and service providers around the world, are based on review by institutional investors, asset managers, service providers, advisers and trading technology
Nomura Asset Management Co (NAM) has become the first asset manager headquartered in Japan to provide access to CLSSettlement for Japanese-domiciled funds.
NAM is working with three trust banks: The Nomura Trust and Banking Co (NMTB); Japan Trustee Services Bank (JTSB); and The Master Trust Bank of Japan (MTBJ), to offer CLSSettlement to a total of 21 investment trust funds. NAM and the trust banks are supported by a number of global custodian banks, including Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) and Citibank, NA (Citi) for NMTB, with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (USA) Limited for JTSB, and BBH for MTBJ.
Caspian, a full-stack crypto trading, portfolio and risk management platform for institutional and sophisticated traders, has partnered with Blockfills, an electronic, off-exchange digital liquidity provider, to provide institutional clients with access to deep liquidity and real-time continuous pricing.
Caspian has added Blockfills to its list of more than 30 major crypto exchanges and liquidity providers with which it currently interfaces.
A significant challenge for traders today is finding the best price for a cryptocurrency when it could be trading on more than 200 exchanges globally. By aggregating the world’s deepest exchange and off-exchange liquidity hubs, Blockfills’ clients save time sourcing
CTAs have dramatically increased their long fixed income positions over the last quarter according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset team, and the company is concerned about the impact a bond trend reversal might have on their performance going forward.
Lyxor writes: “In parallel, investors’ love for the US Dollar remains intact, despite the softer stance adopted by the Federal Reserve and the recent loss of momentum of the Dollar index. Available data from the CFTC, which incorporates both institutional investors (including pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, and mutual funds) and leveraged funds (typically hedge funds), suggests
BCS Global Markets (BCS GM) has partnered with Russian analysts Evgeny Gavrilenkov and Alexander Kudrin, the founders of GKEM ANALYTICA, a macroeconomic research firm focused on macroeconomics and financial markets.
GKEM ANALYTICA will collaborate with BCS GM’s award-winning analyst team on ‘Outside the Box’, a new research offering which will be available for BCS GM’s institutional investor base. The reports will be thematic, catering to investors who have an appetite for an alternative view on sectors and additional opportunities. In line with BCS GM and GKEM ANALYTICA’s areas of expertise, Russia will be the main market of focus.
Evgeny
Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has hired Joe McDonnell as head of portfolio solutions (EMEA).
McDonnell will be part of the quantitative and multi-asset class investments team at Neuberger Berman, reporting to co-heads Erik Knutzen and Doug Kramer.
In this newly-created role, McDonnell will be responsible for designing and overseeing multi-asset mandates and engaging with strategic partners. He will leverage the broader Neuberger Berman platform to identify customised quantitative solutions and to help construct, oversee and implement portfolios to meet specific client objectives.
McDonnell joins from Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where he spent ten years
On Thursday 29 November 2018, Global Fund Media hosted an exclusive event in conjunction with the Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB), to showcase how the jurisdiction is updating its regulatory regime, not only to bring it into closer alignment with global best practices, but also to open itself up to more institutional fund interest.
The event started with a brief introduction by Tanya McCartney, CEO and Executive Director of the BFSB, who acknowledged that this was a time of great change, not least in the UK as the country assesses the “impact as well as the opportunities of Brexit”. “We
The MJ Hudson Allenbridge Alternative Risk Premia Fund Review 2019 estimates that there are now from USD150 billion to USD200 billion of assets in global alternative risk premia funds following a long/short, multi-strategy approach. This estimate excludes strategy offerings by investment banks.
The 2019 survey was conducted using an online questionnaire of 25 asset managers representing the majority of the assets (USD120 billion) managed in this market.
Despite the challenges with performance, 46 per cent of our survey respondents reported AUM growth in excess of 20 per cent in 2018. Larger managers experienced faster growth than smaller managers.
The average
