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The Blockchain Board of Derivatives (BBOD) is to become the latest Exchange to implement GMEX Fusion, an integrated centralised and distributed exchange platform solution.
As one of a new breed of cryptocurrency derivatives exchanges, BBOD is looking to attract multiple diverse participants and provide market-leading liquidity by providing a venue where futures and swaps on Ether and Ethereum-based tokens can be traded. BBOD is partnering with GMEX to deliver a technology solution aimed to attract both retail investors and deliver the scale and functionality to meet the needs of the institutional marketplace.
This is a significantly differentiated offering compared
The flash estimate for the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, indicates a 2.89 per cent loss in February. Year to date, the Index is down 0.33 per cent.
“Although the month was marked by a mix of trend extensions and trend reversals in key market sectors, reversals ruled and 77 per cent of CTAs incurred losses in February,” says Sol Waksman (pictured), founder and president of BarclayHedge.
The Diversified Traders Index fell 4.49 per cent In February, Systematic Traders were down 3.67 per cent, and Financials/Metals Traders lost 1.90 per cent.
“A record string of fifteen consecutive
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index in February 2018 measured -0.88 per cent.
Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index meanwhile, advanced 0.42 per cent in March.
“SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital Movement Index gained 0.42 per cent for March 2018, somewhat lower than the 0.63 per cent gain reported for the same period a year ago, but well within the recent range of variation,” says Bill Stone (pictured), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SS&C Technologies. “I would note year to date net inflows are running 1.80 per cent better than the same period a
Tom Mahala (pictured), former Global Head of Capital Introduction and Americas Hedge Fund Relationship Management at BNP Paribas, has launched Layton Road Group, which will offer capital introduction and placement agent services to the alternative asset management community through Profor Securities, a member of FINRA and SIPC.
Profor Securities is a 13-year old broker-dealer and placement agent.
Through its inaugural Outsourced Cap Intro for prime brokers service, Layton Road seeks to expand and enhance the current capital introduction approach traditionally offered directly, in-house by teams within investment banks’ prime brokerage groups. “The traditional approach to capital introduction is fraught with
Align, a provider of technology infrastructure solutions, today announced that it has been named as the Best Global Cloud Services Provider in the Hedgeweek Global Awards 2018.
Align offers multiple managed cloud options tailored to meet individual client needs, including Managed Hybrid, Private and Public Cloud Solutions.
The annual Hedgeweek Global Awards recognise excellence among hedge fund managers and service providers around the world. The awards are based on a “peer review system” whereby readers – including institutional and high net worth investors as well as managers and other industry professionals at fund administrators, prime brokers, custodians and advisers – are
For the second consecutive year, Invast Global has been crowned the Best Specialist Prime Broker at the annual Hedgeweek Global Awards held in the grand ballroom of the Reform Club – a private members’ club on London’s historic Pall Mall.
With a unique peer-review voting structure, the Hedgeweek Global Awards have grown to become one of the most prestigious and eagerly anticipated awards in the global Hedge Fund industry.
During a ceremony in the grand ballroom of the Reform Club in London’s Mayfair district, Australian-based, multi-asset prime broker, Invast Global has been voted Hedgeweek Global Awards 2018 ‘Best Specialist
LiquidityBook, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, has named Matthew Howard as Head of Asia-Pacific Client Service.
Based in London, Howard (pictured), will work alongside Nick Thompson, who joined the firm last year and leads LiquidityBook’s EMEA support organisation. Howard will be responsible for overseeing all service and deployment needs for its growing user base in the Asia-Pacific region, augmenting the firm’s existing coverage group.
Howard brings nearly 20 years of experience in the trading industry. He joins from Schneider Trading Associates, a leading multi-asset brokerage facilitation firm, where he spent almost 15 years, most
A dramatic reshaping of the hedge fund landscape continued in 2017, as the percentage of new funds employing equity-based strategies fell significantly for the second year in a row, according to the Seward & Kissel 2017 New Hedge Fund Study.
Since 2015, when eight out of 10 new hedge funds used equity-based strategies – a record high in the Seward & Kissel Study – that share has now fallen to just 56 per cent, the lowest level since the Study’s inception in 2011.
The 2017 study marks the first time since 2011 that the number of non-equity-related funds has
The average return of the global hedge fund industry was pulled into negative territory in February as markets experienced sharp reversals, with trend following CTA/managed futures and long/short equities strategies lagging behind the pack.
That’s according to the latest figures from Eurekahedge which reveal that the Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was down 1.64 per cent in February as volatility levels spiked across the board and unravelled the volatility risk premium trade. Despite steep losses during the month, hedge funds have protected on the downside and managed to outperform underlying markets as the MSCI AC World Index (Local) declined 3.68 per
Alternative investments specialist Investcorp has partnered with Shoals Capital Management (Shoals), which currently manages approximately USD160 million in an event driven strategy investing across capital structure and sub-sectors in the financials sector.
Investcorp and other institutional investors, including a large US pension plan, have provided strategic capital to Shoals.
“We are excited to announce our investment with Shoals, as we believe it is one of the very few managers that measures the evolving regulatory framework’s impact on fundamental investment analysis across asset classes to inform portfolio decisions,” says Lionel Erdely (pictured), Head and Chief Investment Officer of Investcorp’s Alternative
