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Digital asset investment products saw inflows totalling $270m last week, taking total inflows so far this year to a new record of $37.3bn, according to the latest Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly Report from CoinShares.
Hedge funds are increasingly targeting the euro for short trades against the yen, driven by speculation that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will raise interest rates and political uncertainty in Europe, according to a report by Bloomberg citing data from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC).
Olek Gajowniczek has become the latest departure from Nomura’s rates team, leaving the Japanese bank after nearly a decade to join multi-strategy hedge fund Balyasny Asset Management as a Rates Portfolio Manager based in London, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Millennium Management, one of the world’s largest multi-strategy hedge fund firms, is investing nearly $3.3bn in two newly formed trading teams as part of its aggressive push to expand its portfolio of internal and external talent, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Paloma Partners, the hedge fund founded by Donald Sussman, is opting to repay investors seeking to withdraw funds with a mix of cash and IOUs following a wave of redemption requests, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Taula Capital, the hedge fund founded by former Citadel and Millennium portfolio manager Diego Megia which launched in April with $5bn in assets and is on track to hit $6bn by March next year, has halted hiring after its headcount hit 77, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Pythagoras Investments, a New York-based cryptocurrency hedge fund, is to close its flagship Absolute Return Fund to new capital starting early next year following a surge in performance which has attracted significant investor interest, according to a report by Financial News.
Point72 Asset Management is expanding its Asia operations with the addition of two portfolio managers in Hong Kong from Symmetry Investments, as the $35bn hedge fund firm looks to capitalise on broader economic trends, according to a report by Bloomberg.
D2X has launched as the first MiFID-regulated crypto futures and options exchange operating seven-days-a-week with the aim of accelerating institutional adoption of digital assets by offering a compliant and secure trading platform.
A new platform from Navatar Group is aiming to help traders to tap into sell-side intelligence by automatically capturing and consolidating valuable insights gleaned from their daily interactions with bank and brokerage sales teams.
