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After the market madness of March, April proved a steadier, though downbeat month, with lingering concerns over the health and stability of the global banking system, ongoing geopolitical risks, and a weaker corporate earnings picture.
Large hedge fund managers will now have to make more disclosures about their investment activities after the US Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday voted to adopt a series of amendments to FormPF, the confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to private funds.
A $12.7 billion venture capital fund set up by New York-based hedge fund Tiger Global Management in October 2021 to support tech startups, has been hit hard by a decline in tech sector valuations with the fund suffering a 20% net loss as of December last year, according to reports.
Hedge fund managers at a major industry conference have said that they are favouring fixed income, over stocks and real estate amid an uncertain interest rate outlook and fears of a recession and US debt default, according to a report by Benzinga.
Pine River Capital Management, an alternative asset manager with approximately $7 billion under management across hedge funds, managed accounts and listed investment vehicles, has appointed Fernando Gardner and Jason Yeung as managing director in Marketing and Investor Relations and MBS trader and assistant portfolio manager, respectively.
Alternative data fintech Exabel has partnered with ESG data provider OWL ESG too launch a new insights platform, the OWL ESG Insights Platform, which will provide hedge funds and asset managers with curated insights based on OWL ESG’s data.
The companies say that users will benefit from easy to navigate dashboards, visualisations, and KPI monitoring capabilities, which will help the ‘idea-generation’ process by flagging trend shifts in OWL ESG’s datasets.
OWL ESG’s sustainable investing solutions consist of combining Environmental, Social and Governance expertise, data science, and cutting-edge technology to provide the data and analytics investors and corporate issuers need to
Options Technology, a provider of capital markets services and market data, has partnered with KX, maker of kdb, a specialist in Data Timehouse technology, to provide a new market data analytics platform.
KX will utilise Options’ market data footprint to enhance its market data analytics platform to provide clients with real-time and historical insights. Options will provide KX with access to its repository of market data, including Equities, FX, Futures, Options, and Fixed Income data, as well as market data analytics tools.
Together, the two companies will create a cloud-based, market data analytics platform aimed at delivering enhanced trading outcomes
Transaction Network Services has deployed network connectivity in all major Canadian financial exchange markets in a series of new partnerships allowing TNS’ broker, analyst, trader and investor clients to access Canadian markets leveraging TNS’ trading infrastructure.
Short selling specialist Hindenburg Research has revealed it has taken out a wager against Carl Icahn’s Icahn Enterprises (IEP) after alleging that the business has inflated the value of its investments and is running a “Ponzi-like economic structure” structure, according to a report by the New York Post.
Short selling specialist Hindenburg Research has revealed it has taken out a wager against Carl Icahn’s Icahn Enterprises after alleging that the business has inflated the value of its investments and is running a “Ponzi-like economic structure”, according to a report by the New York Post.
