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Elementum, an alternative investment manager specialising in collateralised natural catastrophe event reinsurance investments, has appointed Douglas Duncan as chief technology officer based in the firm’s HQ in Chicago.
C Capital is planning to raise $500 million for investments in blockchain assets as well as the credit and private equity spaces on the assumption that the prices of both digital assets and private companies are bottoming out, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Preqin, a provider of alternative investment data and insight, has appointed Vatsan Sudersan as its Head of Data Management. Vatsan will lead the data management team that operationalises Preqin’s automated data collection, including through machine learning and AI technologies.
With an interest rate announcement from the US Federal Open Market Committee looming large on Wednesday, hedge funds have ramped up their short bets against US Treasuries, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The report cites the latest data from the Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CTFTC) as revealing that an increase in short position by hedge funds against 2-year futures. Traders are also reportedly continuing to pay a higher premium for protection against the risk of a bigger seed-off in 10-year note futures.
Block trade activity in five-year note futures has continued to be robust over the past week,
Brian Treister, the former head of infrastructure for WorldQuant at Millennium has returned to the hedge fund just 14 months after quitting to join Meta, according to a report by efinancialCareers.
TS Imagine, a specialist in trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for capital markets, has made three executive leadership hires to support the firm’s rapid growth.
Spencer Lee joins as Chief Markets Officer, where he will develop and grow TS Imagine’s global fixed income offering. Spencer brings extensive market structure and fixed income trading experience to TS Imagine. He joins from Agilon Capital, a systematic credit hedge fund with a strong technology value proposition, which he co-founded. Prior to Agilon, Spencer led global credit electronic trading and West Coast fixed income trading at Blackrock.
Kate Peachway joins as Chief
TraditionDATA, the data and information services division of Compagnie Financière Tradition (Tradition), has made nine strategic appointments as demand for its smaller, granular market data packages grows globally.
The firm has hired four Business Development Managers, a Commodity Product Manager and a Global Marketing Manager all based in London, alongside three new roles in its US team as part of its continued global growth plans.
Northern Trust has appointed Michael Buzza as global head of Network Management & Market Strategy. Buzza, previously EMEA head of Market Advocacy and Innovation Research, will oversee the teams dedicated to providing market access and insights across the traditional securities services markets within the Digital Assets and Financial Markets group.
Over the course of 16 years at Northern Trust, Buzza has previously led strategic agent bank provider selection and was instrumental in a strategic investment in Zodia Custody, an institutional-grade cryptoasset custody solution created in conjunction with Standard Chartered.
Northern Trust announced the formation of its Digital Assets and Financial
GSR Capital has appointed global financial services provider Apex Group Ltd to provide fund administration services. GSR Capital is the investment management arm of the GSR group of companies, a global leader in digital asset trading, which has been operating since 2013.
Founded in 2021, GSR Capital leverages GSR’s broader expertise in digital assets, execution and liquidity to research and build investment products for institutions, family offices and other professional clients.
Apex Group’s single-source solution encompasses a wide range of services under one roof, enabling clients to create efficiencies, reduce costs and improve controls by outsourcing the back-, middle-
Arquant Capital, an independent asset management company specialised in crypto-assets, has launched Arquant Bitcoin Dynamic and Arquant Ethereum Dynamic, its first two funds geared towards professional investors. The funds for institutional investors, are directly invested in bitcoin and ether and actively managed by Arquant Capital’s investment team, making them the first of their kind in France.
Arquant Capital the first Frendh asset manager to have received authorisation to offer professional investors (institutional investors, private banks, family offices and corporate clients) a range of specialised professional funds that are actively managed and directly invested in cryptocurrencies.
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