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Optiver has become a trading member on the Vienna Stock Exchange. The company is one of the leading market making institutions and operates globally with offices in Amsterdam, London, Austin, Chicago, Sydney, Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore.
Optiver was founded in 1986 in the Netherlands and has over 1,600 employees worldwide.
A total of 65 members, including 23 Austrian and 42 international banks and securities firms, are currently admitted to trading on the Vienna Stock Exchange. The top market participants in the first half of 2022 were: Morgan Stanley & Co (13.48%), JP Morgan SE (7.47%) ahead of BOFA Securities Europe SA (6.98%).
Over seven in ten investors (72%) say they are inclined to consider Absolute Return funds as part of their overall asset allocation, given the market conditions observed so far in 2022 and the increased correlation between the traditional asset classes of equities and fixed income.
The findings, from a survey commissioned by Fulcrum Asset Management, point to an increasing interest in the asset class. Four in five (80%) respondents said they already had some Absolute Return exposure, and when asked about their asset allocation intentions over the next six months 70% said they planned to either increase exposure to Absolute
Caravel Capital Fund, an event-driven market-neutral hedge fund based in Nassau, The Bahamas. is now open to accredited US investors following the appointment of Genesis Fund Services Limited as the fund’s administrator.
Selecting the right technology partner is one of the biggest challenges for fund managers wishing to enter the digital assets space. What are the key considerations when selecting a platform to access liquidity in the coins that clients want to trade? How easy is it to connect an existing platform to a digital assets platform for execution, clearing and settlement, and what are the potential pitfalls to be aware of?
As both public and private markets enter a period of turbulence and drawdowns, hedge funds are set to prove popular with investors in the second half of 2022, as the recession and geopolitical volatility all play to the industry’s advantage.
ED&F Man Capital Markets has assisted its customers and the CME in completing the first CME BTC/EUR and ETH/EUR futures block trades on market open, Sunday, 28 August.
The regulated crypto derivatives markets continue to evolve rapidly and, with products such as these new Euro-denominated BTC and ETH futures, investors, traders, risk managers and others have expanded capacity to take on and manage crypto market exposures. The launch of these new CFTC regulated futures contracts is another positive signal that the crypto currency markets are gaining institutional acceptance.
CME’s BTC/EUR and ETH/EUR futures are cash settled and traded
Ebury, a global provider of transaction payment solutions, is increasing its presence in the alternative investment sector to meet growing demand for better, more focused services as an alternative to traditional banking providers.
As traditional investment managers increasingly dip their toes into the world of digital assets, having access to data and information in formats they recognise and understand is critical to their success.
Redwheel (formerly RWC Partners), has appointed Jane Nicholls as head of business development based in London, with effect from 30 August and will be based in London.
Financial services company Hargreaves Lansdown has attracted the attention of short-sellers, with a record 5.69% of the company’s shares on loan to hedge funds including AQR Capital Management, Hound Partners and Marshall Wace, according to a report by This Is Money.
The short positions equate to a £230 million bet against against the firm as it struggles to sustain the boom it witnessed during the pandemic.
The report says official data shows that short positions in Hargreaves Lansdown have roughly doubled in the past six months.
Hargreaves Lansdown, was among a group of trading and investment platforms including AJ Bell
