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Bybit, the only cryptocurrency exchange to offer USDC options, has partnered with trading solutions provider Actant to provide first-in-class trading tools for professional traders.
Bybit, which has one of the largest BTC futures open interest, is now fully integrated with Actant, bringing a full range of tools for risk, trading, automation, and quoting to the cryptocurrency exchange.
Actant provides trading solutions for financial firms, including proprietary trading and market making firms, investment banks, and hedge funds trading on the world’s major derivatives and stock exchanges. Building a strong partnership with Bybit allows Actant users to trade and clear on
One of Three Arrows Capital’s creditors has disclosed that troubled cryptocurrency hedge fund has outstanding obligations totalling $2.8 billion, according to a report by TheTimesHub.
MSCI Inc, a provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, has appointed Cristina Bondolowski as chief marketing officer and as a member of MSCI’s Executive Committee.
Bondolowski will be responsible for the strategic development and execution of MSCI’s global marketing and communications programs in support of the firm’s global growth initiatives and client focus areas, including ESG and climate. She will oversee integrated marketing campaigns across multiple channels and deliver content-driven thought leadership to build awareness and engagement across MSCI’s tools, solutions, and global client base of institutional investors. She will be based in
Ballybunion Capital Limited (Ballybunion) has appointed Orla Philippon as chief executive officer following approval from the Central Bank of Ireland.
An experienced funds industry specialist, Philippon takes over from Ballybunion founder Patrick O’Sullivan, who will continue as non-executive director for the firm as well as sit on client boards.
Philippon joined Ballybunion in 2018, having previously worked for prominent financial institutions, and has been instrumental in successfully driving the integration project forward following the acquisition of the firm by JTC in 2021.
Ballybunion is an independent boutique asset manager focusing on the premium end of the market. It provides independent
The Ruthenium Global Pharma Fund outperformed the S&P500 by 25.96% in the first half of 2022 with its YTD return reaching 5.46%.
The fund aims to generate long-term returns through a strategy focused on investments in the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. With the diversified portfolio of high-yielding structured products, the fund is one of the few showing positive results while markets are tumbling worldwide.
Currently, there are 16 structured notes in the fund’s portfolio with an average maturity of 28 months and an average coupon rate of 22,90%. The Ruthenium Global Pharma Fund achieved a 12,38% compounded annual return
British hedge fund manager Alan Howard, who has personally invested in about 40 cryptocurrency companies so far, including FTX and Polygon, is still investing the space despite the current market turmoil, according to a report by Blockworks.
In mid-June, and after the collapse of terra, Brevan Howard founder Howard (58) invested in a $10.3 million pre-seed round for crypto brand studio ScienceMagic.Studios. He also took part in an $11 million seed round for ‘play-to-earn’ metaverse startup Atmos Labs’ $11 million seed round, which closed around the same time as major crypto lenders were causing contagion across the market.
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Tiger Global has seen another bet go awry with grocery delivery start-up Missfresh having lost 97% of its value since its Nasdaq IPO in June last year, according to a a report by the Financial Times.
Missfresh has closed its operations across China and is on the look out for fresh capital to keep its business alive having been hit by an accounting scandal and seen its market value sink to just $88 million having hit a $3 billion valuation in New York a year ago.
Investors including Tiger Global and Goldman Sachs are reported to have invested $1 billion
Exabel, a data and analytics platform for investment teams, has launched a new ‘Import Jobs’ feature, which provides a direct Snowflake integration for customers and partners to easily bring new data sets into the Exabel platform.
This will help Exabel’s customers bring all their alternative data into one place, and leverage Exabel’s analytics to combine data sets and derive differentiated insights. Import Jobs will also facilitate the process of alternative data providers bringing their data into the Exabel platform, supercharging the Exabel partnership program.
With a few clicks, Exabel customers can now build live data pipelines that connect to an
Forge Global Holdings, a global private securities marketplace, hired Johnathan H Short as its chief legal officer and promoted Jose Cobos, Forge’s current chief operating officer, to president.
FXCM Group (FXCM Group), an international provider of online foreign exchange and CFD trading services has appointed Paul Gyles as chief marketing officer (CMO).
Gyles, a senior, strategic and transformational leader based in London, brings over 15 years of experience in director level marketing positions to FXCM. He previously held marketing director roles at online trading provider, IG as well as Sony and, most recently, M&G.
Gyles will be responsible for driving the branding and marketing strategy for FXCM, ensuring the leading provider of online FX and CFD trading continues to be client first, trader driven.
FXCM, recently
