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Bitfrost, a fintech ecosystem that supports financial institutions in their adoption and management of digital assets, has secured registration as a Virtual Assets Service Provider (VASP) with the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC).
Bitfrost can now provide clients with access to fiat-to-crypto, crypto-to-fiat and crypto-to-crypto OTC transactions worldwide. This registration is the first step of Bitfrost’s phased plan to become a fully regulated Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Financial Services Provider in Gibraltar – a region whose DLT regulatory framework is considered one of the most robust in the world.
The move comes as part of a wider licensing
Industry participants explore the key ESG issues looming large over the next few years.
A new report by Citco says hedge funds are set to be hit by $20 billion of redemptions during the remainder of the year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
While the sector saw net inflows during the first quarter of 2022, investors withdrawals for the current quarter are expected to total $13.5 billion with an additional $6.5 billion set to be redeemed before the end of the year.
The Citco report also notes that fresh investments could well cancel out any redemptions with the industry seeing net inflows of $13.6 billion in Q1, more than double the amount seen
India’s alternative investment fund (AIF) industry doubled from $36 billion at the end of 2016 to $72 billion by September 2021 – an increase of more than 100% in assets under management (AUM) for Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) registered funds alone, according to the inaugural Benchmark Report for India Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs).
The report was published today by Preqin, a specialist in alternative assets data, tools, and insights, in partnership with the Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association (IVCA), and under eligibility from SEBI.
The benchmarks in the report comprise of 296 schemes across AIF Category
To better help asset managers of European funds be prepared for the upcoming compliance requirements and regulatory disclosure obligations under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), global Fintech leader.
Net inflows to hedge funds more than doubled from the previous quarter to come in at $13.6 billion in the first quarter of 2022, according to data from the Citco group of companies (Citco), an asset servicer with $1.8 trillion in assets under administration (AUA).
Two years of working mostly remotely has added significant strain to the hedge fund industry’s cybersecurity defences and resiliency, according to a new report by cybersecurity and managed IT provider Agio.
The added surface area required to support remote investment teams has taxed the industry as firms report increased attack frequency and severity.
Convergence of IT and cyber teams are among the top actions firms are taking to improve cyber posture in a post-pandemic world.
The inaugural 2022 Hedge Fund Cybersecurity Trends Report reveals the opinions and perceptions of recent, current, and future cybersecurity programs, readiness, and initiatives from 100
Part 1 – Choosing the right structure: For any Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM), the main factors that define the success of their business will be the amount of capital they are able to raise and the performance of the funds that they manage.
Analysis by Goldman Sachs has revealed that a period of record poor performance has prompted hedge fund managers to rotate out of their favourite growth stocks and into cyclical companies, according to a report by CNBC.
Goldmans Sachs analysed the holdings of 799 hedge funds with a combined $2.4 trillion of gross equity positions at the start of Q2 2022 and then compiled a basket of the 50 most popular long position stocks that appear among the funds’ 10 largest holdings.
The so-called “Hedge Fund VIP basket” has trailed the S&P 500 by 28 percentage points since early 2021, marking
CAMRADATA has expanded its online database, CAMRADATA Live, to capture data related to the Asset Owner Diversity Charter to help gauge where asset managers are on their diversity and inclusion (D&I) journey.
CAMRADATA believes that it is important to effect change, break down taboos and ask questions that make a real difference in society, which is why this data will be freely available to all asset owners and investment consulting firms.
Asset managers can also now populate their D&I data in CAMRADATA Live free of charge, providing asset owners with the information they need when conducting detailed due diligence
