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IDEG Asset Management Limited (IDEG), a professional digital asset manager, has launched the IDEG Quant Arbitrage service which aims to help crypto investors maximise returns with a risk-off strategy in face of the current volatile bear market for digital assets around the world.
With risk and uncertainty levels at all-year highs, arbitrage could provide a lower-risk strategy with no delta exposure. IDEG’S Quant Arbitrage offers a crucial de-risk option for professional and institutional investors as IDEG builds a complete array of investment tools to address all needs in the rapidly-evolving digital asset class. As cryptocurrencies mature, investors seek more varied
Brexit may soon provide UK-based hedge funds with a competitive edge in ESG investing over their EU-based counterparts, according to a report by Bloomberg.
While the hedge fund industry has criticised EU regulators for not including clear guidelines for short-selling when it comes to ESG investing, the UK’s FCA seems willing to ensure that the role of short-selling in ESG investing is included in its upcoming ESG rulebook.
Bloomberg quotes an email from the FCA as saying that: “we [the FCA] need to ensure that our regulatory framework is appropriately designed to accommodate the breadth of ESG strategies observed in
BitMEX Spot, a new trading platform to buy and sell crypto, has made a strong entrance in the first days since going live, hitting over $10 million in 24-hour trading volume shortly after launch.
The launch represents a significant milestone for BitMEX’s ‘Beyond Derivatives’ strategy it announced last year.
The BitMEX Spot Exchange currently offers seven crypto pairs (all against Tether/ USDT). These assets are Bitcoin (XBT), Ethereum (ETH), Chainlink (LINK), Uniswap (UNI), Polygon (MATIC), Axie Infinity (AXS), and ApeCoin (APE). More trading pairs, alongside other user rewards and benefits, will be rolled out later in 2022.
Fitch Ratings has published its 11th annual CLO Asset Manager Handbook with 121 profiles of managers active in the United States, Europe or both.
This year’s handbook includes profiles for new entities such as Acer Tree Asset Management LLP, Aquarian Credit Partners, CQS, Generate Advisors, LLC, Irradiant Partners, LLC, Morgan Stanley Eaton Vance, OFS Capital Management, LLC, Owl Rock (A Division of Blue Owl), and PIMCO. All data and information is presented in a standardizsd format and as of YE 2021.
Key manager facts and attributes provided include corporate structure, key personnel, assets under management and CLOs under management. These
EFAMA has welcomed the Draft report published by MEP Isabel Benjumea, Rapporteur for the AIFMD and UCITS reviews, as an important milestone towards ensuring accessibility of capital in Europe, providing incentives to ensure growth and promoting a safe and stable environment for markets and investors.
The draft report largely validates and usefully complements the Commission’s legislative proposal which already provided a strong starting point to ensure targeted improvements are made to enhance the efficacy of the current frameworks as a means of advancing the goals of the Capital Markets Union.
More specifically, EFAMA is pleased to note the recognition given
About a third of hedge funds invest in ESG-dedicated strategies leading to investment demand being considered a ‘primary driver’ in improving ESG, research from BNP Paribas shows. One-fifth of investors plan to increase this in 2022 and a further 23 per cent are considering an investment.
Pensions remain the leaders in this space, with analysis showing how 25 per cent of public pension funds invested in ESG hedge funds along with 22 per cent of corporate pension funds.
Societal trends, greater awareness regarding the environment and equality, and efforts from governments have all pushed institutional investors in particular to want
Listed energy and commodity derivatives markets experienced major liquidity issues during the February volatility while crypto derivatives remained liquid, a new report has found.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, global bourses were sent into a tailspin with volatility not seen since the early days of Covid gripping markets.
According to the Q2 2022, Proprietary Trading Management Insight Report, produced by Acuiti in partnership with Avelacom, energy and commodity markets experienced the most liquidity issues.
The report, which is based upon a quarterly survey of Acuiti Expert Network of over 100 senior proprietary trading executives, found that a third of respondents
Allianz Global Investors US (AGI US), the US hedge fund unit of German insurance giant Allianz, is to pay USD5.8 billion after pleading guilty to fraud over the collapse of its Structured Alpha funds in 2020.
Demand for aggregating financial information and internal research in one central location has been growing. As hedge fund analysts look to manage information overload and several disparate manual research processes, an overlay of AI-processing power and content can cut research time to a fraction of what it previously was and help elicit more relevant insights.
The coming years will set the scene for technology advancements and geographic growth as clients call for an innovative and competitive alternative to incumbent providers in the prime brokerage space. Given the current volatility and additional scrutiny, reliable providers are critical to managers’ survival, particularly in the context of increasing consolidation.
