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A new study from bfinance, the independent investment consultancy, has revealed that institutional asset management fees have fallen significantly in a number of asset classes – particularly certain ESG or Impact strategy types.
BEQUANT, a digital asset prime brokerage and exchange, has hired Huong Hauduc as General Counsel. Hauduc will be helping BEQUANT to expedite the growth of the business across new jurisdictions and products.
Hauduc has nearly 20 years of experience in legal and regulatory matters. She qualified as a financial services regulatory lawyer at CMS Cameron McKenna has worked for firms including Allen & Overy and RJ O’Brien Ltd. In addition, Hauduc has advised on a broad range of legal matters including regulatory and compliance matters, litigation and investigations, employment matters, commercial contracts, corporate governance, M&A and data protection. She has
Avelacom, a low latency connectivity, IT infrastructure and data solutions provider for global financial markets, has expanded its coverage in the APAC region b y broadening its partnership with Singapore Exchange (SGX) and becoming its colocation provider.
The new initiative is aimed at global proprietary trading firms and relative value funds who benefit from market volatility and need the fastest access to SGX’s trading platforms. Avelacom’s new server rack will be situated next to SGX’s core securities and derivatives matching facility, providing less than 20 microseconds round-trip network latency to SGX’s trading and market data engines – the fastest in
The global hedge fund business started the fourth quarter of 2021 on a high note, with aggregate industry performance at +1.88 per cent in October and just over 70 per cent of funds reporting to eVestment seeing positive results for the month, according to the just-released October 2021 eVestment hedge fund performance data.
Year to date (YTD) performance for the hedge fund industry stands at +10.86 per cent, very close to surpassing the +11.07 per cent aggregate return the industry posted in 2020.
Commodity-focused funds continue to be among the strongest performing segments of the hedge fund business, with
FLX Distribution – a Resource and Asset Management Platform (RAMP) delivering on-demand distribution for asset managers, wealth management firms, and financial advisors – has announced seven new additions to its offering including hedge funds 180 Degree Capital Corp and Advocate Capital Management.
Ranging in size, asset class and business needs, the seven new managers underscore the breadth of the services and capabilities the FLX platform offers.
“This new group of managers reflects both the need and trust from the industry in our purpose-built platform that aims to drive a more flexible, scalable, and accessible distribution experience for all participants.
The hedge fund industry shook off September’s swoon in October, posting a 1.68 per cent return for the month, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions.
Integral, a technology company in the foreign exchange market, has reported average daily volumes (ADV) across Integral platforms totalled USD50.5 billion in October 2021.
This represents an increase of +12.5 per cent compared to September 2021 and an increase of +15.3 per cent compared to the same period in 2020.
Integral’s global trading network has been designed to meet the trading needs of the widest variety of buy-side FX market participants, including banks, brokers, asset managers, and hedge funds. Its clients leverage the deep and diverse FX liquidity available through our platforms within an integrated environment.
Fund managers and investors remain split over how they integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their risk and investment processes, with industry participants citing a lack of clarity over data reliability, comparability and standardisation as the main challenge.
The SS&C SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for October 2021 measured 0.45 per cent.
Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.59 per cent in November.
“SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital Movement Index rose 0.59 per cent in November 2021, indicating positive net flows into hedge funds. This gain compares favourably to the 0.27 per cent increase reported a year ago,” says Bill Stone, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SS&C Technologies. “With this strong result, hedge funds are on pace to finish 2021 with the highest rate of net inflows since the post-financial crisis year
Managed Funds Association (MFA), an organisation representing the global alternative investment industry, has announced the Canadian Association of Alternative Strategies and Assets (CAASA) as the first international member of the MFA Partnership Program.
