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As investor interest in cryptocurrencies continues to mount, regulators are sharpening their focus on the asset class. Though education remains a key impediment to growth, investment opportunities in new areas, such as decentralised finance, are ripe.
By and large, institutional investors have been hesitant about delving into crypto investments. Though reputable managers like Larry Fink and his ilk have heralded the age of digital assets, adoption remains relatively low.
According to Konstantin Anissimov, executive director, CEX.IO, the answer lies in regulation: “The safety that comes from regulations is beneficial and will ultimately help the industry mature. Having this clarity means institutional
EEX Group continued to expand its position in the global commodity exchange space , across all time zones, Europe, Asia and North America, in 2021 reporting significant increases in its power, natural gas, environmentals and dry freight markets.
Ironshield Capital Management (Ironshield), a European event-driven corporate credit specialist, delivered positive performance of 30 per cent in 2021.
The firm’s AUM stood at USD308 million as at 31 December 2021, across its three funds: L1 Special Situations, L2 Special Situations and Ironshield Credit Fund – UCITS.
Ironshield’s strategy significantly outperformed high yield credit markets throughout the year, beating the Bloomberg Pan-European High Yield Index which returned 4 per cent, and had low beta to both equity and credit markets. The 2021 performance was generated from a broad range of credits with idiosyncratic price catalysts, across a number of
SigTech, a quant technologies provider, has seen multi-fold growth in 2021. Clients with combined AUM of over USD5 trillion in are now using its enterprise SaaS platform in over a dozen countries including mainland China.
Quilter Cheviot has strengthened its fund research team with the hire of Ghazanfar Saleem as a fund research analyst.
Reporting to head of investment fund research Nick Wood, Saleem will be responsible for the analysis of alternative funds, including hedge funds, as well as funds within the fixed income universe.
Saleem joins Quilter Cheviot from The Capital Partnership, an asset management and investment platform, where he oversaw hedge fund research and manager selection. He brings with him over 15 years of work experience in alternative investments, having previously worked as a senior analyst at hedge fund consultant Amber Partners, and
Total hedge fund industry capital has passed the USD4 trillion milestone to begin 2022, with managers navigating a volatile Q4 21 driven by another wave of coronavirus variant, as well as rising interest rates and increased expectations for additional increases in 2022.
Global alternative investment firm Värde Partners as promoted three senior investment professionals to the role of Partner: Jim Dunbar, Aneek Mamik and Carlos Sanz Esteve.
BlockFills, a digital asset trading and financial technology company, has closed a USD37 million Series A funding round led by institutional investors, including Susquehanna Private Equity Investments, CME Ventures, Simplex Ventures, C6E, Nexo Inc, and several other institutional investors and funds.
This is the second multimillion-dollar funding round since the company’s founding in 2018. BlockFills has raised a total of USD44 million to date from institutional investors.
The Series A funding round will allow BlockFills to expand and evolve its technology platforms to provide more advanced solutions for the hedge fund and asset management community, a sector in which the
Ocorian, the financial services group and provider of private client, fund, corporate, capital markets and regulatory & compliance services, has been shortlisted as Best Offshore Administrator in the Hedgeweek European Awards.
Ocorian provides bespoke technology-led specialist fund services to private equity, venture capital, real estate, and infrastructure focussed fund managers. It is one of Ocorian’s fastest growing business lines.
The annual Hedgeweek European Awards recognise excellence among fund managers and service providers in Europe across a wide range of categories. The service provider categories span all the key areas of the broader hedge fund industry ecosystem.
Qontigo, a provider of innovative risk, analytics, and index solutions has entered into a partnership with RepRisk, a pioneer and leader in ESG data science, whereby Qontigo will enable solutions and access to RepRisk ESG risk data via Axioma portfolio analytics and risk models, and build indices under its STOXX family of brands.
