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AlgoTrader, a global institutional specialist in trading infrastructure for digital and traditional assets, has appointed global financial investment expert Martin Wiedmann to its board.
Wiedmann has 30 years of international investment banking experience with major global financial institutions in Frankfurt, Luxembourg, New York and Zurich, including heading the global FX sales departments at both UBS and Credit Suisse. He holds various board positions, as well as being a member of the Standing Committee of the FX Committee of the Bank of England and of the European Economic Senate. Wiedmann will support the ongoing global expansion of AlgoTrader, especially regarding digital
Digital asset prime broker San Francisco Open Exchange (SFOX) has unveiled the first-ever cryptocurrency trading product built specifically for hedge funds and asset managers that will provide capabilities previously only accessible by the market’s largest firms.
The broad suite of sophisticated trading and portfolio management services will allow hedge funds for the first time to execute sophisticated trading strategies at scale. In a single platform, SFOX delivers best price execution through deep global liquidity, advanced order types and execution algorithms, treasury management, and detailed trade analytics with flexible settlement ensures fund managers can capitalise on every opportunity presented in the
Europe-based alternative asset fund managers now hold EUR2.06 trillion in assets under management (AUM) as of December 2020, up from EUR1.81 trillion a year ago – an increase of over 13 per cent – and are on track to make 2021 a record year for fundraising, according to Preqin’s 2021 Alternative Assets in Europe Report, which has been produced with leading European asset manager Amundi for the fourth year in a row.
New research from Nickel Digital Asset Management (Nickel) reveals that institutional investors with exposure to Bitcoin will increasingly invest in altcoins (a cryptocurrency other than bitcoin).
Institutional investors and wealth managers from the US, UK, France, Germany, and the UAE who collectively have USD275.5 billion in assets under management were surveyed, and 32 per cent predict that professional investors with an allocation to Bitcoin will invest in altcoins for the first time over the next 12 months. One in three (33 per cent) believe they will dramatically increase their allocation, and 29 per cent think they will do so slightly.
EisnerAmper’s 6th Annual Alternative Investment Summit will be held virtually on Thursday, 7 October, 2021. This year’s theme is: What’s Around the Bend: The Future of Alternative Investments.
The Summit features top investors and fund managers providing perspectives on current trends, opportunities, and what the future holds for the hedge fund, private equity, venture capital and alternative investment markets. This thought-provoking afternoon features highly interactive panel discussions that will cover issues and insights affecting the alternative investments industry, as well as offers a macro perspective on the economic market outlook, global landscape, current market volatility and more.
This year’s
Currency-focused investment manager Millennium Global Investments has launched a new systematic long/short currency hedge fund strategy to tap into burgeoning demand for non-correlated returns in what it calls a “favourable” investment environment.
Hazeltree, a provider of integrated treasury management and portfolio finance solutions to alternative investment managers, and IHS Markit, a specialist in critical information, analytics and solutions, have formed a strategic alliance to offer clients an integrated treasury and portfolio finance solution powered by IHS Markit’s Securities Finance dataset.
The integrated solutions enable clients to trade and operate more directly, transparently and efficiently and to obtain a composite overview of their entire positions, margin and risk profile.
Hazeltree’s products help over 200 leading hedge fund managers globally to transform how they manage counterparties to increase returns by 40-80 basis points,
As part of its initiative to digitalise alternative asset servicing, Northern Trust has launched an artificial intelligence-powered solution to extract unstructured investment data from alternative asset documents and make it accessible and actionable for asset owner clients.
Built in collaboration with Microsoft Azure Applied AI Services, which accelerate time to value for enterprises building AI solutions, and business and consulting firm Neudesic, the proprietary solution transforms crucial information such as capital call notices, cash and stock distribution notices, and capital account statements from a variety of unstructured formats into digital, actionable insights for investment teams.
“The integration of unstructured
By Juan Cruz (pictured), Founding Partner and CIO, Cygnus Asset Management – On the path towards a net zero emissions world, some sectors will multiply their activity (multiples), others will reduce it substantially (fractions), and others will disappear (zeros). How can hedge funds and other asset managers navigate the emerging investment opportunities?
Net assets of UCITS and AIFs increased by 4.1 per cent in Q2 2021, taking total net new money in H1 2021 to EUR430 billion, according to the latest quarterly European statistics from the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA).
UCITS net assets grew by 4.5 per cent and net assets of AIFs grew by 3.4 per cent as they cross the EUR20 trillion threshold.
Net sales of UCITS amounted to EUR210 billion, and net inflows into AIFs amounted to 18 billion. During the first half of 2021, UCITS and AIFs attracted EUR430 billion in net new money.
