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KLS Arete Macro, managed by Ocean Arete Limited from Hong Kong, is celebrating its three-year anniversary this month at the same time as reaching an important milestone with assets under management crossing USD1 billion.
Since the launch of the UCITS, the fund has annualised 8.1 per cent with a volatility of 5.8 per cent. This is consistent with the strategies long term track record of 10.3 per cent annualised return with a 7.3 per cent volatility and low correlation to traditional asset classes, proving to be a great alternative investment.
The KLS Arete Macro Fund launched in July of 2018
Grayscale Investments, a digital currency asset manager and the manager of Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund (OTCQX: GDLC) (the Fund), has announced that the Registration Statement on Form 10 that it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on behalf of the Fund has become effective.
The Fund is Grayscale’s first diversified digital currency investment fund to become an SEC reporting company with its shares registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act).
Grayscale also announced today that it has publicly filed three additional Registration Statements on Form 10 with the
IS Prime has created a new spread index swap offering, allowing clients of the ISAM Capital Markets Group to trade indices and oil with variable spreads.
This latest development provides clients with even more competitive pricing and more accurately reflects the market conditions and available liquidity in these products. It is part of the Group’s broader strategy to launch a range of new products, adding further value to brokers, hedge funds and professional trader clients.
Barry Flanigan, Head of Distribution and Liquidity, IS Prime, says: “Traditionally, Liquidity Providers offer fixed spreads on indices and oil but we have seen
Trend-following hedge funds and CTA strategies have dipped slightly in recent days after ending the first half of the year in positive territory, Société Générale’s CTA indices show, but the sector is well-placed to capitalise on commodities and equities trends going forward.
SocGen’s main CTA Index – a daily performance barometer of 20 of the largest managed futures hedge funds’ returns – lost 1.14 per cent in the opening week of July, having earlier ended the first half of 2021 up 6.51 per cent. The benchmark remains up some 5.3 per cent since the start of January.
Similarly, the SG
Digital asset products saw minor outflows totaling USD4 million last week in what was the quietest trading week since October 2020, according to the latest Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly report from CoinShares.
Minor outflows were seen in bitcoin totalling USD7 million last week while trading volumes in investment products totalled just USD1.58 billion for the week.
In recent weeks there has been a regional divide in bitcoin inflows with North American providers seeing consistent inflows while their European counterparts have continued to see outflows.
Multi-asset investment products were the most popular last week with inflows totalling USD1.2 million.
EBS, a leading provider of electronic trading platforms and technology services in foreign exchange markets, has launched its next-generation EBS Direct platform.
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If you’re a member of an LLP, you need to watch out to avoid being caught unexpectedly by the Salaried Member Rules. Stephen Kenny (pictured) from Blick Rothenberg’s Financial Services team looks at the rules in more detail and explains what you need to know.
Healthcare-focused equity hedge fund Rhenman & Partners scored a near-12 per cent return in the first six months of the year, as a number of correct calls in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals stocks drove gains in June.
REYL & Cie’s investment team has highlighted the strong performance of hedge funds over the past two years in the company’s latest Quarterly Compass investment update.
REYL & Cie says performance has been between 5 per cent and 11 per cent per annum, with all major strategies performing with a strong dependence on global equity markets, but with a low sensitivity (beta). Indeed, the correlation of the Global Hedge Index with the MSCI World has been around 90 per cent on a weekly basis over the last two years.
Despite these strong correlations and the very good performance of equities
The European Energy Exchange has today launched a new Zero Carbon Freight Index (ZCFI), enabling players in the Dry Freight market to see, for the first time, how the cost of carbon emissions could affect freight prices.
The ZCFI comes as the EU prepares to unveil legislation this week, which is likely to include the extension of the EU ETS to the maritime sector. Once these rules are in place, ship owners and operators will be required to take part in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). As a consequence, the shipping industry will now have to factor in the
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