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Investcorp, a global provider and manager of alternative investment products, has appointed Urs Rohner as a member of its International Advisory Board (IIAB) as of 1 July 2021.
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Global alternative asset management group Tikehau Capital has launched Tikehau Impact Credit (TIC), pioneering an impact approach in the high yield universe.
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Bullish, a technology company focused on developing financial services for the digital assets sector, is to go public through a merger with Far Peak Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: FPAC), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).
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Trident Trust entered the cryptocurrency sector in early 2017 as bitcoin was beginning to appreciate in value, and since then the global fund administrator – which services more than 500 funds globally, with AUM exceeding USD40 billion – has steadily carved out a burgeoning presence in the rapidly-growing digital assets sector, and now counts around 45 crypto funds among its clients.
Hedge funds gained more than 10 per cent in the six months of 2021, the industry’s strongest first half performance in 22 years, despite June seeing a shift in market sentiment which moderated the sector’s monthly returns. Now, managers are positioning for a “dynamic performance environment” heading into the second half of the year, shaped by ongoing Covid concerns, as well as energy and tech trends.
Hedge Fund Research’s main Fund Weighted Composite Index – a monthly measure of more than 1400 single manager hedge funds’ performance across all strategy types – gained 0.4 per cent in June, putting the
Antares Capital, a private debt credit manager with more than USD30 billion of capital under management and administration, has appointed Jeffrey Stammen as Managing Director, Head of Investor Coverage in Asset Management.
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Tradeweb Markets, a global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, has completed the first fully electronic institutional Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) swap spread trade.
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PCS Research Group has announced that Murray Stahl is launching “The Cryptocurrency Compendium Compilation”, an institutional research service focused exclusively on the cryptocurrency space.
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As investors look to strengthen portfolio performance amid a shifting economic landscape, a new Barclays study suggests hedge funds now offer “a compelling alternative” to fixed income allocations, and may prove key to bumping up returns as allocators adapt to a “shifting paradigm”.
Barclays’ report – titled ‘The Alternatives’ Alternatives: Hedge Funds as Alternatives to Long-Only Fixed Income’ – analysed more than 2,000 hedge funds. It explored the role played by hedge funds within broader investment portfolios during a number of market environments.
The study found investor sentiment towards long-only fixed income products is growing “significantly negative”, adding that hedge funds offer “a compelling alternative”,
In this wide-ranging Q&A, Arnaud Sarfati, CEO and co-founder of Paris-based quantitative asset manager LFIS Capital, discusses how the firm is tackling ESG implementation in its quant strategies, touching on portfolio constraints, evolving regulation, auditing concerns, and “data exhaustivity”.
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