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BlueBay Asset Management has expanded its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment team with the addition of Emma Whiteacre as a Senior ESG Analyst, and Elena Koycheva as ESG Institutional Portfolio Manager.
CREAM Finance, a decentralised lending protocol, will be the first protocol in the decentralised finance (DeFi) space to offer a euro-backed stablecoin with the addition of tether tokens pegged to the euro (EURt).
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Glue42 has released new functionality to help firms bring an optimal trading experience and efficient operation in days versus weeks. The new release, Glue42 Enterprise 3.12, focuses less on individual applications and extends the workspace concept with an enterprise store that allows users to search for business solutions with best outcomes.
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Praesidium Investment Management has hired Amy Lockridge as part of its Business Development and Investor Relations teams, effective 19 July.
Lockridge will help lead the business development and investor relations efforts for the firm, which focuses on concentrated equity investments in small and mid-cap companies with an owner oriented, private equity approach to public market investing. She reports to Dan McHale on Praesidium’s business development team, who joined in January 2021 from Morgan Stanley.
Previously, Lockridge was a Vice President at Citigroup on its Capital Introduction team where she facilitated interaction between hedge funds and institutional investors and assisted
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has published the revised 2021 calendar as well as the new 2022 auction calendar for the auctioning of EU emission allowances (EUA) in coordination with the European Commission, the EU Member States and the EEA EFTA states which participate in the common auction platform (CAP3) as well as with the German and Polish competent authorities.
The 2021 auction calendar has been adjusted for the period from September to December 2021 in accordance with the Auctioning Regulation due to the operation of the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), taking into account the publication of the 2020 total
Insig AI, a data science and machine learning solutions company serving the asset management industry, is to combine its ESG tools with global alternative investment manager VarVal Investors’ proprietary ESG risk scoring methodology and apply this to the future CarVal Clean CLO product line.
The launch will mark the first deployment of Insig AI’s and CarVal’s jointly developed ESG technology. This new technology is understood by Insig AI to be the first of its kind in fixed income, enabling asset managers to develop and execute a high-performing, data-led ESG investing strategy by providing transparent and evidence-based ESG scoring and interrogation
BlueBay Asset Management’s Global Credit Alpha Long/Short strategy has generated a commendable track record since launching almost a decade ago, taking an active catalyst-driven approach to trading corporate and sovereign credit markets.
With a broad investment mandate, and no restrictions on geographies, sectors or ratings universe, the liquid credit long/short strategy has never suffered a single down year since its November 2011 inception.
What binds the portfolio together, says Senior Portfolio Manager Geraud Charpin, is the liquidity profile of its investments.
“It’s the ability to get in and out of a position within a couple of trades – generally within
Growing numbers of investors are turning to hedge funds to protect their portfolios in the face of inflationary fears, with total industry capital swelling to almost USD4 trillion and more allocators set to tilt towards alternative assets, new research shows.
Opus Fund Services has opened a new office in Mauritius, Opus Fund Services (Mauritius) Ltd, further extending its global expansion to meet the 24/7 coverage needs of its increasingly diverse and growing client base. It plans to employ over 50 people in the next two years to help support its global growth.
“Opening in Mauritius is an important strategic step in our SaaS enabled ‘follow the sun’ global operating model. We have enjoyed significant growth in our client base over the last 3 years and the addition of Mauritius to our global office footprint will allow expedited delivery of our services”,
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) is set to expand its product range with the launch of new long-term power futures expiries. From 27 September onwards, EEX will extend the number of tradable yearly maturities for German, Italian and Spanish Power Futures from the current six to ten calendar years.
This enhancement will enable customers to hedge their price exposure up to 10 years in advance which will further promote the integration of renewable energy into the power market.
Renewables are widely recognised as the most cost-efficient way to add new capacity for power production. However, financing can prove difficult when
