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AltsAxis has launched its proprietary mobile technology ecosystem connecting all parties across the alternative investment industry on one centralised platform.
Led by a team of experts with decades of experience in the alternative investment industry (including Mark Salameh, Co-Founder and former CEO of Context Summits), the company was formed to fill the unmet need for a one-stop shop where family offices and institutional allocators can find unconflicted, real-time data on alternative asset managers, and fulfil all their sourcing requirements for these asset classes.
“At a time when interest in alternative investments is rising, allocators often find it challenging to access
Hedge funds are continuing to pile on bets against Cineworld, with the beleaguered global movie theatre chain – whose share price tumbled again this week – now the most-shorted, UK-listed stock.
Around 7.5 per cent of Cineworld’s stock is held short by six investment managers, according to new analysis from New York-based ETP provider GraniteShares. New Holland Capital has taken the largest bearish bet, holding 2.42 per cent of the company’s shares.
FCA regulatory disclosures also show Polygon Global Partners holds 1.23 per cent of Cineworld’s stock short and Whitebox Advisors holds 1.19 per cent, with Adelphi, AHL Partners, and
Versor Investments, a quantitative investment management firm focused on alternative investment strategies, has promoted Leah Pozsgay to partner within the firm. Pozsgay is the head of Trade Execution and Counterparty Management.
Pozsgay is responsible for trade execution and relationships with banks and other service providers. Prior to joining Versor Investments in 2017 she was a Managing Director at HazelTree, a treasury management solutions provider for the alternatives industry. Previously Pozsgay was a Director at Deutsche Bank where she covered systematic funds for futures and equities.
“We welcome Leah to our leadership team and celebrate her significant contributions as well as
Special situations hedge fund Sand Grove Capital has appointed banking veteran Daniel Caplan as CEO, as the firm looks to capitalise on soaring volumes of mergers and acquisitions and other corporate activity.
Last month, most carbon markets experienced strong performance, with the EUA market rising 9 per cent and the CCA and RGGI markets gaining 10.8 per cent and 7.5 per cent respectively while the newly launched UK carbon market lost 4 per cent in June after making a strong debut in May.
Brazilian hedge funds are providing attractive risk-adjusted return for domestic investors, with a 23.38 per cent one-year return, according to research published by Preqin, the global leader in alternative assets data, tools and insights.
Preqin analysed the data of 349 Brazilian hedge funds it is currently tracking, crowning Verde Asset Management as the top Brazilian hedge fund firm by asset under management (AUM), followed by SPX Capital, Itau Asset Management, Kapitalo Investimentos and Legacy Capital.
Equity strategies, which make up the bulk of the hedge funds in Brazil with 41.74 per cent, had cumulative returns over three-years of 16.25
Black Ocean, a liquidity-providing platform incubated by the high-frequency quantitative trading institution VRM, has partnered with CV Labs, a Swiss blockchain ecosystem business and incubator that provides co-working, advisory and event services for startups and corporate clients.
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The global hedge fund business returned +0.18 per cent in June, bringing year to date (YTD) performance for the industry to +9.22 per cent, the best first half performance since 2009, according to the just-released eVestment June 2021 hedge fund performance data.
“This year’s performance is impressive by an even longer measure, as in the last 20 years H1 returns have only been near or better than 2021’s three other times, in 2000, 2003 and 2009,” says eVestment Global Head of Research Peter Laurelli.
Hedge fund performance in June continued a streak of good news for the industry, which
Arcesium, a global financial technology and professional services firm, has partnered with Snowflake, the Data Cloud company. This partnership will serve as Arcesium’s foundational database designed to extend its data platform capabilities.
Hedge funds are in a buoyant mood heading into the second half of the year, boosted by impressive Q2 performances and increased capital inflows, according to a key industry confidence metric.
The latest Hedge Fund Confidence Index – published jointly by the Alternative Investment Management Association, Simmons & Simmons and Seward & Kissel – shows industry optimism continued to grow in the second quarter of 2021, having earlier surged 40 per cent in Q1.
The data shows hedge funds’ optimism for the coming 12 months is now at “the highest it has been for many years”, AIMA, Simmons & Simmons
