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Global alternative investment management firm Capstone Investment Advisors (Capstone) has appointed Tom Leake to lead its Solutions Platform.
A new survey of institutional investors and wealth managers from the US, UK, France, Germany, and the UAE who currently have exposure to cryptocurrencies and digital assets, reveals that 82 per cent expect to increase their exposure between now and 2023.
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Leading hedge fund manager North Asset Management (North) has selected SIGTech, a provider of next-gen quant technology for global investors, to support the firm’s expansion strategy into systematic investing.
North currently manages seven funds that focus on foreign exchange, macro and fixed income. The firm has identified systematic as a new area for growth.
North Asset Management is an independent alternative asset manager based in London. Founded in July 2002, the firm has a highly experienced, award-winning team with a strong risk management culture, continuously focusing on risk-adjusted returns, and commitment to transparent and detailed reporting to investors.
LGT Capital Partners has successfully launched two fixed income funds dedicated to sovereign strategies in emerging and especially in frontier markets.
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GoDoFX, a brokerage in the UAE, has selected Integral MarginFX to support the growth of its FX and CFD business.
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Stockholm-based Brummer & Partners’ flagship multi-strategy hedge fund vehicle is flat for the first half of the year, after June brought trend reversals in currencies, bonds and gold, and sharp rotations across equities, leading to losses in several of its underlying funds.
Professional investors are forecasting a surge in commodities trading over the next 12 months as the so-called commodity supercycle takes effect, new global research from blockchain-based derivatives trading platform CloseCross shows.
Its research among professional investors around the world responsible for around $380 billion in assets under management, found 84 per cent expect the level of trading in commodities to increase in the year ahead with 29 per cent forecasting a substantial increase.
A key driver is that 81 per cent of them believe markets are entering a commodity supercycle where commodities trade above their long-term price trend for decades-long periods,
The latest edition of the AIMA Hedge Fund Confidence Index (HFCI) – a global index that measures confidence hedge funds have in the economic prospects over the next 12 months – reveals that the average measure of confidence has risen to +19.5, up from an average of +18.4 in Q1.
Based on a survey of more than 300 hedge funds accounting for approximately USD1 trillion in assets, respondents are asked to choose from a range of -50 to +50, where +50 indicates the highest possible level of economic confidence over the next 12 months.
More than 90 per cent of funds
Integral, a technology company in the foreign exchange space, has reported average daily volumes (ADV) across Integral platforms of USD51.0 billion in June 2021.
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Derivatives marketplace CME Group has reported its Q2 and June 2021 market statistics, showing it reached average daily volume (ADV) of 18.4 million contracts for both the second quarter and the month of June.
According to CME Group’s latest figures, overall ADV increased 5 per cent, while interest rate futures and options volume rose by 25 per cent, including: Record SOFR futures ADV of 118K, an increase of more than 200 per cent, and a 19 per cent increase in interest rate options.
CME Group also saw record bitcoin futures and options ADV of 26,575 contracts, as well as record
