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Bitcoin investment products saw record outflows of USD98 million or .02 per cent of total assets under management, last week according to the latest Digital Asset Fund Flows Report from CoinShares.
Telos has listed its TLOS token on leading crypto exchange, Kucoin. Following recent traction on DEXs including UniSwap and PancakeSwap, the TLOS listing on Kucoin broadens availability of the token to a larger pool of investors as this move represents the token’s first appearance on a mainstream exchange.
Deposits opened on KuCoin at 6 pm UTC+8 on May 16. Trading pairs include TLOS/USDT and TLOS/BTC, with initial support for ERC-20, followed by BEP-20.
“We’re proud to announce the arrival of TLOS on Kucoin’s leading exchange,” says Douglas Horn, Telos chief architect. “It’s now easier than ever for investors to participate
Everysk Technologies, Inc, an investment technology company providing automated multi-asset portfolio analytics with data-centric, machine learning techniques, has appointed alternative investment industry leader Nicola Grenham to the company’s Board of Advisors.
“We are extremely excited to have Nicola join Everysk’s Board of Advisors,” says Allan Brik, PhD, Co-Founder, and Chief Executive Officer. “She brings valuable experience as a successful entrepreneur, together with significant knowledge and expertise in the investment management industry. Nicola has already been exceedingly helpful in contributing to the strong growth and development we’ve seen at Everysk.”
“I am delighted to join Everysk’s Board of
Preqin, a specialist in alternative assets data, tools and insights, has appointed Tom Hunt as its new Chief Technology Officer.
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EM sovereign credit initiated a rebound at the turn of the quarter (+3 per cent QTD) as Treasuries bounced back after having registered the worst quarterly returns since the early 1980s (-4.3 per cent for the Barclays US Treasuries in Q1), according to the latest weekly hedge funds brief from Lyxor’s Senior Strategists Jean-Baptiste Berthon and Philippe Ferreira, and Hedge Fund Analyst Pierre Cerryn.
In line with broader market developments, EM Global Macro strategies rebounded quarter-to-date, up +1.6 per cent as of 7 May, but still down -1.3 per cent year-to-date. The rebound in EM currencies was also supportive and
Using data from HFR and Eurekahedge, AlternativeSoft selected five funds with the highest 2020 returns to see if simple momentum has generated strong returns in 2021.
The five funds generated returns between 149 per cent and 300 per cent in 2020, with the best performing, SYWLP, returning 300.45 per cent was SYWLP.
However, when AlternativeSoft analysed the performance of the same funds in the first quarter of 2021, it found that their momentum were not carried over. SYWLP, for example, has a negative return of 28.47 per cent so far this year, while overall, the top five funds in 2020
Spectrum Markets, a pan-European trading venue for securitised derivatives, has introduced a Stop Order functionality with customised features.
Compared to other venues, Spectrum’s stop orders functionality offers two advantages to investors. The venue will use the presence of Market Maker Quotes in the order book as a trigger for Stop Orders, as opposed to the more commonly used Last Traded Price. This means that orders may be triggered even in times of low trading volumes and in safe conditions in terms of fair price for the execution.
A second feature allows investors the ability to select the side of
Felix Lo, a merger arbitrage specialist who managed money at Sandell Asset Management and Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management, has joined Trium Capital to run a new USD200 million global event driven fund targeting the ongoing resurgence in corporate M&A activity.
Following the global outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, the private capital industry saw a significant build-up of dry powder. Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) provided an outlet for these funds. However, sponsoring firms need to consider several factors to be well-prepared for launching a successful SPAC.
Zac McGinnis (pictured), Managing Director, Riveron, comments on the opportunity SPACs provided, particularly in the context of 2020: “A SPAC offered investors a vehicle to take advantage of the built-up dry powder. This type of investment is based on investors’ trust in a management team. When investing in a SPAC, investors
Elon has too much power over the price of cryptos, says GlobalData
Elon has too much power over the price of cryptos, says GlobalData