The New York Institute of Finance (NYIF) and Google Cloud have launched a new Machine Learning for Trading Specialisation available exclusively on the Coursera platform.
The percentage of female partners of private equity firms and hedge funds and other financial services partnerships has stuck at just 14 per cent for the third year in a row, says employment and partnership law specialists Fox & Partners.
The LuxHedge Global Alternative UCITS Index posted a gain of +4.2 per cent over the past year and more than 80 per cent of funds ended the year in positive territory.
There are an estimated 445 alternative data providers in the funds industry, serving the needs of both traditional and alternative fund managers. This is, according to alternativedata.org, an industry that is projected to be worth USD350 billion in 2020. But while there is no doubting the quantity and diversity of data sets one can acquire, how valuable really are they?
As China enters the Year of the Rat this Saturday (25 January), Jasmine Kang, Portfolio Manager at Comgest, an independent, international asset management group, believes that China’s growth has become more sustainable but that high-quality companies are still rare and strong stock selection is more important than ever…
Airbus’ wholly owned subsidiary Skytra has selected Nasdaq to provide the core technology for its derivatives trading venue.
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for January 2020 measured 2.26 per cent, down from 4.95 per cent in December.
Majedie Asset Management (Majedie), a specialist active equity investor, has revealed the four teams which will be competing to win the title of ‘Next Generation Investor 2020’.
Société Générale’s CTA indices advanced between 2.5 and 3.5 per cent in the first three weeks of January, as managed futures strategies locked on to early-year trends in equity markets, currencies, and commodities.
Style Analytics, a provider of factor-based portfolio and market analytical tools for investment professionals, is expanding its ESG factor analysis tool with the launch of Carbon Risk Ratings and emission data from Sustainalytics, a leading global provider of ESG research, ratings and data.