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The rapid growth of digital assets has created unique challenges and opportunities as the industry balances the needs of an innovative, ambitious sector with the checks and balances needed to ensure the security and safekeeping of assets.
Market structures are developing to mirror traditional financial standards and against this backdrop, the custody of digital assets has come under sharper scrutiny. There are two key approaches to custody that investors and asset managers should consider, self-custody or managed custody. Each comes with its own set of benefits and drawbacks which investors must weigh when making their decision.
In this context, asset
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Hedge funds that want to be active in the crypto space are immediately faced with the difficulty of how to execute on their trading strategies. Other asset classes, like equities or commodities, don’t present this problem in such a heightened way because those markets have well-defined, regulatory-compliant ways to act on trade ideas.
This article argues that over-the-counter derivatives (for brevity, swaps) can help mitigate regulatory and operational difficulties that hedge funds face when executing on crypto trading strategies. The article focuses on US hedge funds and US regulations because the US generally presents the greatest difficulties for hedge funds
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A surge in redemption requests from investors after the ouster of founder Crispin Odey following multiple allegations of sexual assault, has prompted Odey Asset Management to suspend two funds, including the firm’s flagship hedge fund, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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The founders of Three Arrows Capital are being targeted by liquidators for the bankrupt cryptocurrency hedge fund for the recovery of $1.3 billion, the amount they allegedly racked up in losses prior to last year’s collapse of the firm, according to a report by Reuters.
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Hedgeweek and Private Equity Wire have announced the winners of the inaugural US Credit Awards, which recognise excellence in fund performance and service provider excellence across credit funds.
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London-headquartered hedge fund firm Marshall Wace has appointed Todd Builione, a partner and global head of private wealth at its private equity backer KKR, to run its US business in New York, according to a report by The Financial Times.
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US hedge fund Citadel’s portfolios all made money in the first five months of the year with the firm’s flagship portfolio chalking up a return of 6.14% to the end of May, according to a report by Reuters.
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The efforts of central banks around the world to tackle inflation have failed to have a meaningful impact, and threats to the broader global economy remain, according to a report by Reuters citing comments from Man Group Chief Executive Luke Ellis.
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By Alexander Ellerby (pictured), UCITS Research Analyst, Kepler Absolute Hedge – It’s a common instinct in investing: applying assumptions about the US market to other regions is something investors across asset classes and strategies have a habit of doing. The latest victim? Asian merger arbitrage strategies.
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Allegations of sexual misconduct levelled at Odey Asset Management founder Crispin Odey have prompted prime brokers, including Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley, to review their relationship with the hedge fund, according to a report by Reuters.
