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100 Women in Finance (100WF), a global finance industry network, has announced that its 2022 Global FundWomen Week Conference (GFWW), the largest global gathering of asset allocators and female investment managers, will be held virtually from 31 October to 4 November, 2022.
GFWW is part of 100WF’s FundWomen initiative, promoting and empowering female investment professionals by facilitating stronger female networks within the institutional investment community and increasing allocation to female managers.
As it has over the years, the capital introduction-focused conference will include virtual 1:1 meetings between leading female fund managers and allocators, as well as thought leadership content
Deutsche Börse Group is expanding its offering in the data services space by acquiring European fund data specialist Kneip Communication SA.
The companies have reached an agreement through which Deutsche Börse will acquire 100 per cent of the Luxembourg-based fund data manager. Further terms of the transaction, which is expected to close by age end of March, have not been disclosed.
Established in 1993, Kneip is a recognised leader in fund data management and regulatory reporting solutions for the asset management industry. The company manages investor disclosure and data publication for more than 10,000 funds in over 40 countries, including
CarbonX, an Indonesian high impact Carbon asset developer, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the world’s first fully digital carbon exchange, AirCarbon Exchange (ACX) to jointly develop a carbon marketplace in Indonesia.
Director of CarbonX, Dessi Yuliana says that the partnership will provide Indonesian carbon project developers with a domestic carbon market linked to ACX’s international client order book. Also, the carbon marketplace will allow the growing Indonesian carbon market to rapidly scale up.
The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, the professional body for the global alternative investment industry, has unveiled its latest research and thought leadership initiative: Portfolio for the Future™.
“We are in the twilight of a four-decade economic super wave driven by unprecedented accommodative monetary policy by global central banks and are embarking on a new era that will have far-reaching implications for investors, fiduciaries, and other stakeholders working in or impacted by the asset management profession,” said John Bowman, Executive Vice President for the CAIA Association. “With all this in mind, the industry needs to be re-oriented back towards
BrokerTec, a provider of electronic trading platforms and technology services in fixed income markets, has partnered with Broadway Technology to make its Relative Value (RV) Curve spread trading functionality available on Broadway’s Toc platform.
The integration provides mutual clients with access to the full RV Curve product suite to increase execution efficiencies by merging liquidity from BrokerTec’s industry-leading central limit order book with a single-threaded matching engine to eliminate legging risk, provide inside liquidity, and increase matching opportunities when trading benchmark spreads.
Drawbridge, a premier provider of cybersecurity software and solutions to the alternative investment industry, has created an Industry Advisory Board (IAB), which brings together exceptional industry leaders with unmatched experience to foster an open exchange of ideas and best practices to help advance cyber defences.
Comprised of industry luminaries and current Drawbridge clients, the IAB members each boast deep financial services sector knowledge and are at the forefront of the security, legal, compliance and outsourced business solutions sectors. Insights shared by the IAB will help inform and support Drawbridge’s business strategy and evolving product roadmap, and IAB members will have
Prometheus Alternative Investments, a Los Angeles, California-based social marketplace platform providing institutional-quality information, insights, and alternative investment opportunities to high-net-worth (HNW) investors, wealth advisors, and asset managers, has launched its new Access Funds programme.
With its first feeder fund now live, the programme offers accredited investors, who represent over USD177 trillion in assets globally, the ability to discover, research, and transact at lower minimum investment amounts (as low as USD25,000) across an expanding menu of high-quality fund managers covering hedge fund, venture capital, private equity and credit, real estate and crypto strategies.
All underlying fund managers participating in the Access
Fidelity Investments has launched Fidelity Diversifying Solutions, a new division offer investors access to hedge-fund like strategies, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The new liquid alternatives division, headed by president Vadim Zlotnikov, filed to register two new funds at the end of last year, Fidelity Global Macro Opportunities and Fidelity Risk Parity.
The liquid alternatives sector, which first took off during the inancial crisis in 2008 before falling out of favour with investsors, has experienced a renaissance during the pandemic, attracting USD29 billion in 2021 when inflows exceed redemption for the first time since 2015, according to Morningstar.
Chainalysis, a blockchain data platform, has partnered with Cross River, a technology-driven financial services organisation that provides core infrastructure and embedded financial solutions.
Cross River is known for providing financial services to the fintech and crypto sectors and will utilise Chainalysis tools to compliantly expand its offerings to additional cryptocurrency businesses.
Chainalysis’ technology wrapped into Cross River’s core infrastructure will enable crypto companies to build and scale, while knowing that regulatory expertise and compliance are already built in.
Cowen Inc has launched a digital asset division, Cowen Digital offering full-service trade execution and custody solutions on a platform that provides institutional clients with secure and compliant access to the digital asset ecosystem.
Custody solutions are provided through Cowen’s strategic partnership with Polysign’s Standard Custody & Trust.
Over the last 15 months Cowen has been focused on building the infrastructure and systems necessary to launch Cowen Digital. The new division brings proven expertise in traditional finance to support and assist institutional clients as they plan and execute their digital asset investment strategies, underpinned by Cowen’s integrated institutional-grade infrastructure.
