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Credit and equity managers are leading the charge in regard to the consideration of diversity metrics when researching potential investments, Redington research has found.
Almost all asset managers across all asset classes appear to be recognising the importance of diversity within their own investment teams. Yet despite this, Redington’s Sustainable Investment Survey found that most asset managers across real assets, private debt, LDI and multi-asset funds are not considering diversity metrics such as gender when researching potential investments.
Of the 112 asset managers Redington surveyed, representing over USD10 trillion in AuM, the vast majority (94 per cent) believe that diverse
SBAI, a global alliance of alternative investment managers and allocators and custodian of the Alternative Investments Standards, has released a new Toolbox memo providing guidance on completing operational due diligence on crypto assets. The memo can be found in the SBAI Toolbox for Crypto Assets.
Crypto assets were once the purview of retail investors, but more recently the asset class has gained attention from institutional allocators and alternative asset managers. There are dedicated crypto funds specialising in digital assets, however some more traditional hedge fund managers are now allocating to this asset class.
Institutional allocators conduct operational due diligence (ODD)
Three specialists in the global digital asset regulatory and compliance space have formed a partnership to create a one-stop solution for firms across the digital asset ecosystem, solving for cryptocurrency anti-money laundering (AML), trade surveillance, as well as Travel Rule compliance for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs).
Bitnomial, a US cryptocurrency derivatives exchange company, has launched US-based, physically settled bitcoin futures with 35 per cent margin, a significant milestone and a first for a de novo exchange.
The sweeping changes and far-reaching trade upheaval brought about by Brexit and Covid-19 heralds sizable investment opportunities for hedge fund managers, according to a new study by IG Prime.
The report – ‘An Analysis of Post-Brexit Economies’ – examines the impact of Brexit on international trade, gauging potential growth areas in specific sectors, and considers the broader trends unfolding from evolving international trade patterns as a result of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union.
Specifically, the report probes the UK’s main exports prior to Brexit – such as precious metals, vehicles, and pharmaceutical products – as well as the
CME Group’s Micro E-mini Equity Index futures and options have surpassed one billion contracts traded across all four indices.
Micro E-mini Equity Index futures became available for trading across four US indices – S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Russell 2000 and Dow Jones Industrial Average – in May of 2019, with Micro E-mini options available on Micro E-mini S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures contracts in August of 2020.
“At just two-and-a-half years old, Micro E-mini Equity Index futures and options have become among the most actively traded equity index products at CME Group, enabling clients to manage risk in our highly liquid
CoinFLEX, crypto exchange and yield platform, has partnered with Copper.co, a digital asset custodian, by integrating with ClearLoop, Copper’s unique instant settlement trading network.
This partnership will open the gateway for institutional investors to access flexible crypto yield products, including flexUSD, accelerating the stablecoin to a USD1 billion market cap by Q1 2022.
Over 300 institutional asset managers at Copper will be able to use CoinFLEX’s interest-earning stablecoin, flexUSD, as collateral to trade on exchange while securely storing their assets offline and off the exchange. CoinFLEX’s integration with ClearLoop is paramount because it adds an extra layer of regulatory assurance
Avelacom, a low latency connectivity, IT infrastructure and data solutions provider for global financial markets, has expanded its coverage in the APAC region b y broadening its partnership with Singapore Exchange (SGX) and becoming its colocation provider.
The new initiative is aimed at global proprietary trading firms and relative value funds who benefit from market volatility and need the fastest access to SGX’s trading platforms. Avelacom’s new server rack will be situated next to SGX’s core securities and derivatives matching facility, providing less than 20 microseconds round-trip network latency to SGX’s trading and market data engines – the fastest in
CI Financial Corp (CI) has made a strategic investment in GLAS Funds (GLASfunds), a turnkey alternative investment platform and alternative asset management firm based in Cleveland.
Founded in 2009, GLASfunds is a tech-enabled platform providing investors with secure and streamlined digital access to institutional-quality alternative investment opportunities and asset management oversight. It has approximately USD1.1 billion in combined assets under management and assets under contract.
CI’s investment will strengthen GLASfunds’ offering to the broader market, while providing CI Private Wealth clients with enhanced access to alternative asset classes through a best-in-class platform.
“Alternative assets are an increasingly important part of
CoinShares International Limited (CoinShares) has appointed Christine Rankin and Viktor Fritzén as Independent Non-Executive Directors of the Company.
Rankin is a former Partner at PWC and has held positions of trust at several organisations including Spotify, NASDAQ and Cherry AB. She currently holds the position of Senior Vice President, Corporate Control of Veoneer, a worldwide leader in automotive technology. Christine earned her Bachelor in Business Administration and Economics from Stockholm University. She is a Swedish citizen and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Fritzén held the positions of Global Investment Research Analyst and Corporate Finance Analyst at Goldman Sachs and GP
