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Bitfinex Derivatives will launch perpetual contracts for solana, bitcoin (SOLF0:BTCF0), avalanche, bitcoin (AVAXF0:BTCF0) and cosmos (ATOF0:USTF0).
SOLF0:BTCF0, AVAXF0:BTCF0 and ATOF0:USTF0 will go live on 02/11/21 at 13:00 PM CET. SOLF0:BTCF0 and AVAXF0:BTCF0 will be settled in bitcoin. ATOF0:USTF0 will be settled in tether tokens (USDt). All of the contracts offer users up to 100x leverage.
“We’re delighted to announce the addition of Solana, bitcoin and Avalanche, bitcoin, along with Cosmos, to the growing portfolio of perpetual swaps available to trade on the exchange,” says Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Bitfinex Derivatives. “We anticipate great interest in these products, particularly among funds
Transaction Network Services (TNS) has invested significantly in its European backbone and data solutions in 2021, offering expanded market data from all major European equities exchanges and ultra-low latency TNS Layer 1 in-data centre architecture connected to TNS’ points-of-presence (PoPs) across Europe.
The organisation enhanced its already extensive market data portfolio adding Wiener Boerse AG, which operates the stock exchanges in Vienna and Prague. TNS is also working with Deutsche Börse to provide access to Eurex and Xetra market data for non-member organizations, leveraging its established presence at the datacentre in Frankfurt.
“This strengthening of our European backbone is
Digital asset investment products saw inflows totalling USD288 million last week, bringing the total inflows year-to-date to a record USD8.7 billion, according to the latest Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly report from CoinShares.
Bitcoin saw the majority of inflows totalling USD269 million last week bring total inflows for October to USD2 billion.
The record-breaking previous week, following the US SEC permitting a Bitcoin futures ETF decision, was not repeated last week with only USD53 million of inflows from US-based ETFs.
Multi-asset investment products saw outflows totalling a record USD23 million, in what is now a three week run of outflows.
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Similarweb, a digital intelligence company, has been named the Best Alternative Data Provider in the Hedgeweek Americas 2021 Awards. This is a first-time nomination and win for Similarweb, which earned the award for its Investor Intelligence service, launched in late 2018.
Absolute Investment Advisers (Absolute), a long-term client of the Apex Group (Apex), has closed its acquisition of Mohican Financial Management (Mohican).
Absolute is the fund adviser to the Absolute Convertible Arbitrage Fund (ARBIX) while Mohican Financial has been the Fund’s subadviser. The strategic transaction brings the two firms together.
Apex has worked with Absolute to support fund launches and provide ongoing fund services since its foundation in 2004. Absolute provides access to non-traditional investment strategies in mutual fund structures and continues to prove the value offered to investors by the asset class. In this case, the Absolute Convertible Arbitrage
Trading Technologies International, (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, is to be acquired by 7RIDGE, a specialised growth equity firm invested in transformative technologies.
7RIDGE will fuel Trading Technologies’ organic growth and enable the firm to make targeted strategic acquisitions in the future. Cboe Global Markets, Inc (Cboe: CBOE) and Singapore Exchange (SGX), who are among the limited partners of the fund managed by 7RIDGE, have voiced their support of the transaction. Terms of the transaction, expected to close before year-end subject to regulatory approvals, have not been disclosed.
7RIDGE’s acquisition of
Bitfinex, a digital token trading platform, has launched customisable trading templates, enabling each user to create their own unique trading experience.
Bitfinex customers can now tailor their trading portal according to their view on the market. Trading templates can be formulated to meet the specific requirements of a user, facilitating the execution of sophisticated trading strategies. Each user can choose between multiple widgets from a list of tools, including Trading Charts, Depth Charts and Bitfinex Pulse.
“We’re delighted to enable our growing user base to further tailor their trading experience according to their unique individual needs with these trading templates,”
T Rowe Price Group is to acquire alternative credit manager purchase Oak Hill Advisors and certain other entities that have common ownership for a purchase price of up to approximately USD4.2 billion.
USD3.3 billion is payable at closing, approximately 74 per cent in cash and 26 per cent in T Rowe Price common stock, and up to an additional USD900 million in cash upon the achievement of certain business milestones beginning in 2025.
The purchase price includes the retirement of OHA debt outstanding at closing. Excluding amortisation of intangibles and the expense impact of the earn-out, the transaction is expected
Pico, a provider of technology, data and analytic services for the financial markets community, has enhanced its Corvil Analytics offering for electronic financial markets with the launch of a new flagship appliance, the Corvil 10000.
In today’s competitive, complex and evolving trading environment, Pico believes that maintaining performant trading infrastructure and robust monitoring systems for network transparency and data insights is paramount. The exponential increase in trading and data volumes, particularly since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, has accelerated this need for higher capacity infrastructure with up to four times faster initial uptake for 100Gbps deployments when compared to
