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Digital assets investment products saw a sixth consecutive week of outflows totalling USD22m, bringing the total six week run of outflows to USD115 million, according to the latest Weekly Digital Assets Fund Flows report from CoinShares.
Despite the continued negative sentiment, it comes at a time of low investor participation likely due to the seasonal effects as seen in other asset classes.
Bitcoin continues to be the main release valve for investors, with outflows totalling USD22 million last week.
Multi-asset investment products, a stalwart during this most recent negative sentiment, saw minor outflows totalling USD0.3 million, the first time since
NAV Fund Administration Group, a provider of administrative services to alternative asset managers, has launched NAV Fund Services (Australia) Pty Ltd, a new business entity in Australia.
“In evaluating Australia as a potential location, we found a market ideally positioned for the comprehensive range of services, industry expertise, responsive client support, and competitive fee structure that NAV has established over the last three decades,” says NAV COO Ambuj Garg. “We look forward to introducing Australian fund managers to our flexible administration solutions, backed by a team of 1,500 professionals and a robust and agile proprietary technology platform designed to support
Titan has launched Titan Crypto, an actively managed portfolio of cryptocurrency assets available to all US investors.
The mobile-first investment company allows Titan clients to access the world’s top growth investments with no previous knowledge or understanding of cryptocurrency and zero performance-based fees or lock-ups.
Until now, cryptocurrency has not been an easy class to understand or invest in. Titan plans to add tremendous value and significant returns for their customers by offering strategic investing and management of their cryptocurrency portfolio. The strategy seeks to invest in a concentrated basket of crypto assets that can outperform over a long-term time
DeFi Technologies has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire 100 per cent of the issued and outstanding securities of Protos Asset Management (Protos).
Protos, through its various funds and investment structures, gives investors exposure to professionally managed portfolios of cryptocurrency assets and DeFi networks. The founders have 18 combined years of investing in bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.
Protos Quant accounts aim to systematically reduce risk while growing the size of its clients portfolios relative to their BTC & ETH benchmarks.
In 2017, Protos raised the first tokenised quantitative crypto fund, issuing the PRTS token (one of the first
The rise of alternative data, and the exponential growth of new datasets, continues to influence the decision-making process for hedge funds and other asset managers across the investment spectrum.
CrossTower, a crypto investment and trading firm, has appointed Cory Thackeray, CA CPA, as Chief Financial Officer.
Thackeray brings 25-plus years of experience building globally recognised fund administrators to his new position. In his new role, he will be responsible for managing CrossTower’s finance functions and capital structure, ensuring that the firm’s activities continue to contribute to client service and growth of the firm.
Prior to joining CrossTower, Thackeray was Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Hedge Funds at State Street Alternative Investment Solutions, where he oversaw operations servicing over USD600 billion in Assets under Administration (AUA). Before that, he
Overbond has released an AI-powered margin optimisation add-on that fully integrates with its existing suite of AI-powered fixed income analytics. Traders using the add-on can optimise their hit ratio and triple the number of RFQs they are able to profitably respond to with full or partial automation.
The structure of fixed income markets has changed dramatically over the past decade. Secondary market liquidity has declined markedly due to new regulations that have led to increased capital requirements, reduced risk limits and increased costs for dealers.
New fixed income products, the emergence of electronic all-to-all platforms and non-dealer liquidity providers
There is one giant reason why asset managers have been accelerating their shift into the cloud in recent years: big data. The sheer scale of the data sets fund managers now use every day to shape their investment decisions is so large, that cloud-based data management and analytics solutions have become the most obvious choice.
John Kain (pictured), head of business and market development for banking and capital markets at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Financial Services, understands the technology needs of the industry better than almost anyone.
Since the industry first grasped the opportunity offered by cloud technology of virtually
For asset managers, selecting the right fund accounting and reporting platform is a crucial step. Get it right, and everyone – from portfolio managers to back-office staff and investors – can benefit from a seamless experience streamlining many of the most important activities involved in successfully managing a fund.
Get it wrong, and executives can find themselves in a whole world of pain. Problematic technology can delay reporting, throw up compliance problems and force fund managers to embrace time-consuming manual workarounds. Most importantly, it can damage their brand by frustrating investors who may struggle to access investment information they need.
Asset managers face a major change in their margin requirements next year as part of UMR, but many firms have not yet grasped the implications for their tech stack, says Thomas Griffiths (pictured) of Cassini Systems.
In the world of high finance, 13 years feels like an eternity. But the latter phases of strict rules, which have been in the works that long, are poised to have a sweeping impact on the industry, when they are introduced this autumn and next autumn, in their last two phases.
The Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR), which will force hundreds of asset managers to hold
