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Re-globalisation, digitalisation and ESG are currently offering attractive opportunities for outsized returns. By leveraging financial technologies, financial innovations and regulated capital markets in the US, Hi2 Global provides investors with access to these investments. Jerry Wang (pictured), founder and CEO of Hi2 Global, provides further details.
As hedge funds adopt multiple strategies, the complexity of their models has demanded a break from the traditional in-house built front-office technology stacks. Matthew Halicki – Vice President, Marketing at Flextrade outlines the key elements managers should consider when looking to partner with a technology firm.
MSCI, a provider of decision support tools and services for the global investment community, has integrated real-time macro-economic data from alternative data specialist QuantCube Technology into its new MSCI Economic Regime Allocator Index.
The new index allocates assets into different exposures based on a pre-determined set of rules and works on the premise that financial markets generally go through different cycles or phases, and during these cycles, different types of assets or stocks tend to perform differently. The index allocates assets to different market subsets based on the current economic regime. As the economy moves from one regime to another
The need for treasury and liquidity solutions is rising to the top of hedge fund and private equity managers’ agenda as pressures increase to strengthen risk management processes. Jonathan Spirgel (pictured), Managing Director of Cash & Liquidity (Public Markets), Hazeltree, provides further detail…
4OTC, a fintech provider of connectivity services for digital assets and FX, has partnered with Quod Financial, a provider of multi-asset advanced trading solutions, to deliver a “sophisticated” digital assets trading solution for institutional clients.
The partnership combines 4OTC’s API and exchange and OTC connectivity with Quod Financial’s O/EMS platform is aimed at enabling clients to “access liquidity from across the fragmented digital assets market and optimise their trading strategies”.
4OTC’s flagship product, 1API, aims to streamline connectivity across numerous digital asset exchanges and liquidity providers, while Quod Financial’s platform combines adaptable algorithmic trading, smart order routing, internalisation of flows,
Malta’s appeal as a fund jurisdiction is intrincially based on its geographical, political and legal attributes. The island’s colonial history resulted in an ad hoc corporate legal framework that compounds civil and common law practices, enabling the structuring of various investment products that satisfy the needs of fund promoters and fund investors alike.
The desire for automation and digitisation of processes and procedural operative tasks derives from the very nature of the investment business itself. As a depositary to various types of Malta-domiciled Collective Investment Schemes (CIS), it is imperative to highlight the fact that a CIS is generally subject to a magnitude of different rules and obliged to comply with such rules on an ongoing basis.
By PwC
Malta’s appeal as an alternative jurisdiction for asset and wealth managers is driven by a variety of factors. In particular, Malta provides start-ups and smaller/ medium-sized outfits looking to build track record or simply operate in a cost-effective environment with an attractive geographical location, EU membership, a highly educated multilingual workforce and also an efficient tax environment.
Changing international tax landscape
The international tax landscape is evolving in an unprecedented manner, resulting in increased pressures for international tax rules to be amended with a view to multinational entities paying a “fair” amount of tax. The pace with which
A small, but strategically located jurisdiction, Malta has successfully adapted its infrastructure, services and regulation to remain attractive as an international financial hub. As the financial industry continues to push the boundaries of innovation, Malta seeks to keep pace with managers looking to bring new products to market and meet their needs in terms of service, administration and compliance.
Deminimis Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) and third country AIFMs will soon have access to a new EU based fund structure which can offer flexibility, control and speed to market.
The Malta Financial Services Authority is on track to introduce the new framework for Notified Professional Investor Funds (Notified PIFs). This new structure will be attractive to Deminimis AIFMs and third country AIFMs looking for alternative fund structures based in an EU country. The fund will be an unregulated structure, with managers required to notify the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), rather than going through a full blown licensing process.
