04 Mar 2021
Key considerations for hedge fund succession planning – Part II: Leadership transition involves a maze of complexity
By Joel Press, Press Management – The transition of leadership in the private world of hedge funds is incomparable to corporate America,…
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Jordan & Jordan's market data reporting business acquires TRG Screen
TRG Screen, a provider of enterprise subscription spend management solutions, has acquired the Market Data Reporting (MDR) business from…
03 Mar 2021
‘Twitterisation’: How social media is reshaping asset management firms' business models
Social media networks are now “critical communications channels and sources of real-time data” for investment managers, presenting myriad…
Style Analytics and Foresight Analytics partner
Style Analytics, a London and Boston based factor analysis firm that is now a part of Investment Metrics, has partnered with…
Digital asset investment products saw USD395m in inflows last week
Digital asset investment products saw inflows of USD395 million despite a weak price environment, according to the latest…
02 Mar 2021
Northern Trust inks deal with quant specialist Two Sigma to offer Venn analytics tool to clients
Northern Trust has paired up with Two Sigma to offer Venn, the quantitative investment specialist’s cloud-based analytics platform, to its…
Cloud computing and trading tech to disrupt FX industry
The USD6 trillion foreign exchange (FX) industry is in the midst of a tech revolution, with cloud computing and trading technology upgrades…
01 Mar 2021
EDI reports questions whether exchanges hold copyright in closing prices
Exchange Data International (EDI) has released a report that questions whether stock and derivative exchanges have copyright in closing…
24 Feb 2021
Barclays investor poll predicts rush of new capital in “breakout year” for hedge funds
Hedge funds could be set for a rush of new capital pouring into the industry this year – potentially reaching up to USD30 billion – as…
Substantive Research adds to US and UK sales teams
Substantive Research, a research discovery and research spend analytics provider for the buy-side, has appointed Michael Malpiede as Senior…
23 Feb 2021
Digital assets see inflows of USD492m in past week
Digital asset investment products saw inflows totalling USD492 million last week, according to the latest data released by…
22 Feb 2021
Man GLG’s Flamand urges market neutral tilt as inflation risk looms amid equities “euphoria”
Inflation is the next big risk facing the nascent economic recovery, and equity investors should be “exceptionally selective” in their…
SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator at 2.37 per cent for February
The SS&C GlobeOp hedge fund Forward Redemption Indicator for February 2021 measured 2.37 per cent, up from 1.78 per cent in…
Stock market gamification unlikely to end soon
The stock market gamification seen in the Robinhood-GameStop trading saga is unlikely to end soon or draw major near-term regulatory…
Market neutral long-short to remain under pressure, says Lyxor Research
In recent months, Market Neutral L/S strategies underperformed other hedge fund strategies, in a context where risk assets rallied…
