02 Feb 2021
New paper examines the future of tokenisation in alternative investments
BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM), the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA), and Liquefy, a Hong-Kong based…
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Weekly digital asset product inflows total USD354m, says CoinShares
Digital asset inflows continued last week with investment product inflows totalling USD354 million despite a relatively flat, but volatile…
01 Feb 2021
“Hedge funds are back”: Veteran investor Dixon Boardman sees “compelling opportunities” across three key strategy areas
Seasoned hedge fund investor Dixon Boardman (pictured), the founder and CEO of New York-based multi-manager group Optima Asset Management,…
GameStop: In defence of short selling
By Barry Norris, CEO and fund manager, Argonaut Capital – The meteoric rise of GameStop’s stock – which is seen by professional investors…
29 Jan 2021
Key considerations for hedge fund succession planning – Part I
In his latest occasional blog series, Joel Press (pictured) of Press Management, considers the issue of succession planning in the hedge…
Alpha News Stream launches new portal
Alpha News Stream (ANS), a cloud-delivered, highly customisable API newsfeed of financial headlines, has launched a website portal where…
28 Jan 2021
Thomas Murray launches digital asset assessment solution
Market intelligence specialist Thomas Murray has launched Thomas Murray Digital, a new service that will provide risk assessments of…
27 Jan 2021
IOWArocks launches global marketplace for data, tech, and services
IOWArocks, a global marketplace for data, tech, and services, has launched a new, single destination website under the IOWArocks umbrella…
Joint BMLL and WBR survey reveals rising investment in buying-in third party data and analytics capabilities to support in-house quantitative research
BMLL and WBR Insights have published new buyside research exploring how market participants use Level 3 data and analytics in their daily…
Meketa launches new asset manager diversity evaluation initiative
Meketa Investment Group (Meketa), a global investment consulting and fiduciary management (OCIO) firm, has launched a new initiative to…
Causality Link partners with Eagle Alpha
Alternative data specialist Eagle Alpha, has added AI-driven financial information technology provider Causality Link’s data to its library…
Bringing order to chaos: Amazonisation and the asset management industry
The ways in which Amazon’s business model could be employed by financial services and fintech firms to influence, disrupt and reshape the…
Moving past 2020: What institutional traders should look for in a broker
Last year was full of ups and downs, but there were plenty of lessons to be learned for traders. Despite this, how to survive, how to…
26 Jan 2021
REDD launches green and sustainable bond news and analysis service
REDD Intelligence (REDD), a fixed-income intelligence and analytics platform focused exclusively on the emerging markets, will now provide…
25 Jan 2021
SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator notifications at 1.78 per cent in January
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for January 2021 measured 1.78 per cent, down from 3.95 per cent in December."SS&C…