09 Jul 2021
Growth curve: How Trident Trust is flourishing as the crypto fund sphere matures
Trident Trust entered the cryptocurrency sector in early 2017 as bitcoin was beginning to appreciate in value, and since then the global…
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30 Jun 2021
PODCAST: Uberisation 2.0 – New ways of creating value and gaining scale
In this 5th and final podcast of the series, Steven Unzicker, Founder of ANZU Research, SEI’s Ross Ellis and Michael Neumann, Head of AI…
29 Jun 2021
Nowcasting: Quant platform SIGTech offers asset managers a real-time edge
Quantitative traders, researchers and systematic investors have traditionally mined historical financial data, seeking out repeating…
23 Jun 2021
Performance dispersion prompts flight to quality
After a benign catastrophe environment lasting several years, the insurance-linked securities market was tested by considerable losses…
Understanding risk when building ILS portfolios
After suffering considerable losses in 2017, investor faith in insurance-linked securities (ILS) might have been dented. However, investor…
Proprietary analysis key to active ILS management
The peak perils of hurricane and earthquake receive the most attention when catastrophe risk gets transferred in the insurance-linked…
Diversified ILS portfolios are the future
Interest in insurance-linked securities (ILS) is moving beyond catastrophe instruments, although this is the most mature sector. There is…
18 Jun 2021
The evolution of investor relations in capital raising
By Emer McGuckin, Citco (Canada) Inc – This Hedgeweek report looks at how manager-investor relations are evolving in the hedge fund world,…
14 Jun 2021
IFPR: the time to act is now
Firms falling within the remit of the FCA’s new Investment Firm Prudential Regime (IFPR) cannot afford to be passive. They need to set…
10 Jun 2021
NLP and sentiment: A new tool for ESG investors
Natural Language Processing (NLP) can enhance ESG Investing in a variety of ways, from building alpha-generating strategies to monitoring…
Managers must have a strong 360-degree view of their data
Most hedge fund managers have taken action to protect their firm’s data from external attacks. However, there is a growing recognition of…
02 Jun 2021
Uncorrelated returns with the potential for disruption and decentralisation: How crypto assets are changing the considerations for alternative investments
“As an investment case, bitcoin is very early stage and offers big potential, as its long-term correlation is low compared to traditional…
27 May 2021
Top tax and regulatory considerations for investment funds in 2021 and beyond
By Bao Nguyen, Nick Tootle and Stephen Ng — With a new administration in office, an evolving regulatory landscape, and tax changes…
26 May 2021
How can AI help illustrate your ESG edge to investors?
ESG data analysis and how it links to performance will be the focus of the next FIS webinar, in conjunction with Hedgeweek, during which we…
Keeping strong in a storm: Extensive trading capabilities deliver
Market volatility and high volume have exposed weaknesses in trading systems and technology offerings. This has led to reductions in…
