07 Sep 2023
FSB issues hedge fund synthetic leverage warning
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has warned that some hedge funds now have “very high levels of synthetic leverage”, debt created by the…
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Man Group completes Varagon acquisition
Man Group has completed its previously announced acquisition of Varagon Capital Partners, a US middle market private credit manager with…
Gatemore makes Partner and General Counsel appointment
Gatemore Capital Management (Gatemore), a London-based activist firm focused on public and private markets in the UK and US, has bolstered…
Appital launches Insights for buyside bookbuilding
Appital, a peer-to-peer price discovery and liquidity sourcing technology for asset managers, has launched Appital Insights, a new tool…
06 Sep 2023
Interest rate rises up hedge fund performance pressure
The dramatic increase in global interest rates over the past 18 months has prompted hedge fund investors to warn managers that they face an…
Man Numeric targeting fully digital bond trading by 2025
Man Numeric, the quant investment arm of Man Group, the world's largest listed hedge fund manager, is aiming to execute 100% of its…
Trium Capital launches Trium Multi-Strategy UCITS Fund
Trium Capital, a multi-portfolio manager alternative asset management firm, has launched the Trium Multi-Strategy UCITS Fund, bringing a…
Glenview Chief Compliance Officer to join Lowenstein Sandler
Jonathan A Danziger, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Glenview Capital Management, the $8.7bn New York-based hedge fund…
Hedge fund Polar taps Scotiabank director for risk group role
Steve McDonald, a director in Bank of Nova Scotia’s treasury group, is leaving the Toronto-based bank to take up a new role as a director…
FXCM Pro forms liquidity bridging partnership with Tools for Brokers
FXCM Pro, the institutional arm of FXCM, a provider of online foreign exchange trading, CFD trading and related services, has formed a…
05 Sep 2023
Ex-GIC bond manager planning London hedge fund launch
Reuben Abrams, a former portfolio manager at Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, is planning to launch a London-based long-short equities…
Hedge funds turn bullish on crude as US stocks fall
A fall in US inventories of crude oil prompted hedge funds and other money managers to purchase the equivalent of 19 million barrels in the…
LSEG explores blockchain-based trading system
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is looking into building a blockchain-based digital markets ecosystem to enable the trading of…
Northern Trust appoints former BNP APAC hedge exec as Head of Asset Servicing, Hong Kong
Northern Trust has appointed Aisling Keane, the former Head of Hedge Fund Services for APAC at BNP Paribas Securities Services, as its new…
Hedge fund boss Cohen's VC firm leads GenTwo Series A round
GenTwo, a Swiss-based B2B Fintech platform specialised in securitisation of bankable and non-bankable assets, has raised $15m in a Series A…
