05 Apr 2023
TCW and Lakemore form CLO equity investment partnership
The TCW Group, a global asset management firm, has entered into a strategic partnership with Lakemore Partners Ltd. and its group entities,…
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Digital assets fund trading volumes down 33%
Digital asset investment products saw inflows totaling a lacklustre $2.5 million, with trading volumes falling by 33% compared to the prior…
04 Apr 2023
Citadel taps Morgan Stanley exec for quant research role
Ken Griffin's Citadel has joined the growing list of hedge funds and another investment firms tapping Morgan Stanley for new recruits with…
ValueAct pushing for 7-Eleven spin-off
Activist investor ValueAct Capital is pushing Japanese retail group Seven & i Holdings to either spin off its 7-Eleven convenience…
Snow Lake closes Hong Kong office after 12 years
China-focused hedge-fund firm Snow Lake Capital Ltd has closed its office in Hong Kong after 12 years of operating in the city, according…
Chatham Asset Management settles SEC charges over improper trades
New Jersey based hedge fund Chatham Asset Management and the firm's founder Anthony Melchiorre have agreed to pay more than $19.3 million…
European clearing house ECC appoints new CEO
The Supervisory Board of European Commodity Clearing AG has appointed Dr Tobias Paulun as the new CEO of the clearing house, effective from…
Crypto and FX prime broker GCEX adds new proprietary trading platforms
GCEX, a prime brokerage in digital assets and FX, has released XplorDigital trading solutions, including two new proprietary trading…
Aquis launches 'world's first' 24/7 regulated exchange
Aquis Technologies, a division of Aquis Exchange, a specialist in financial markets and trading technology, has launched Aquis Equinox,…
Month in review: March madness roils global markets
Global markets demonstrated the madness of the proverbial March hare last month, as the demise of not one, but three banks, in a matter of…
03 Apr 2023
CTAs caught out by bond market turmoil
The recent bond market turmoil triggered by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and Credit Suisse, caught out many macro…
Sachem Head presses Arconic to sell itself
Sachem Head Capital Management, an activist hedge fund firm founded by Scott Ferguson in 2012, has urged US aluminium sheet maker Arconic…
Aragon founder Dias follows ex's Miami move
Aragon Global Management, the global equities hedge fund firm founded by Anne Dias, the former wife of Citadel boss Ken Griffin, has closed…
SEC charges hedge fund trader and broker-dealer over SPAC insider trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed insider trading charges against Sean Wygovsky, a former trader at a Canadian asset…
OptionMetrics acquires Woodseer Global
OptionMetrics, an options and futures database and analytics provider for institutional investors and academic researchers worldwide, has…
