24 Nov 2022
Maintaining a balance
Despite the boom in third party service provision, hedge funds’ ops infrastructure remains a mix of outsourced, cloud- and in-house…
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Building the business
Amid sustained economic upheaval and investment volatility, operations specialists discuss the major trends and themes that are reshaping…
A higher profile
Against a constantly evolving backdrop of advancing technology, heightened regulatory barriers, and increasingly complex business…
A long-term plus
As hedge funds’ business functions grow in complexity, more managers are turning to technology in order to execute a growing number of…
Hedge fund returns improve in Q3, led by solid gains for macro strategies
Hedge fund returns held up well in the face of ongoing downward trends for some markets in the third quarter, seeing only a small decline…
Brazil hedge fund Galapagos to hire Miami-based team for new US fund
Galapagos Capital, a hedge fund based in São Paulo, Brazil, is to recruit a six-strong team to support the launch of a new US-registered…
Kohl's rejection of sale-leaseback deal sets up hedge fund showdown
US Department store operator Kohl's is on course for a new showdown with hedge fund investors including Macellum Capital Management LLC and…
Crypto brokerage Genesis seeking $1bn in fresh capital to stave off bankruptcy
Digital-asset brokerage Genesis is looking to raise funds for its lending unit, having warned that it may have to file for bankruptcy if it…
Options launches ultra low latency 100Gb WAN circuit upgrade across London
Options Technology, a Capital Markets services provider, has completed its 100Gb core network upgrades across all major London colocation…
SocGen teams with AllianceBernstein to boost equities business
Societe Generale is to merge large parts of its equities business with AllianceBernstein, with the companies having agreed to merge their…
Britannia expands prime brokerage offering
Britannia Financial Group has expanded Britannia Global Markets Limited’s Prime Brokerage offering, to include the trading of FX, index and…
23 Nov 2022
The combination of a strong launch market and a rapidly changing prime brokerage landscape
The coming year could bring a strong launch market, with new funds and emerging managers coming to light. This could lead to an interesting…
Microsoft tops Amazon as favourite hedge fund long position
Microsoft has replaced Amazon.com as the favourite long position for hedge funds, according to a report by Dow Jones Newswires, with…
3AC founder predicts up to eight-year setback for crypto industry following FTX collapse
Su Zhu, co-founder of failed cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), believes that the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX…
