05 Aug 2022
CME Group to launch European Overnight Index futures in Q4 2022
CME Group is to launch European Overnight Index futures based on RepoFunds Rate (RFR) benchmarks and the Euro Short-Term Rate (€STR) in Q4…
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Hedge fund exec Griffin subpoenaed by Twitter over sale to Elon Musk
Citadel founder Ken Griffin has been added to a list of entities subpoenaed by Twitter as the social media firm looks to force Tesla…
Number of European short positions hits highest level since May 2020, says SEI Novus data
The UK’s short exposure soared in July relative to other European countries, to give it the greatest short exposure in the region at 22.6%,…
Citadel appoints new head of agriculture
Citadel has appointed Willis Kidd as its new head of agriculture after Robert Crosby left the firm. Kidd, who joined the $53 billion hedge…
Xpansiv to acquire Evolution Markets
Xpansiv, a market-infrastructure platform for environmental commodities, is to acquire Evolution Markets, a brokerage firm in global…
04 Aug 2022
H1 Update: Hedge funds traverse 2022’s economic turmoil
August 2022 | Soaring inflation, stock market upheaval and geopolitical turmoil have rocked global markets in 2022. This Hedgeweek Insight…
Apex Group closes £1.5bn acquisition of Sanne
Apex Group Ltd has closed its acquisition of Sanne Group (Sanne), a global provider of alternative asset and corporate services for £1.5…
Umbria Network adds Optimism bridge
Umbria Network’s Narni bridge, which facilitates the cheap and fast transfer of crypto assets between different blockchains, has added…
Tiger Global's flagship fund down 50%
Tiger Global's flagship fund has ended Q2 with a 50% loss after fees on the back of the recent crash in tech stock prices, according to a…
Palm Beach Hedge Fund Association partners with Grassi Advisors & Accountants
The Palm Beach Hedge Fund Association (PBHFA) has partnered with Grassi Advisors & Accountants (Grassi), a provider of tax, audit and…
Laying the foundation for sound digital asset strategy
Volatility drives innovation and the current market conditions are creating both risk and opportunity for investors. The next bull market…
Ex-PwC crypto head launches $75m digital assets hedge fund in Dubai
Henri Arslanian, the head of PwC's cryptocurrency business, has left the firm to set up a new digital assets hedge fund for institutional…
Top performing Brazil hedge fund backs oil and domestic stocks
Vista Capital, a Brazilian hedge fund which has so far racked up a 54% return in 2022, is betting on further increases in the price of oil…
JonesTrading expands healthcare research
JonesTrading Institutional Services (JonesTrading), a specialist in equity research for the healthcare, financial services and energy…
BitMEX launches FX perpetual swap contracts
BitMEX has launched the first ever cryptocurrency FX perpetual swap contracts (FX perps), allowing users to trade an initial 22 contracts…
