05 Jul 2022
Zodia Markets appoints CFO
Zodia Markets, an institutional digital asset exchange and brokerage, has appointed Buford Scott as its chief financial officer (CFO).Led…
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04 Jul 2022
Activist hedge fund execs and dissident director opposed by over 20% of Toshiba Investors
More than 20% of Toshiba Corp shareholders opposed the election of two new board directors from activist hedge funds and a dissident…
Crypto pioneer Altana launches Digital Assets Fund
Altana Wealth has launched a new Digital Assets Fund that will invest in Blockchain Technology across a wide spectrum of sectors.The London…
Pluto Digital backstops ether vault depositors in ETH Vault
Pluto Digital, a crypto tech and operations company, has taken the unprecedented step of protecting users of the YOP platform from the…
Avantua plans hedge fund launch as China sentiment improves
An improvement in global investor sentiment towards China and Hong Kong has prompted Avantua Group, the family office created by a member…
3AC CEO to sell luxury Singapore property
Zhu Su, the chief executive officer and co-founder of beleaguered cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) is looking to sell…
BOE's PRA issues hedge fund margin call model warning
A widely-used model to calculate margin requirements may not accurately reflect the risk some funds face in unlisted trades according to…
BNP Paribas’ marks fourth anniversary of THEAM Quant Dispersion US fund
BNP Paribas has marked the fourth anniversary of the THEAM Quant Dispersion US fund one of its suite of systematic and alternative…
Crypto hedge fund Three Arrows files for US bankruptcy
Troubled crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) has moved to protect its US assets by filing for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in Manhattan…
SEC charges Empires Consulting Corp over fake 'hedge fund' trading scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed fraud charges against Empires Consulting Corp. (EmpiresX), its founders Emerson Sousa…
GAM appoints senior investment manager fixed income
GAM Investments has appointed Roland Mueller as Senior Investment Manager Fixed Income. Mueller will report to Andrea Quapp, investment…
CoinShares acquires AIFM-regulated crypto asset manager Napoleon Asset Management
CoinShares International Limited (CoinShares), following receipt of approval from the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), has acquired…
01 Jul 2022
Dubai gaining ground as a hedge fund hotspot
Dubai is fast becoming a new hedge fund hotspot with a clutch of managers swapping more traditional locations for the emirate, according to…
Convergence launches on Bitfinex enabling access to private DeFi markets
Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform, is listing new markets for Convergence (CONV), an automated market maker (AMM)…
Blockchain.com and Deribit helped push 3AC into liquidation
Both Blockchain.com and Deribit were part of a group of creditors who pushed for troubled cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital…