01 Jul 2021
Exchange Council supports EEX’s commitment to provide sustainable markets
The newly elected EEX Exchange Council has held its constitutive meeting during which the Exchange Council members elected Dr Bernhard…
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Majority of firms in breach of transaction reporting requirements
Data from a Freedom of Information Request to the FCA has revealed that firms are either transaction reporting incorrectly or not adhering…
Hedge funds on a high as new launches outweigh liquidations
More hedge funds were launched in the first quarter of this year than at any other time since the end of 2017, with the number of new…
Finance lawyer joins Schulte Roth & Zabel in New York
Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ) has added Gregory Ruback as a partner in the Finance & Derivatives Group, resident in the firm’s New…
Six added to Investec Fund Solutions team
Investec Fund Solutions has hired six new people as it continues to build its presence in NAV, secondary financing and fund hedging. This…
EEX launches new Financial Gas Futures
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has successfully launched new Financial Gas Futures contracts which are cash-settled against the…
Algorand integrates Copper’s digital asset custody solution
Copper.co, a provider of digital asset custody and trading solutions, is now providing support for the ALGO, the native token of the…
30 Jun 2021
Northern Trust launches alternative asset servicing digitisation initiative
Northern Trust has launched a machine learning-powered document capture capability as the foundation of a multi-year investment to digitise…
Activist hedge fund CIAM says SCOR cannot ignore shareholder discontent after AGM vote
Activist hedge fund CIAM says SCOR SE’s board of directors can “no longer ignore” shareholder discontent over governance practices, after…
Sucden Financial Research now on Refinitiv Eikon
Sucden Financial, the global multi-asset execution, clearing and liquidity provider, has partnered with Refinitiv to distribute market…
PODCAST: Uberisation 2.0 – New ways of creating value and gaining scale
In this 5th and final podcast of the series, Steven Unzicker, Founder of ANZU Research, SEI’s Ross Ellis and Michael Neumann, Head of AI…
Event driven hedge funds latch onto M&A boom, as potential for returns has “never been better”
Event driven hedge funds are making hay amid soaring levels of corporate activity, with new stats showing these managers raked in their…
AI-powered fintech Saphyre partners with Symphony
Symphony, a financial markets’ infrastructure and technology platform, has established a strategic partnership with fintech firm Saphyre,…
Hedge fund commitments help PFX reach over USD30bn in available 'project finance' in three months
The Project Finance Exchange (PFX), a ‘closed’ marketplace where capital-raising construction and infrastructure projects can connect and…
29 Jun 2021
Nowcasting: Quant platform SIGTech offers asset managers a real-time edge
Quantitative traders, researchers and systematic investors have traditionally mined historical financial data, seeking out repeating…
