19 Feb 2021
“Art and science”: Prime Capital’s flagship strategy thrives with ‘alpha-first’ approach to hedge fund manager selection
Designed as a balanced portfolio of ‘best-in-class’ hedge fund managers, Prime Capital AG’s flagship fund of hedge funds strategy – the…
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Spotex partners with Cobalt
Cobalt, a multi-award-winning provider of FX and Digital Asset risk and settlement infrastructure, has partnered with Spotex, a developer…
Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index returns 0.01 per cent in January
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category…
Cowen Outsourced Trading adds to Boston office
Cowen Inc has appointed Adam Strout as a Director in the Company’s Outsourced Trading division. Strout brings decades of experience in…
Bitfinex launches Increase Position and Bitfinex Borrow features for paper trading
Digital token trading platform Bitfinex has launched Increase Position and Bitfinex Borrow features for paper trading, enabling users to…
Barclay CTA Index Dips 0.02 per cent in January
CTAs were unable to extend their two-month winning streak into the New Year as January performance dipped 0.02 per cent for the month…
Citadel’s Ken Griffin calls for shorter settlement times in trades following GameStop debacle
US hedge fund titan Kenneth Griffin (pictured), founder, CEO and co-CIO of Citadel, says the recent GameStop trading frenzy demonstrates…
18 Feb 2021
New Insights investment research platform launched by State Street
State Street Corporation has launched Insights, a new research platform that offers clients proprietary research, exclusive data-driven…
Refinitiv launches new ESG analytics tool
Refinitiv has launched MarketPsych ESG Analytics, a new analytics tool to provide numerical ESG insights on companies and countries based…
CAIA Association partners with iCapital Network to launch AltsEdge training programme for financial advisers
iCapital Network has partnered with the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association to launch of AltsEdge, a new education…
Hedge Funds up 0.98 per cent in January, says Backstop BarclayHedge
Hedge funds started 2021 on a positive note returning 0.98 per cent in January, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by…
Bitfinex increases maximum leverage for BTC/USD pair to 10x
Digital token trading platform Bitfinex has increased the maximum leverage for margin trading on the bitcoin-US dollar pair to from 5x to…
Former Merck Finck CIO joins AI-driven hedge fund Quantumrock
Quantumrock, an AI-driven investment manager based in Munich, has appointed Thomas Kemming as its Head of Institutional Client…
Equities and macro names drive Brummer multi-strategy hedge fund’s February rebound
Brummer & Partners’ flagship multi-strategy fund has made a strong start to February, with its equities- and macro-focused managers…
17 Feb 2021
Diginex teams with Itiviti to launch front-to-back digital assets trading, portfolio management and risk platform
Diginex Limited, a digital assets financial services company, and Itiviti, a global technology and service provider to financial…
