05 Feb 2021
As dust settles on GameStop carnage, hedge funds ponder lasting impact of ‘Reddit raid’ on short selling
The co-ordinated billion-dollar raid on hedge funds’ short positions in GameStop by amateur traders represents another risk management…
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Assured Capital Partners positive on outlook for 2021
Assured Capital Partners' Balanced Growth Fund had another extraordinary year in 2020, despite the coronavirus pandemic, narrowly missing…
AllianceBlock and Bridge Mutual partner to provide compliant coverage to DeFi
Bridge Mutual, a decentralised, peer-to-peer discretionary coverage platform for digital assets, has partnered with AllianceBlock, a…
Quaternion acquired by AcadiaSoft
AcadiaSoft, a provider of risk and collateral management services for the derivatives community, has acquired capital markets consulting…
Hedge Fund Association elects new officers and strengthens global, regional and committee leadership
The Hedge Fund Association (HFA), an international nonprofit trade and nonpartisan lobbying organisation, has added new HFA Officers,…
EEX European Power Spot markets up 3 per cent in January
The European Power Spot markets, operated by EPEX SPOT, increased by 3 per cent to 54.7 TWh in January, according to the latest data…
Bitfinex sees surge in new customer accounts
Bitfinex, a digital token trading platform, has seen a 300 per cent increase in new accounts in the first month of 2021.Bitfinex’s customer…
04 Feb 2021
Man FRM: Why these hedge fund strategies stand to gain from a miscellany of market opportunities
Man FRM is optimistic on what it describes as an “unusually large” spectrum of hedge fund strategies amid a growing medley of investment…
Vatic Labs appoints President and expands quantitative trading with new technology and investment hires
Vatic Labs, a systematic quantitative investment manager, has appointed partner Todd Hohman as President. Hohman, who joined Vatic in…
Crypto hedge fund ARK36 delivers over 118 per cent ROI in Q4 2020
During the last quarter of 2020, Cyprus-regulated hedge fund ARK36 D delivered more than 118 per cent return on investment, focusing…
Tickeron launches pair trading AI Robots
Tickeron, an artificial and human intelligence platform delivering unparalleled trading insights and analysis, has launched a new AI…
Bitfinex Terminal launches historical funding statistical data
Bitfinex, a digital token trading platform, has launched historical funding statistical data on Bitfinex Terminal, a real-time market data…
“Fundamental shift”: Hedge fund short-sellers suffer big FTSE losses as Reddit GameStop phenomenon hits UK markets
Hedge funds have lost some USD325 million betting against FTSE 100 names over the past month, with retail investors driving shorted stocks…
03 Feb 2021
Stellar and Cardano perpetual swaps launch on Bitfinex
Bitfinex Derivatives, a derivatives platform accessible through the Bitfinex digital token trading platform, is to launch perpetual…
Multi-strategy hedge fund Brummer dips into negative territory, as poor short alpha drives January equity losses
Stockholm-based hedge fund manager Brummer & Partners saw its flagship multi-strategy fund dip slightly into negative territory last…
