16 Sep 2020
Barclay CTA Index up 0.18 per cent in August
Managed futures funds turned in another positive month in August returning 0.18 per cent, according to the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by…
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Hedge funds weighed down by “clunky” trading processes risk further hit from volatility spike
Outdated trading systems and clunky manual processes are hampering hedge funds’ efforts to swiftly execute trade orders to the market,…
How investment managers can optimally leverage the Singapore VCC legislation
Replay this webinar to learn how clients are taking advantage of Singapore's new Variable Capital Company (VCC) legislation and the…
Phoenix American and AIX provide straight-through processing for alternative investments
Phoenix American, a transfer agent and fund administration provider for alternative investments, and Alternative Investment Exchange (AIX),…
New GoldenSource Quant Workbench solution gives quant developers and research analysts access to validated data sources
GoldenSource has launched a new Quant Workbench tool that allows quant developers and research analysts to do their work on approved…
Murano launches business consultancy division headed by new hire Paris Jordan
Murano, the 'matchmaker' for funds and institutional investors, has launched a new consulting division, Murano Consulting.Murano Consulting…
Ampleforth and Balancer launch first rebasing Smart Pool for USDC-AMPL pair
Ampleforth, the protocol behind the supply elastic digital currency, AMPL, has launched the world’s first rebasing Smart Pool in…
Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs Asset Management launch alternative risk premia indices
Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) have launched a comprehensive suite of 21 alternative risk premia benchmark…
Hedge fund industry up 2.42 per cent in August, says Backstop BarclayHedge
As Wall Street experienced its best August since the 1980s, the hedge fund industry posted its fifth straight positive month returning 2.42…
BTON Financial appoints former Tradeweb heavyweight as non-exec director
BTON Financial has appointed fixed income and electronic trading expert, Andrew Bernard, as Non-Executive Director. Bernard joins BTON’s…
15 Sep 2020
Systematic hedge fund Quantology’s earnings-based strategy rises on US internet bets
Paris-based systematic hedge fund Quantology Capital Management – which trades US equities using a quarterly earnings-based quant model…
FXCM expands trading offering with Volatility Index CFDs
FXCM Group, an international provider of online foreign exchange trading, CFD trading, cryptocurrencies and related services, has added…
Wilshire Liquid Alternatives Index returns 1.13 per cent in August
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category…
14 Sep 2020
Activist hedge funds outshine the competition, as larger managers trail the rest of the industry
Activist-focused managers comfortably outperformed other strategy types last month, as the hedge fund industry continues to recover from…
Aqua to use big data and AI to create tradable assets and analytics based on individuals
Aqua Digital Rising A new and alternative-asset and analytics investment platform has started its pre-funding round as it prepares for…
