08 Jun 2020
Hedge funds continue fightback, as equity managers soar amid lockdown-easing and activists seize on dislocation
Hedge funds are continuing to recover from sharp losses suffered earlier this year, notching up positive returns for the second successive…
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Singapore consultancy creates online compliance training content for fund managers
Singapore-based consultancy ComplianceAsia Consulting has launched iLearn, an online portal which provides compliance training programmes…
Balchug Capital opens new office in Armenian capital
Balchug Capital, an event-driven and value investment manager with particular focus on emerging markets, has opened a new office in the…
05 Jun 2020
Pictet chief strategist cautious on equities rebound, warning on UK as materials and Japan offer value
The current stock market rebound is “out of step with economic reality”, according to Pictet Asset Management’s chief strategist Luca…
As lockdown easing pushes markets higher, hedge funds gauge the ‘new normal’
As global economies re-emerge from the coronavirus lockdown, Hedgeweek rounds up a range of views from across the hedge fund spectrum on…
04 Jun 2020
Penso Advisors establishes institutional advisory board
Penso Advisors (Penso), a New York-based manager and advisory boutique specialising in discretionary macro and risk mitigating strategies,…
RISE Wealth Technologies rebrands as Quantumrock
RISE Wealth Technologies, a Munich-based AI investment technology firm, has today unveiled a new name – Quantumrock – new logo and a new…
EPEX SPOT and EEC launch Nordic Day-Ahead markets
After the successful start of the Nordic Intraday markets end of May, the European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT and its clearing house European…
TNS records zero packet loss across backbone network despite extreme market conditions
At a time when global stock exchanges are experiencing intense volatility and speculative, high-volume trading as the Covid-19 pandemic…
“The same old industry”? Hedge funds and crisis alpha in the coronavirus era
When hedge fund indices tumbled in tandem with equities during this year’s historic Q1 sell-off – before sharply rebounding in April with…
Crypto exchanges and investments firms facing insurance challenges, says Evertas
Crypto asset insurance company Evertas says crypto investment firms and exchanges could fail to meet the insurance requirements…
Capitalab connects to LCH SwapAgent
Capitalab, a division of BGC Brokers, has completed the execution and subsequent compression of Capitalab's first swaption margin…
FundRock rises to top of PwC ManCo index
FundRock Management Company (FundRock), a European third-party UCITS Management Company (ManCo) and Alternative Investment Fund Manager…
DeversiFi 2.0 brings high-speed trading and instant settlement to decentralised exchanges
Decentralised exchange DeversiFi is relaunching as DeversiFi 2.0, integrating StarkWare’s zkSTARK layer-2 scaling technology to cater for…
03 Jun 2020
Macro hedge funds lead the pack in May – but Lyxor urges caution on oil rally
Global macro managers have outflanked the rest of the hedge fund pack in recent weeks, with discretionary funds and emerging…
