22 May 2020
Paradigm Governance appoints Cary Marr
Paradigm Governance Partners Limited, a governance and financial services firm with a presence in the Cayman Islands and New York whose…
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Genesis acquires institutional custodian Vo1t
Digital currency trading and lending specialist Genesis has acquired Vo1t, an insured digital custody service. Digital currency trading…
21 May 2020
Former Och-Ziff exec named CEO of Association for Digital Asset Markets
The Association for Digital Asset Markets (ADAM) has appointed Jeffrey Blockinger as its first Chief Executive Officer. Blockinger plans to…
Credit and EM debt offer attractive relative value trading opportunities, says BlueBay's Kettle
As global equities markets on both sides of the Atlantic continue to flutter, credit and emerging markets are throwing up comparatively…
Short-term trend-following hedge funds continue to thrive, but other CTAs slip into red
Short-term trend-following hedge fund strategies are maintaining their positive momentum in May, but other managed futures strategies have…
Insurers continue to reduce hedge fund exposures
For a fourth straight year, the US insurance industry has reduced its hedge fund investments, by USD2.6 billion in 2019 to USD11.9 billion,…
Has fund governance improved in times of crisis?
Bill Prew, CEO of INDOS Financial, considers how fund governance practices have evolved to cope with the recent pandemic, and before it,…
genesis appoints Global Head of Platform
genesis, a global capital markets software firm, has expanded its management team with the appointment of Nick Kolba as Global Head of…
Creighton AI appoints Partner & Head of North America
Ryan Willson, formerly the CEO of Lateef Investment Management, has joined Creighton AI as Partner & Head of North America to help…
20 May 2020
High-profile activist investor TCI files criminal complaint against Wirecard
TCI Fund Management, the high-profile activist hedge fund firm led by Sir Chris Hohn, has filed a criminal complaint against Wirecard AG,…
WorldQuant appoints President
WorldQuant, a global quantitative asset management firm, has appointed Gary Chropuvka as President. Chropuvka will oversee global business…
Gold tipped to surge again as investors maintain appetite amid coronavirus uncertainty
Gold prices are storming back towards their mid-April highs, with investor appetite holding up amid sustained market volatility…
FXCM expands CFD offering with stock baskets, esports & gaming trading volume up over 200 per cent
FXCM Group, an international provider of online foreign exchange trading, CFD trading, cryptocurrencies and related services, has made…
Three alternative credit guidance memos published by Standards Board for Alternative Investments
Alternative credit fund management is the focus of three new memos published by The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI),…
19 May 2020
TORA expands global outsourced trading with two new traders in New York
TORA, provider of a cloud-based order and execution management system (OEMS), has added Mark Mazor & Joe Zonenshine to the firm’s…
