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NEWSLETTER | 2 Oct 2020  
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FTSE Russell’s Chinese government bond move heralds fresh opportunities for hedge fund investors

FTSE Russell’s decision to include Chinese sovereign bonds in its flagship government bond index could offer hedge fund investors fresh alpha-generating and AUM-raising opportunities amid a wave of overseas capital inflows into the market.

 
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  LATEST NEWS
BT signs new deal with TP ICAP
Fri | 2 Oct 2020, 11:06
BT has agreed a seven-year contract with TP ICAP, a provider of market infrastructure. The new contract will provide its 700-strong broker team in London with a secure, software-based platform and applications featuring remote working capabilities. The new service will further strengthen TP ICAP’s execution services across voice trading venues.
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How to tick the right boxes when capital raising
Fri | 2 Oct 2020, 11:06
By Robin Bedford, Opus Fund Services – The average hedge fund life expectancy is 3-5 years. Long-term viability is almost exclusively determined by ability to raise long-term capital. Many new managers launch without a major institutional ‘anchor’ investor, making it an instant chicken and egg problem. The smaller you are, the harder it is to raise capital. 
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Somerset Capital Management appoints co-manager of Emerging Markets Dividend Growth and Asia Income Funds

Fri | 2 Oct 2020, 11:06
Somerset Capital Management (Somerset Capital), has appointed Mark Williams as co-manager of the Somerset Emerging Markets Dividend Growth Fund. Williams joins Somerset Capital from Liontrust Investment Partners, where he has been Head of Asia Pacific Equities and the Manager of the Liontrust Asia Income Fund since March 2012. 
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BTSE.com launches Brave New Coin’s DeFi Index
Fri | 2 Oct 2020, 11:06
Digital asset data infrastructure company Brave New Coin has rolled out its long-awaited DeFi index, which is now available on BTSE as a perpetual swap contract. 
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Calling all emerging hedge funds
Fri | 2 Oct 2020, 11:06
Hosted by Hedgeweek, this live digital summit, taking place over two days (11 & 12 November), is your bridge to a new understanding of each of the critical steps involved in successfully bringing a hedge fund to market.
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Talos allows public access to digital asset trading platform
Fri | 2 Oct 2020, 11:06
Talos, a technology provider for the institutional trading of digital assets, has launched public access to its platform which connects the diverse group of participants involved in today's crypto-asset market structure – institutional investors, prime brokers, exchanges, OTC desks, lenders and custodians. 
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Ideal Prediction adds two to advisory board
Fri | 2 Oct 2020, 11:06
Ideal Prediction (Ideal), a trading analysis and data science company for the capital markets, has appointed Jonathan Fieldman and Geoff Jones to its Advisory Board.
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  INNOVATION
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The Exponential Pull of Innovation: Watsonisation 2.0

In 2016, SEI issued a paper on what it saw as five major innovations that were causing disruptions both within and outside of their respective industries. The company has revisited those themes, namely: Watsonisation, Googlisation, Amazonisation, Uberisation and Twitterisation, to provide an up-to-date picture of the innovations occurring in our industry today. Over the next few months SEI will share its findings and recent developments for each theme.  First up: Watsonisation…

 
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