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NEWSLETTER | 4 Jan 2021

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

The hedge fund industry returned to positive monthly inflows in October, bringing in USD5.2 billion in new assets for the month, having seen USD2.8 billion in redemptions in September.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

Over the last five years we’ve witnessed an explosion of data, but how should asset managers best approach building a Big Data strategy? What are the sorts of questions they should be asking themselves in terms of selecting data vendors, putting the right systems and processes in place, and establishing a culture where preparing to fail is accepted, and a long-term commitment to Big Data is upheld? Just as crude oil needs to be carefully refined to remove impurities, so too asset managers need to carefully engineer the way they optimise alternative data, in order to generate increment...

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FCA uses Temporary Transitional Power to modify UK’s derivatives trading obligation

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

The UK has implemented the G20 commitment to improve over-the-counter derivatives markets by onshoring the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) derivatives trading obligation (DTO) under the EU Withdrawal Act. The UK DTO applies to the same classes of derivatives as the EU DTO.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

Privium Fund Management BV is to launch the SAVIN Multi-Strategy Arbitrage Fund (SAVIN), which will focus on equity arbitrage strategies and volatility trading, in February 2021 having already received commitments in excess of EUR20 million (USD24 million).

Kempen launches Diversified Distressed Debt Pool

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) has launched a new Diversified Distressed Debt Pool to its range of alternative investment products, giving professional and retail investors cost-efficient access to the Distressed Debt market.

Telos launches T-Bonds

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

Blockchain platform Telos has launched T-Bond NFTs, a new fusion of DeFi and NFTs as a tool for unlocking liquidity.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

ACDX, a crypto derivatives exchange offering advanced structured products for sophisticated traders, has launched a new trading option, WOZX Perpetual Futures.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

Digital asset data infrastructure company Brave New Coin has launched two new indices on the multi-currency spot and futures trading platform BTSE: the Maker Vault Index and the Blockchain Interoperability Index.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

Bitfinex Derivatives, a derivatives platform accessible through the Bitfinex digital token trading platform has launched of a perpetual contract for Ethereum/bitcoin.

Moneybrain welcomes FCA's crypto update to end ‘wild west’

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

Moneybrain, one of only four FCA authorised firms in the UK trading cryptocurrency, has welcomed the news that the FCA will still enforce its January 2021 deadline on hundreds of firms and sole traders that make the industry a ‘wild west’.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

Huobi Futures has announced the APP launch of cross margining of USDT-margined swaps on its digital asset derivative trading platform.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

QuantConnect, an open-source algorithmic trading platform, has launched a cloud-based parameter optimisation service to help quants detect overfit parameters.

Bitfinex adds tether-euro trading pair

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

Digital token trading platform Bitfinex, has added tether tokens both USDt and EURt to the suite of tokens available for trading.

MJ Hudson acquires PERACS

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

London-head-quartered asset management consultancy, MJ Hudson, has acquired fund and portfolio performance specialist PERACS.

Casa4Funds to be acquired by Link Group

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

Link Group is to acquire Casa4Funds from Banor Capital, subject to regulatory approval.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

Deuterium Capital Management, a US based asset manager with circa USD1 billion AUM, has acquired Jupiter Asset Management’s Global Dynamic Allocation team for an undisclosed sum.

IS Prime partners FDCTech

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

IS Prime, part of ISAM Capital Markets, has partnered with FDCTech to extend its liquidity distribution to the innovative Condor FX Pro trading platform.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has published the 2021 calendar for the auctioning of EU Emission Allowances (EUA) and EU Aviation Allowances (EUAA) in coordination with the European Commission, the EU Member States and the EEA EFTA states auctioning on the common auction platform (CAP3) as well as with the competent German and Polish authorities.

Mon | 4 Jan 2021, 11:17

London-based Heptagon Capital (Heptagon), a USD11.5 billion asset management firm, has marked the tenth anniversary of it UCITS platform.