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NEWSLETTER | 24 Mar 2021

Aberdeen Standard is bullish on merger arbitrage and long/short equity hedge funds

Aberdeen Standard Investments is bullish on event driven merger arbitrage hedge funds amid a surge in deal volumes, while equity long/short and activist managers are also tipped to capitalise on the continued fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

Wed | 24 Mar 2021, 11:38

Danish-owned cryptocurrency hedge fund ARK36 has participated in a private sale of GTU tokens issued by Concordium, a new blockchain project built for business and focused on regulatory compliance and privacy.

Wed | 24 Mar 2021, 11:38

BrokerTec, a provider of electronic trading platforms and technology services in fixed income markets, has launched Relative Value (RV) Curve spread trading, allowing clients to trade cash US Treasury benchmark spreads in a single order for the first time.

Wed | 24 Mar 2021, 11:38

The Exchange Council of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) at its first meeting of 2021, which was chaired by Dr Michael Redanz, Managing Director of EWE Trading, has welcomed the intention of EEX to introduce exchange-based procurement auctions to provide German public authorities with a simple and transparent tool to purchase electricity and natural gas on-exchange instead of going through a full public tender process.

AccessFintech and Broadridge partner to transform resolution of settlement fails

Wed | 24 Mar 2021, 11:38

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc, has partnered with AccessFintech to deliver a new Strategic Gateway for Settlement Workflow that offers efficiencies in resolving multi-party settlement fails.

Wed | 24 Mar 2021, 11:38

AcadiaSoft, a provider of risk and collateral management services for the derivatives community, is to artner with LIKEZERO, a specialist in data capture and contract analysis technology for complex financial contracts.

Wed | 24 Mar 2021, 11:38

LiquidityBook, a specialist Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, has appointed Sumit Kumar as Senior FIX Specialist. He will be based in the firm’s London office.

Wed | 24 Mar 2021, 11:38

By Philip Graham, Partner, Harneys – One of the most common scenarios we encounter is a US-based manager who initially establishes a domestic fund to attract US taxable investors. With the performance going in the right direction, the manager begins to think about US tax-exempt investors, such as charities, pension funds and university endowments, as well as investors based outside of the US, who like the track record and want to invest.