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NEWSLETTER | 19 Jan 2021

Bitcoin’s inefficiencies are creating arbitrage trades for crypto hedge funds

As more hedge funds pile into cryptocurrencies, market inefficiencies and price dispersion are bringing fresh arbitrage opportunities for managers.

Tue | 19 Jan 2021, 11:06

Switzerland-headquartered global asset manager GAM, which is home to Cambridge-based quantitative hedge fund unit GAM Systematic, is set to post a CHF380 million (USD426.4 million) loss in its full-year 2020 results published next month.

Tue | 19 Jan 2021, 11:06

In this podcast produced by Hedgeweek, in association with SEI, we examine how asset managers need to carefully engineer the way they optimise alternative data, in order to generate incremental insights to support their investment programmes.

Tue | 19 Jan 2021, 11:06

As warnings intensify about the need for regulation of digital assets across the UK and Europe, Gibraltar is adding to its already regulated digital ledger technology (DLT) framework with the development of a ‘10th Core Principle’, specifically for digital asset exchanges.

Moonstake partners with RockX

Tue | 19 Jan 2021, 11:06

Moonstake has entered into a strategic partnership with Singapore-based RockX to support the Polkadot ecosystem.

BMLL makes data feed and scalable analytics available on Kx Platform

Tue | 19 Jan 2021, 11:06

Data and analytics company BMLL has made the BMLL Data Feed available to sell side participants on the Kx Streaming Analytics platform.

Tue | 19 Jan 2021, 11:06

CME Group's BrokerTec, a provider of electronic trading platforms and technology services in fixed income markets, has successfully migrated its European government bonds and repo trading platform to CME Globex.

Tue | 19 Jan 2021, 11:06

RegEd has acquired the ComplianceMAX and FIRE Continuing Education businesses from National Regulatory Services (NRS), a provider of compliance and registration products and services for investment advisers, broker-dealers, hedge funds, investment companies and insurance institutions.

BTIG makes two senior hires in London

Tue | 19 Jan 2021, 11:06

BTIG Limited has made two seniors hires, Neil Roberts and Matt Austin, in its Institutional Equities division. Roberts joins BTIG as an Equity Sales Trader and a Managing Director, while Austin joins the firm as an Equity Trader and Director. In their new roles at the firm, they will be based in BTIG’s London office.

Artemis strengthens distribution team

Tue | 19 Jan 2021, 11:06

Artemis Investment Management has appointed Iain MacPherson as a sales director in the firm's Distribution team, effective March 2021. MacPherson will report to Adam Gent, Head of intermediary sales.