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NEWSLETTER | 14 Oct 2020

In hedge funds, success no longer depends on size, as biggest managers fall behind industry average in 2020

The biggest hedge fund managers are still lagging behind the wider industry’s performance on average in 2020, with larger strategies having fallen into the red over the past nine months while the industry overall is in positive territory, as hedge fund strategies of all stripes gave up some of their summer gains in September, according to new industry data.

Asia’s leading fund domiciliation hub

Wed | 14 Oct 2020, 11:42

By Mark Voumard, Gordian Capital – Readers will be familiar with onshore domiciles such as Dublin or Luxembourg. How does Singapore differ?

Wed | 14 Oct 2020, 11:42

AlphaSwap, an investment technology platform which bundles its analyst community’s best equity investment ideas for institutional customers, has onboarded its first institutional clients and completed a USD1 million fundraising, including venture funding from the UK government’s Future Fund.

EDI collaborates with Orbit Financial Technology

Wed | 14 Oct 2020, 11:42

EDI has partnered with Orbit Financial Technology to launch the earning call transcript dataset for all types of investors, from long-only, proprietary to quantitative funds, from buy-side to sell-side.

Wed | 14 Oct 2020, 11:42

Mainstream Fund Services has made two senior internal promotions within its Irish and Cayman operations.

MJ Hudson acquires Bridge Group

Wed | 14 Oct 2020, 11:42

International asset management consultancy, MJ Hudson, has acquired Bridge Group, a funds service provider based in Ireland, conditional on Irish regulatory approval.

Wed | 14 Oct 2020, 11:42

TransFICC, a specialist provider of low-latency connectivity and workflow services for Fixed Income and Derivatives Markets, has completed a dedicated enhancement to Aeron messaging.

Wed | 14 Oct 2020, 11:42

Tickeron, an artificial and human intelligence platform delivering trading insights and analysis, has showcased its flagship product AI Robots on Product Hunt, a website featuring curations of the best products in the tech industry.

MSCI ESG research data now available on Bloomberg Terminal

Wed | 14 Oct 2020, 11:42

MSCI ESG Ratings by MSCI ESG Research are now available via the Bloomberg Terminal.

Wed | 14 Oct 2020, 11:42

Causality Link, an advanced, AI-driven financial information technology provider, has made significant updates to its Research Assistant platform.

Wed | 14 Oct 2020, 11:42

Causality Link, an advanced, AI-driven financial information technology provider, has made significant updates to its Research Assistant platform.

Wed | 14 Oct 2020, 11:42

Mercury Digital Assets (Mercury), a technology provider for digital asset markets, is partnering with Bit.com, a secure, crypto derivatives exchange launched by Matrixport.

Wed | 14 Oct 2020, 11:42

Fund Studio has launched a new managed service offering for hedge funds, CTAs, and asset managers, Fund Studio Middle Office, which uses a combination of Fund Studio’s market leading software and a veteran internal managed services team to provide outsourcing of portfolio related middle and back office activities for managers.