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NEWSLETTER | 23 Sep 2020

Man Group: Sector and credit specifics now key for corporate bond investors amid elevated supply

Sector- and credit-specific bond selection will become increasingly important for investors amid a surging wave of new issuance, as companies look to raise more money to combat the coronavirus fall-out, according to managers at London-listed global hedge fund giant Man Group, who suggested government bonds could prove “an attractive alternative.”

Wed | 23 Sep 2020, 11:45

Licensed fund manager, The Panxora Group, is now accepting subscriptions for the launch of a quantitative hedge fund designed to generate profits from the rapidly growing decentralised finance or (DeFi) token market. The fund will start trading on Monday, 2 November, 2020.

Wed | 23 Sep 2020, 11:45

Hedge funds experienced a second straight month of inflows in July, bringing in USD10.5 billion as the industry continued to shake off spring’s pandemic-driven redemption trend.

Wed | 23 Sep 2020, 11:45

The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for September 2020 measured 3.43 per cent, up from 3.08 per cent in August.

Centaur appoints Group Chief Financial Officer

Wed | 23 Sep 2020, 11:45

Centaur Fund Services has appointed Louise Lawlor as Group Chief Financial Officer. Based in Centaur’s Dublin headquarters, Lawlor will lead Centaur’s global financial operations, finance teams and activities.

New CEO named at Canoe Intelligence

Wed | 23 Sep 2020, 11:45

Fintech Canoe Intelligence, a specialist in data management processes for alternative investors and allocators, has appointed Jason Eiswerth as its new CEO.

Wed | 23 Sep 2020, 11:45

Deutsche Börse, Citi and Deutsche Bank have led a USD15 million fundraising round in CloudMargin, provider of a collateral and margin management solution native to the cloud.

Wed | 23 Sep 2020, 11:45

causaLens, a deep-tech company predicting and optimising the global economy, has released the World’s first causal Artificial Intelligence (causal AI) enterprise platform.