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NEWSLETTER | 22 Jan 2020

Saemor’s market neutral fund suffers third monthly slide

The Saemor Europe Alpha Fund, Saemor Capital’s long-running market neutral hedge fund strategy, shed 1.9 per cent last month – its third successive monthly loss – rounding off a disappointing spell for the Netherlands-based manager which saw the fund down almost 10 per cent for the year.

Wed | 22 Jan 2020, 11:14

Rational Funds has launched the Rational/Pier 88 Convertible Securities Fund (PBXIX), a converted hedge fund, which employs the same management team and investment strategy as its predecessor.

Wed | 22 Jan 2020, 11:14

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an order filing and settling charges against Propex Derivatives Pty Ltd, a proprietary trading firm headquartered in Australia, for spoofing in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange E-mini S&P 500 futures market.

Wed | 22 Jan 2020, 11:14

QuantConnect has announced the winners of its innovative Alpha Five competition, which started in October 2019 and saw a sponsoring hedge fund solicit “designer” alphas from the crowd.

Wed | 22 Jan 2020, 11:14

LiquidityBook, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, has reported record results for 2019 across all sales and client growth metrics tracked by the firm.

Wed | 22 Jan 2020, 11:14

Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) has strengthened its alternative solutions team with the appointment of Anne Mei Poppe as alternative investment specialist.

Wed | 22 Jan 2020, 11:14

Evallon Global Investment, a New York and Hong Kong-based asset manager and alternative investment solutions provider, is making its alternative investment offering available for qualified investors from January 2020 onwards.

Wed | 22 Jan 2020, 11:14

Digital Vega, an FX Options e-trading platform and provider of FX Options trading solutions, has appointed Rob Wemyss as a Non Executive Director and Head of Business Development.

Wed | 22 Jan 2020, 11:14

Refinitiv has launched the Future of Sustainable Data Alliance (The Alliance) in conjunction with the World Economic Forum, United Nations, IIF, OMFIF, Tsinghua University, ASIFMA, GFMA, Climate Bonds Initiative, FinTech4good, Everledger, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bank of Africa-BCME, GoImpact and other founding member firms.