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NEWSLETTER | 1 Jul 2020

Wirecard short-sellers showed “bravery and belief”, as hedge funds vindicated by scandal-hit firm’s demise, says AIMA CEO Inglis

Hedge funds that bet against Wirecard, the German e-payments firm which last week collapsed amid an apparent widespread EUR1.9 billion fraud, showed “bravery and belief” and their actions have ultimately been vindicated, according to Jack Inglis, CEO of the Alternative Investment Management Association.

Wed | 1 Jul 2020, 09:47

European traders are backing a 90-minute reduction in trading hours in a bid to concentrate liquidity creating more efficient markets.

Wed | 1 Jul 2020, 09:47

The latest data from FXLIQUIDITY, provided by Mosaic Smart Data, CLS and MUFG, reveals that FX volumes dropped by between 10 and 25 per cent across all currency groups between 22 and 26 June.

Wed | 1 Jul 2020, 09:47

The UK Financial conduct has taken what Capco managing principal Reuben Karuna-Nidhi describes as the first positive steps in the long journey toward crypto asset regulation.

Wed | 1 Jul 2020, 09:47

AcadiaSoft, a provider of risk and collateral management services for the non-cleared derivatives community, has partnered with derivatives analytics firm OpenGamma to simplify the workflow for compliance of Phases 5 and 6 of the Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR).

Wed | 1 Jul 2020, 09:47

Options, a managed service and IT infrastructure provider to the global capital markets industry, has appointed former Finastra Head of UK Hedge Funds and Overall Buy-side for the Nordics, Nick Palmer, to its management team.

Appital makes two strategic hires

Wed | 1 Jul 2020, 09:47

Appital, the Equity Capital Marketplace, has made two strategic appointments to its management team.