Galaxy Digital Hiring First COO For Asset Management Arm (The Street)
The asset-management arm of Michael Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital is aiming to hire its first chief operating officer as the division scales and increasingly moves into running actively managed crypto strategies, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Investors have Misconstrued China’s Crackdown as Anti-Capitalist, Billionaire Ray Dalio Says (CNBC)
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio says China’s recent regulatory crackdown has been misinterpreted as being “anti-capitalist” by some Western investors. In a note on his LinkedIn account, Dalio said investors who think that way will “continue to miss out” on what’s happening in the Asian country.
Goldman’s China Hedge Fund Clients Had Second-Worst Month Ever (Bloomberg)
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s hedge fund clients focused on Chinese stocks recorded their second-worst monthly loss ever in July, according to client data compiled by the bank. Fundamental long-short managers targeting the market lost an estimated 5.6% on average during the month, sinking to a 1.1% decline this year, the Wall Street bank said in a note to clients on Monday. The monthly drop was the second only to March 2020, according to Goldman’s records.
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KB Associates Acquires EFG Fund Management (Hedge Week)
KB Associates (KBA), a professional services firm advising investment funds and asset managers, has completed its acquisition of EFG Fund Management, a Luxembourg-based management company and subsidiary of EFG International AG, the Swiss Private Banking Group (EFG). The transaction was agreed in February 2021 and has now been completed after receiving regulatory clearance. KBA specialises in the provision of management company, governance and compliance services to investment funds and asset managers. Founded in 2003, Dublin-headquartered KBA also has offices in London, Cayman Islands, Malta and now Luxembourg. KBA has over 80 consultants and works with over 250 asset management firms, including some of the world’s largest managers.
StoneX Appoints 30 Year Hedge Fund Trader to Outsourced Trading Team (The Trade News)
The former global head of trading at Soros Fund Management has joined the outsourced trading team at US-based brokerage StoneX. Steve Guihan joins the global macro desk based in New York, part of StoneX’s outsourced trading team, with over 30 years of industry experience having most recently served as an execution trader for Mistell Management for nearly three years. Previously in his career, Guihan spent four years at Graham Capital and notably 24 years as the global head of trading at Soros Fund Management.
Hedge Fund Software Market to See Promising Growth Ahead| FundCount, FXCM, Ledgex, AlternativeSoft, Eze Software (OpenPR.com)
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Allianz Takes Fall After Announcing U.S. Fund Probe (NWAOnline.com)
Allianz SE warned of a potentially material hit to its earnings, announcing the U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into its Structured Alpha Funds, which are at the center of lawsuits in the wake of steep losses during the pandemic. Europe’s largest insurer slumped in Frankfurt trading after disclosing late Sunday that it received a “voluntary request for documents and information” from the Justice Department and is cooperating with the investigation, as well as with an investigation launched last year by the Securities and Exchange Commission. It has also started its own review of the matter.
Study with 100 Leading Hedge Fund Managers Reveals Widespread Enthusiasm for Quant Strategies (Opalesque)
Opalesque Industry Update – 80% of hedge fund managers expect institutional investors to increase their allocation to quant strategies in the next twelve months, said a study. The 100 leading hedge fund managers surveyed, who collectively manage over $231 billion in AUM, also reveals that 73% believe the current economic and fiscal environment is attractive for quant strategies, and 86% expect the number of quant hedge funds to increase over the next five years. SigTech commissioned the market research company Pureprofile to survey 100 hedge fund managers across the UK, US, and Asia. Interviews were conducted online in June 2021.
Bitwise Asset Management Expands DeFi Suite With Launch of the World’s First Uniswap and Aave Funds (BusinessWire)
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE) — Bitwise Asset Management, the world’s largest crypto index fund manager with over $1.0 billion in AUM,1 today announced the launch of the Bitwise Uniswap (UNI) Fund and the Bitwise Aave (AAVE) Fund. These two new strategies join the Bitwise DeFi Crypto Index Fund in simplifying access to the emerging decentralized finance (DeFi) space for professional investors.
The Sr VP, Secretary & Gen Counsel of Cintas (NASDAQ: CTAS) is Buying Shares (Analyst Ratings)
Today, the Sr VP, Secretary & Gen Counsel of Cintas (CTAS), Thomas Frooman, bought shares of CTAS for $3.78M. Following Thomas Frooman’s last CTAS Buy transaction on November 06, 2020, the stock climbed by 54.7%. Following this transaction Thomas Frooman’s holding in the company was increased by 35.92% to a total of $38.23 million. Based on Cintas’ latest earnings report for the quarter ending May 31, the company posted quarterly revenue of $1.84 billion and quarterly net profit of $268 million.
Tuesday 8/3 Insider Buying Report: CADL, EQT (Nasdaq.com)
At Candel Therapeutics, a filing with the SEC revealed that on Thursday, Director Christopher Martell bought 125,000 shares of CADL, for a cost of $8.00 each, for a total investment of $1M. Investors have the opportunity to grab CADL at a price even lower than Martell did, with shares trading as low as $7.60 in trading on Tuesday which is 5.0% below Martell’s purchase price. Candel Therapeutics is trading up about 3.3% on the day Tuesday. This buy marks the first one filed by Martell in the past twelve months. And at EQT, there was insider buying on Monday, by CEO Toby Z. Rice who bought 28,000 shares at a cost of $17.83 each, for a total investment of $499,240. This purchase marks the first one filed by Rice in the past year. EQT is trading up about 0.5% on the day Tuesday. Bargain hunters can buy EQT at a price even lower than Rice did, with shares changing hands as low as $17.33 in trading on Tuesday — that’s 2.8% under Rice’s purchase price.
