The surge in bitcoin ETF launches and funds flowing into the sector is transforming institutional investment in digital assets but arbitrage focused hedge funds are still the most attractive way to invest, according to new global research by London-based Nickel Digital Asset Management (Nickel).
By 2025, cryptocurrency ETFs will form 5 per cent of hedge fund and pension fund portfolios, predicts blockchain expert Fiorenzo Manganiello, co-founder and managing partner of LIAN Group.
Graham Loughridge, CEO, Variety Capital Limited and a Director of the Board of the Variety Capital ICAV, announced the launch of a Relative Value UCITS fund, saying: “I am delighted to have launched the Variety RiverNorth Relative Value Fund (Ticker: VRVNSUA) on the Variety Capital ICAV platform today.
Nickel Digital Asset Management writes that independent crypto traders face significant challenges in raising capital.
Bequant has announced that it has launched a new capital introduction platform designed specifically for crypto hedge funds and allocators (such as Fund of Funds, Family Offices and HNWIs).
The exodus from hedge funds continues with investors questioning unswayed by relatively strong performance from the alternative asset class.
Research firm focused on Alternative UCITS funds, Kepler Absolute Hedge, has published its Market Intelligence Report for Q1 2024. The report is designed to give Absolute Hedge’s readership base of professional allocators and UCITS fund managers a holistic view of the latest trends in the Alternative UCITS universe.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has announced the launch of the MS INVF Systematic Liquid Alpha Fund which aims to provide investors with an attractive level of total return while offering low correlation to traditional asset classes.
Kepler Absolute Hedge has published its Market Intelligence Report for Q4 2023. The authors write that the report gives Absolute Hedge’s readership base of professional allocators and UCITS fund managers a holistic view of the latest trends in the Alternative UCITS universe.
Alternatives data provider, Preqin, has published its Hedge Funds Q4 2023: Preqin Quarterly Update report which finds that equity strategies were the best performing core hedge fund strategy in Q4 2023 and for the year, returning 7.2 per cent and 13.4 per cent to investors, respectively.
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