HFR writes that Emerging Markets hedge funds advanced YTD through August 2026, reversing sharp declines in March, as global interest rates surged to 20-year highs and oil prices rose with extreme daily volatility as the outlook for resolution of the Iran military conflict remained unclear.
Nuveen has completed its acquisition of Schroders, writing that this brings together two renowned institutions with highly complementary businesses.
Bloomberg has announced the launch of its Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLO) Data solution, described as delivering comprehensive, high-quality and normalised reference datasets for CLO market participants.
Bitwise Asset Management has released ‘Institutional Crypto Adoption’, a study drawn from in-depth interviews with the senior investment professionals responsible for crypto allocation decisions at 15 of the world’s largest institutions, including endowments, foundations, public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, multi-family offices, investment consultants, and public companies.
Standard Chartered has announced its appointment as LMAX Group’s digital asset custodian through its DFSA-regulated Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Branch and Standard Chartered Luxembourg S.A. LMAX Group is the first client to join Standard Chartered Luxembourg’s digital asset custody platform following the Bank’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) authorisation in June 2026.
Causeway Securities, the FCA-authorised structured investments specialist, has confirmed that the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has granted Approval-in-Principle to its subsidiary, Causeway Securities (HK) Limited. Full authorisation is expected imminently.
More than eight in 10 (83 per cent) UK post-trade professionals say their firms are fully prepared or on track to meet the UK’s October 2027 T+1 settlement deadline, but only 32 per cent describe their operations as fully prepared today, according to The Race to Atomic Settlement: Can the UK Lead?, a new whitepaper from UK post-trade technology firm Tokenovate.
HFR writes that hedge funds gained in August, fully recovering their July decline, as global bond markets came under pressure and interest rates rose to historic highs, while the outlook for resolution of the Iran military conflict remained cloudy.
Sage Capital Management has selected OpenPayd to extend its banking capabilities.
DWS Group has announced that, effective early November 2026, it will introduce Deutsche Asset Management as its new global brand identity.
