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Goldman Sachs Asset Management global head of ETF product departs

The TRADE

Ryan O’Connor has left Goldman Sachs Asset Management and is set to join ETF provider Global X ETFs as chief executive on 8 April. He most recently served as global head of ETF product, having initially joined Goldman Sachs Asset Management back in 2017 to build out the US fund strategist model portfolio business.

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Commodity Hedge Funds: The Most Lucrative “Hidden Gem” in Finance?

Mergers and Inquisitions

If you want to work in the most cyclical role in the finance industry, it’s hard to beat commodity hedge funds. Many of the largest hedge funds put commodity trading within their global macro strategies , but plenty of smaller funds, banks, and desks make it a separate category or focus on commodities within their macro strategies.

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Prime brokerage: The intersection of challenge and opportunity

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Instead, a combination of rising interest rates, inflation, soaring energy prices and geopolitical tensions have hit hedge funds, and subsequently the risk management practices of prime brokers. When the asset manager and executing broker identify and resolve an exception, the prime broker is out of the loop.

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Cyber Crime: What You Need to Know About Cyber Resiliency

Accenture Capital Markets

According to the cyber crime study, an asset management firm could spend more than $17 million per year on charges relating to managing and recovering from incidents. The overriding question explored in the research: Are businesses allocating their funds wisely to fight cyber crime?

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TS Imagine and Cassini Systems announce partnership as firms seek to increase market share in the hedge fund and prime brokerage space

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This means that the margin requirement is quite material – it’s quite a significant amount.” Morgan further asserted: “Nobody wants to cut corners when it comes to risk management […] that means that clients want to future-proof their businesses.

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FX hedging behaviours shifting as firms take an ever more proactive approach to risk

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Shifting strategies One way in which behaviours have changed is in terms of the length of tenors being used to hedge, with Huttman confirming that their clients – asset managers and corporates – have begun to use shorter dated hedging instruments in a bid to manage cash flow better and retain an element of nimbleness in the case of market movement.

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People Moves Monday: Schonfeld, Goldman Sachs, ABN AMRO Clearing Bank and more…

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Senior equity trader at Janus Henderson, Stuart Mair, left the asset manager after 14 years. According to an update on his social media, Mair joined hedge fund and systematic trading platform Schonfeld as an equity trader dealing with long and short strategies. As part of his new appointment, Chin will be based in New York.

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