Bitwise Asset Management, a provider of index and beta crypto funds, has surpassed USD1 billion in assets under management (AUM) across its fund family.

Global dividends fell by 12 per cent in 2020 to USD1.3 trillion in the full year of 2020, after cuts and cancellations reached USD220 billion between April and December. 

Net sales of UCITS and AIFs totalled EUR174 billion in December, significantly up from the EUR78 billion recorded in November, according to the latest Investment Fund Industry Fact Sheet from The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA).

Berlin-based asset manager BIT Capital has doubled its assets under management in just ten weeks, surpassing the EUR1 billion mark.

Carey Olsen has been confirmed as the leading legal adviser to Jersey's investment funds sector in the latest edition of independent industry research group Monterey Insight's annual Jersey Funds Report.

Sterling Trading Tech (STT), a specialist in technology solutions for equity, equity options, futures and digital asset trading, has reported record growth companywide in 2020.

Limina, provider of a cloud-native Investment Management Solution (IMS) for institutional investors, has reported record growth in 2020 as the firm expanded its focus to support mid-sized asset managers with modernising their investment technology.

The vaccine-induced euphoria that saw equity funds enjoy their second-best month on record in December evaporated in January as contagious new Covid-19 variants prompted surging infection rates around the world. 

London-based Heptagon Capital (Heptagon), a USD13.7 billion asset management firm, has marked the fifth anniversary of the Heptagon Future Trends Equity Fund which has approximately USD175 million in assets under management as of 31 January 2021.

LiquidityBook, a software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, has reported record. revenues in 2020, despite the coronavirus pandemic.