Investment firm Marshall Wace is forming a blockchain team to focus on investing in private blockchain-related companies.
The company has also hired William Benattar, who has made technology investments in UK property developer Nick Candy’s family office, to prepare for its crossover investment
The firm aggressively raised a new digital finance fund last July to invest in high-tech companies in areas, such as blockchain technology, digital payments and stablecoins.
Marshall Wace LLP is a hedge fund based in London, founded by Paul Marshall and Ian Wace in 1997. As of January 2022, its assets under management reach US$ 64 billion.
Marshall Wace is one of Europe’s foremost hedge fund managers specialising in global long/short equity with investment management offices in London; New York.
A survey conducted by PWC and Elwood Asset Management indicates that 47% of traditional hedge fund firms have entered or plan to enter the cryptocurrency market. The research surveyed 39 hedge fund firms in the first quarter of this year with a total of $180 billion in assets under management.
Brevan Howard, a European hedge fund asset management firm, has announced extending its reach into the cryptocurrency sector by forming a new crypto-focused division called BH Digital.
Meanwhile, cryptocurrency hedge Fund Pangea Fund raised $85 million to focus on a “long-only” strategy on Wednesday.
Marshall Wace LLP has plans to invest in blockchain technology and payment start-ups for digital currencies and stablecoins, Financial Times has reported.
Marshall Wace Turns to Crypto
Marshall Wace, a hedge fund with $55 billion in assets under management, is planning to break into crypto.
Financial Times reported Tuesday that the firm was planning a foray in cryptothrough investments in blockchain and payments systems for digital currencies and stablecoins.
The London-based asset management firm may also offer digital currency trading. The Financial Times report added that Marshall Wace has recently been hiring staff in the digital assets sector. The firm declined to comment on the matter for the feature.
According to the sources, the firm is planning to reenact its investment strategies in the healthcare sector. Marshall Wace would invest in promising startups before floatation and then hold onto its stake through a public listing.
Marshall Wace is the latest billion-dollar company to announce a crypto investment. The institutional inflow into cryptocurrencies, which was apparently flooding towards the end of last year, had slowed down this year.
The number of Bitcoin wallets holding more than 1,000 BTC (worth over $330 million) has seen a dramatic rise and fall in Q1 of this year, dropping to pre-pandemic levels.
Source: Glassnode
Meanwhile, an Intertrust survey indicated that hedge funds expect to allocate7% of their assets to cryptoby 2026. While most firms are not directly buying tokens, billions of dollars of capital have been flooding into crypto startups. Andreessen Horowitz recently announced a $2.2 billion crypto VC fund. Despite the negative trends of late, there may soon be more wealthy investors joining the industry.
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