Partnering with Brave New Coin, Nasdaq wants to shed light on price discovery of liquid crypto assets.
Earlier this week, began listing and . Brave New Coin (BNC) is now polishing its model for the Liquid Index (RLX), which is based on ‘s crypto asset, XRP.
unveiled its data dissemination relationship with Brave New Coin by starting to dispense real-time and index-level information on the . That will sweeten the crypto scent for institutional portfolio managers who are already comfortable using Nasdaq, widely known as a global electronic marketplace for buying and selling securities as well as the benchmark index for US technology stocks.
Some context is useful. It’s known that Nasdaq is to launch a futures platform this year. And when it does, if the BNC liquidity indexes gain traction, Nasdaq could be storming this stage.
Remember that the (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) in December the availability of futures, which it says can be used to “hedge exposure or harness its performance.” Before that, CME Group and Crypto Facilities Ltd. had already launched that can help professional investment managers assess crypto asset price risk and/or capture short-term gains. The CME pricing products include a spot price index called the CME CF Real Time Index (BRTI) and a reference rate called the CME CF Reference Rate (BRR). The real-time index, BRTI, and the reference rate index, BRR, are both meant to further enhance market participants’ risk management involving digital assets by providing credible reference rate and real-time price sources. Both are designed to help accelerate the professionalization of .
Futures and Crypto Asset Pricing
The crypto ecosystem is expanding into the institutional space, slowly perhaps, but surely. A central aspect involves that are meant to offer a fast, cost-effective way to trade on financial and commodity markets. Futures are standardized contracts to buy or sell a particular asset at a set price, on a set date in the future, of a predefined quantity and quality. Traders worldwide use futures.
Liquid crypto assets become useful to money managers who want to add a to the asset prices of traditional securities they own, such as company equity shares, commodities, and currency futures.
, the Warsaw-based managing partner of Asset Management Fund, that one crucial indicator used by portfolio managers in evaluating securities is the :
“This indicates the relationship between potential risk, measured by the price volatility of a given asset, and the expected return on investment. In short, the Sharpe Ratio helps investors determine whether the fund manager is taking the appropriate risk in relation to expected return on investment.”
A portfolio manager can seek relatively high returns in alignment with his/her desired risk level by adding uncorrelated assets to the portfolio. That’s where , which typically sport low or negative correlations with traditional financial assets, can come in handy.
Well, let’s not forget the “hot money” crowd looking to book fast gains by spotting anomalies or various price-spread opportunities. In this context, we can see how Nasdaq’s new liquidity indexes could play a key role by shedding light on the real-time prices of and ETH – and soon, perhaps, XRP. In turn, that will attract the speculators as well as managers looking for investment gains that will stick around longer than a few hours or days. All these converging forces are further proof that the crypto ecosystem is attracting fans with traditionally deep pockets.
Mary Driscoll covers finance and business trends as a staff writer for ETHNews. She formerly served as an editor for management and finance at the Economist Intelligence Unit and a research principal at APQC. In addition, she has written for The Wall Street Journal CFO Report, HBR-online, and strategy + business. Her book on corporate treasury management was published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Mary enjoys hiking and skiing in the Sierras with family. Her goal in life is to win big on Jeopardy.
ETHNews is committed to its
Like what you read? Follow us on to receive the latest Nasdaq, Brave New Coin or other business and finance .
Published at Fri, 01 Mar 2019 15:15:33 +0000
