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Top 100 hedge fund managers have 84% median proportion of AUM in global hedge funds
(Opalesque) Top 100 hedge fund managers have 84% median proportion of AUM in global hedge funds with $10.6bn median AUM, said HFM. HFM also announced it will be merging with Eurekahedge. In 2020, diversification into long only products remains the […]
Five Defendants in a Microcap Fraud Scheme Attempting to Capitalize On the Covid-19 Pandemic Ordered to Pay Over $12 Million
(HedgeCo.Net) The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts entered final judgments against FFS Capital Limited, Paifang Trading Limited, Artefactor Limited, Meadow Asia Limited, and Thyme International Limited. Among other things, the judgments order these entities to pay a […]
Asset managers Dyal Capital and Owl Rock in talks for merger through SPAC
(Opalesque) Neuberger Berman’s Dyal Capital Partners is in talks to combine with the New York-based direct lending platform Owl Rock Capital Partners in a deal with a blank-check company that would value the asset managers at about $13 billion combined. […]
Stocks set to fall a second day after Trump halts stimulus talks, Dow futures fall 60 points
(CNBC) U.S. stock futures moved lower in overnight trading on Tuesday after President Donald Trump called off stimulus talks until after the November election. Dow futures fell 60 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.3% and 0.2%, respectively. […]
Stock futures are flat as Wall Street tries to recover from 3-week losing streak
(CNBC) U.S. stock futures were little changed on Sunday night as the market tried to bounce back from its longest weekly losing streak in about a year. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures traded 17 points lower, or 0.1%. S&P 500 […]
Retail investing boom may spark concerns, but strategist says markets have lived through it before
(CNBC) Retail investors have been fueling a frenzied buying boom in markets this year, sparking fears that they are driving too much speculation in the market. But Christopher Smart, chief global strategist at Barings Investment Institute, suggested that the risks […]
Markets look to the Fed again to build on S&P 500 record as Congress continues to disappoint
(CNBC) Market pros hold out little hope that Congress will agree to a stimulus package before September, but they will look to Jerome Powell in the coming week to provide a roadmap for what else the Fed might do to […]
Barclay CTA Index gains 1.63% in July
(Opalesque) Managed futures funds were profitable in July as the CTA industry realized a 1.63% monthly gain, according to the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. For the year-to-date CTAs were up 2.49% through July. […]
These are the questions fund managers will be facing on diversity & inclusion
(Opalesque) The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and consultant Albourne Partners Limited have launched a questionnaire for alternative investment managers to increase diversity & inclusion (D&I) transparency in the global hedge fund and alternative investment industry. The questionnaire was developed […]
Refreshing the opportunities in relative value/convertible arbitrage investing: Q&A with Oliver Dobbs, founder of Credere Capital
(Hedgeweek) The impact of the ongoing coronavirus crisis – which has seen an unprecedented market sell-off give way to a dizzying equity rally, with heightened volatility still tentatively looming over all manner of companies and sectors – is providing a […]
Stock futures fall in overnight trading as Trump issues executive orders on Chinese apps
Futures tied to major U.S. equity averages traded in negative territory as U.S.-China tensions continued to heat up. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures slipped about 100 points. S&P 500 futures and the Nasdaq 100 futures also traded in negative territory. The overnight […]
Short-sellers increase bets against Wirecard as hedge funds eye bigger pay-off from crisis-hit company’s demise
(Hedgeweek) Hedge funds are holding off from closing their short positions in crisis-hit e-payments firm Wirecard AG – with some even increasing their bets – in expectation that its share price will tumble yet again, boosting short sellers’ returns even […]
