Monthly Archives: July 2017

(Harvest) Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Quants, Computer Driven Strategies, FinTech. No matter how you phrase it, those buzz words are here to stay in the financial realm. And what stories they have become… with yesterday’s more “normal” quant stories of machines […]

(Harvest) Four years ago, markets threw a “tantrum” when the Federal Reserve hinted at tapering its quantitative easing (QE) program. Over the past fortnight we’ve endured a “mini-tantrum” in government bond markets as the Fed girds itself to shrink its […]

(Harvest) Bank asset quality is a major concern. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) latest fiscal stability report, approximately 12% of Indian banks’ assets are stressed (non-performing loans/ require restructuring). As the banks’ non-performing loans (NPLs) are still […]

(FINalternatives) Hedge funds posted slightly positive performance in June, according to new data from fund administrator SS&C GlobeOp, while the July reading of the company’s asset flows indicator dipped. To read this article:

(FINalternatives) David Einhorn’s hedge fund manager Greenlight Capital reportedly suffered a rash of redemptions at the six-month market of 2017, as more than 15% of investors eligible to receive their money back elected to cash out. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) The dollar’s deepening slide is making a winner of hedge funds and other speculators who are the most bearish in four years. The greenback sank to a 10-month low Friday, rounding out its worst week since May, as weaker-than-forecast […]

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds and high-speed traders have been fighting for years to level the playing field with banks on derivatives trading. They just won a round in Europe. The European Securities and Markets Authority said earlier this month that trading […]

(Reuters) Many of last year’s most successful oil market bulls have seen their winnings dissolve in the first half of this year, as the crude price has wallowed below $50 a barrel despite output cuts by some of the world’s […]

(Bloomberg) Gold is out of favor with money managers and it’s not the only precious metal facing investor exodus. Hedge funds and other large speculators are hitting the exit as they brace for monetary tightening in the U.S. and Western […]

(HITC) On a sunny afternoon in the Bahamas this month, dozens of beachgoers mingled and danced to a soundtrack mixed by a man using a Pioneer sound system on a platform at the local tiki bar. The New York Times […]

(Opalesque) Garvin Jabusch co-founder and CIO of Denver-based Green Alpha Advisors bristles at being lumped in with other sustainability and ESG funds. When we met, he was in New York to speak at a sustainable investing conference about what he […]