Monthly Archives: November 2019
Hedge funds buy oil in anticipation of short-covering rally
(Reuters) Hedge funds have started to become more optimistic about the outlook for oil prices amid hopes that the United States and China will reach a trade truce and the global economy will avert recession in 2019/20. To read this […]
Top Argentine Investor Warns Narrow Path to Avoid Vulture Funds
(Bloomberg) Argentine President-elect Alberto Fernandez risks a repeat of the 2001 debt crisis that led to a messy 15-year legal battle with creditors unless he can quickly restructure $50 billion of bonds. That’s the warning from Christian Cavanagh, chief investment […]
Fund Brings Convertible Loans to Private Debt, Generates 41%
(Bloomberg) A pair of investors is bringing convertible loans to the private debt market, generating outsized returns for investors. AIP Asset Management Inc., run by Alex Kanayev and Jay Bala, gained an annualized 41% over the past five years by […]
Lebanese Banks Curtail Transfers Abroad Amid Unrest
(Bloomberg) Lebanese banks have curtailed the transfer of dollar deposits abroad until political turbulence that has engulfed the country and raised fears of a collapse in its currency peg subsides. Lebanon has not imposed official restrictions on the movement of […]
The Silos Keep Blocking the Vision
(Bloomberg) How does it feel to work at SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund, which has been in the news a lot recently for its massive troubled investment in WeWork? To read this article:
Opalesque Exclusive: SALT Heads to the Middle East
(Opalesque) The SALT Conference is returning to the international stage. Later this month SALT will present in partnership with Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre of Abu Dhabi. SALT Abu Dhabi will be the inaugural SALT event […]
Court Orders Defendants to Pay More than $4.25 Million for Fraud and Misappropriation
(HedgeCo.Net) The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered an order of default finding that Blake Harrison Kantor and Nathan Mullins, both of New York, as well […]
US topples China to take the top spot as AI venture capital investment hub
(Opalesque) The United States replaced China as the top global artificial intelligence (AI) venture capital investment hub, said a study. United States commanded the most AI investment values in 2018 globally at 52.3%, according to ABI Research. Based on investment […]
SALT heads to the middle east
(Opalesque) The SALT Conference is returning to the international stage. Later this month SALT will present in partnership with Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre of Abu Dhabi. SALT Abu Dhabi will be the inaugural SALT event […]
Mexican infrastructure funding helps alternatives investors
(Opalesque) Certificates of Capital Development (CKDs) are helping investors to access a variety of developing sectors in Mexico – namely infrastructure, real estate, mining, technology. To read this article:
Brexit hits venture capital in the UK
(Opalesque) As Brexit negotiations drag on, LPs and GPs are looking more closely at the impact to venture capital. As an asset class, venture capital is typically uncorrelated to broad geopolitical trends that might move markets, but according to delegates […]
Asia hedge funds fastest growth puts spotlight on local talent
(Opalesque) Media reports said that as more and more big hedge funds expand in Asia and the region’s assets under management grow at a faster clip than in the US and Britain, industry executives say the number of qualified candidates […]
