Category Archives: Syndicated
More than 4,000 hedge funds have been liquidated in the past five years
(Opalesque) A recent study said that the hedge funds industry is now on track to record more closures than launches for a fifth straight year, a blow to a market that once minted millionaires at a heady pace. More than […]
Wilshire 5000 ends 2019 with record $7.5tn annual gain, fueled by gains four quarters in a row
(Opalesque) The Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index, the original pure and complete measure of the U.S. stock market, rose 2.93 percent in December, 9.08 percent fourth quarter and 31.02 percent for the year, closing 2019 at 32,948.41. To read this […]
Big gains have not improved funded status for U.S. corporate pensions
(Opalesque) U.S. companies reaped their biggest return on pension plan assets in 16 years last year, but the funded status for corporate pensions is stagnant. A new analysis from Willis Towers Watson shows that despite a 19.8 percent average investment […]
Gold, oil soar, shares slip as U.S. and Iran rattle sabers
(Reuters) – Tensions in the Middle East after the killing of a top Iranian general by the United States pushed an index of Asian shares off an 18-month high on Monday as investors pushed safe-haven gold near a seven-year high, […]
EEX Power Derivatives Market volume up 32 per cent year-on-year in December
(Hedgeweek) The European Energy Exchange (EEX) increased the volume on the Power Derivatives Market by 32 per cent year-on-year in December 2019 to 360.3 TWh To read this article:
Fed faces new trade-offs, hunts for new model, in low-rate world
(Reuters) – An unprecedented combination of low U.S. unemployment, weak inflation and low interest rates has the U.S. Federal Reserve grappling with how to fight the next recession, as experts debate new approaches to financial regulation as well as a […]
Insider-Trading Prosecutions Get Easier with Court Ruling
(Bloomberg) Prosecutors have a stronger hand going after insider trading following a court ruling that lowered the bar for bringing cases.The federal appeals court in Manhattan last week said the government may pursue insider-trading charges under a newer securities-fraud law […]
New Options Close the Financing Gap for Women Entrepreneurs in the Next Decade
(Forbes) Capital is the lifeblood of all businesses. Entrepreneurs and small business owners depend on it to start, operate, and grow their firms. Yet, there is an $87 billion gap in financing for small businesses, according to Next Street. The […]
Why UOB Asset Management is overweight on alternatives
(CNBC) Anthony Raza of UOB Asset Management says the firm sees “limited upside” for markets in 2020 and is overweight alternative strategies, such as investing in hedge funds, that tend to be less driven by market performance. To view this […]
Abu Dhabi’s NMC Health in messy dispute with US short seller Muddy Waters after stock ambush
(CNBC) Abu-Dhabi based healthcare firm NMC Health is embroiled in a bitter battle with U.S. short seller Muddy Waters, after the latter produced a report questioning the company’s accounting practices and sending its stock tumbling. To read this article:
Private capital braces for economic slowdown
(Opalesque) Preparations for a downturn are underway for the private equity and venture capital sectors, according to BDO’s inaugural U.S. Private Capital Outlook. As they wait for the other shoe to drop, more than half of fund managers (50% of […]
Hedge funds on track to end 2019 with four consecutive positive quarters
(Hedgeweek) Hedge fund managers recorded a second positive month in the fourth quarter of 2019, with the equal-weighted index up 0.73 per cent and the asset-weighted index up 0.20 per cent in November following the positive geopolitical developments surrounding the […]