(Opalesque) An ongoing bond market rally that pushed 30-year US Treasury and German bond yields to all-time lows helped to propel managed futures funds to a profitable August with CTA funds returning 2.23% according to the Barclay CTA Index To […]

(Opalesque) The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has just published the 11th edition of its Asset Management Report. The report aims to highlight the fundamental role of asset managers in the financial system and wider economy, channelling savings […]

(Opalesque) Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm known as “Hub,” announced it has acquired the assets of Wash Financial LLC, which does business as Washington Financial Group (WFG). To read this article:

(Reuters) – Before the attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil installations on Sept. 14, hedge fund managers had started to become more bullish, or at least less bearish, about the prospects for oil prices amid hope for a trade truce between […]

(Reuters) – An international arbitration panel will hold hearings next month in the United States in a case filed by two New York-based hedge funds against the South Korean government over a 2015 Samsung merger. To read this article:

(CNBC) Ron Paul is warning negative interest rates will crush the global economy.The former Republican congressman from Texas believes the U.S. won’t be the exception. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Crispin Odey, whose main fund has seen excruciating losses and spectacular gains, is opening up his firm’s best performing money pool to external investors. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) The market rotation into momentum and value assets has left some losers in its wake, but it’s no “Volmageddon” like February 2018, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) Managers of Cayman funds are being encouraged to act now to ensure they fully comply with the new obligations of the Cayman Islands Data Protection Law, 2017 scheduled to come into effect on 30 September 2019. To read this […]

(Opalesque) The rise in bond yields which started to take shape at the end of August accelerated in recent days and penalized CTAs’ significant long bond positioning, said Lyxor in its weekly brief. To read this article:

(Opalesque) Hedge fund Man Group announced that the former Deutsche Bank chief executive John Cryan has been appointed as chairman. To read this article:

(Opalesque) The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for August 2019 measured -0.43%. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.21% in September. To read this article: