Category Archives: Syndicated
UBS swings back to profit and smashes earnings expectations for the first quarter
(CNBC) UBS on Tuesday reported a net profit of $1.8 billion for the first quarter of the year, smashing analyst expectations. It is the Swiss banking giant’s first earnings report in the black since it completed the acquisition of fallen rival Credit Suisse in […]
Disney quarterly results are on deck. Here’s what to expect
(CNBC) Disney reports its fiscal second-quarter earnings before the bell Tuesday, and analysts will be paying attention to the company’s streaming subscriber growth and outlook, as well as visitation numbers at its theme parks. It’s been more than a year since […]
Asset management industry AUM rises by 12% in 2023 to $120tn, even as profits fall by 8.1%
(Opalesque) The global asset management industry is showing some signs of recovery in 2023, with total assets under management rising 12% year-over-year to nearly $120 trillion, revealed a study. According to research by Boston Consulting Group, the industry’s revenues increased […]
Clear Street makes senior hires in prime brokerage business
(Hedgeweek) New York-based diversified financial services firm Clear Street has made several senior-level hires within the prime brokerage business of its institutional division, expanding its derivatives, algorithmic and cap intro teams. To read this article:
Basis trade boosts Exodus Point Q1 performance
(Hedgeweek) A bond market basis trade that has attracted the attention of regulators concerned about financial stability risks has helped hedge fund Exodus Point to chalk up a gain of around 2% for the year to the end of March, […]
Ai For Alpha launches new “CTA Flows Oracle” technology
(Hedgeweek) Ai For Alpha, a fintech specialising in AI investment strategies, has launched its “CTA Flows Oracle” technology, which intends to leverage the firm’s hedge fund strategy replication tech to predict flows of managed futures funds across asset classes. To […]
Stock futures inch higher after weaker-than-expected jobs report left investors looking up: Live updates
(CNBC) U.S. stock futures ticked up Monday after the major averages ended the previous week in the green on a weaker-than-expected jobs report, which revived hopes of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates soon. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 30 points, […]
S&P Global completes Visible Alpha acquisition
(Hedgeweek) A regulatory crackdown in South Korea last year saw hedge funds Segantii Capital Management and Point72 Asset Management fined along with proprietary trading firm Jane Street Group and other investment firms, according to a report by Bloomberg. To read […]
TOMS Capital Investment Management acquires stake in $21bn cereal manufacturer Kellanova
(Hedgeweek) New York-based activist hedge fund TOMS Capital Investment Management has taken an undisclosed “significant” stake in Kellanova, a US multinational food manufacturing company formerly known as Kellogg Company with a market valuation of $21bn, according to a report by […]
From 25 years in prison to just four months: Inside the final verdict on a crypto billionaire CEO archrivalry
(CNBC) An arch rivalry between one-time crypto titans was brought to a close at a federal courthouse in Seattle on Tuesday when Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was handed a sentence of four months in prison. A month earlier, on the […]
Segantii, Point72 et al fined for Korean trades
Hedgeweek) A regulatory crackdown in South Korea last year saw hedge funds Segantii Capital Management and Point72 Asset Management fined along with proprietary trading firm Jane Street Group and other investment firms, according to a report by Bloomberg. To read […]
Warren Buffett says AI scamming will be the next big ‘growth industry’
(CNBC) “When you think about the potential for scamming people … if I was interested in investing in scamming, it’s going to be the growth industry of all time and it’s enabled, in a way” by AI, Buffett said at Berkshire […]