Monthly Archives: April 2021

(Hedgeweek) Managed futures hedge funds have finished the first quarter of the year in positive territory, seizing on upwards trends in equities indices and the US dollar while weathering the recent bond market and commodities upheaval.  To read this article:

(Opalesque) Hedge funds advanced in March for the sixth consecutive month despite acceleration in realized equity market volatility, completing a strong 1Q 2021. Recent strong performance has been driven by exposure to out-of-favor, deep value equities, as well as by […]

(Hedgeweek) Hedge funds can capitalise on a “substantial” sector and asset class rotation during the second quarter, as an uneven economic recovery, bumpy vaccine rollouts and an inflationary environment drive dispersion across industries, K2 Advisors said this week. To read […]

(Reuters) Retail brokerage Robinhood Financial did not report a certain type of stock trade it executed for customers last year to a public data feed, according to regulatory data analyzed by Reuters and a source familiar with the matter. So-called […]

(CNBC) Wharton School finance professor Jeremy Siegel said Thursday he expects the stock market’s rally will persist at least throughout this year. However, he told CNBC that investors will have to be cautious once the Federal Reserve adjusts its highly accommodative monetary […]

(CNBC) SoftBank has invested $500 million in digital mortgage lender Better.com amid what has been a hot U.S. residential real estate and mortgage refinancing market fueled by record low interest rates. The news was first reported by The Wall Street Journal on […]

(Reuters) The Securities and Exchange Commission formally acknowledged a bitcoin ETF proposal from VanEck just two weeks ago, starting the countdown on its 45-day approval timeline. But seeing a bitcoin ETF approved in the next 30 days isn’t that likely, […]

(CNBC) In preparation for its debut on the Nasdaq next week, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said on Tuesday that first-quarter revenue climbed about nine-fold from last year, driven by a historic rally in the price of bitcoin. Revenue in the period […]

(CNBC) Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Tuesday voiced support for raising the corporate tax rate but stopped short of saying he supports President Joe Biden’s plan for the increase. “We support the Biden Administration’s focus on making bold investments in […]

(CNBC) Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO, listed fintech as one of the “enormous competitive threats” to banks in his annual shareholder letter released Wednesday. “Banks … are facing extensive competition from Silicon Valley, both in the form of […]

(CNBC) Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said Wednesday that while the U.S. economic outlook has “brightened considerably,” it remains well away from the central bank’s goals. “Brighter outlook, but of course our monetary policy forward guidance is premised on outcomes […]

(Opalesque) U.S. law firm Seward & Kissel LLP released the findings of its first Alternative Investment Allocator Survey. They found that those who allocate alternative investment dollars for large investors are likely to increase allocations to less liquid strategies and […]