Monthly Archives: May 2023

Paul Tudor Jones says the Fed is done raising rates, stocks to finish the year higher from here

(CNBC) Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones believes the Federal Reserve has finished raising interest rates in its fight against inflation, and the stock market could grind higher this year. “I definitely think they are done,” Jones said Monday on CNBC’s […]

Consumer debt passes $17 trillion for the first time despite slide in mortgage demand

(CNBC) Total consumer debt hit a fresh new high in the first quarter of 2023, pushing past $17 trillion even amid a sharp pullback in home borrowing. The total for borrowing across all categories hit $17.05 trillion, an increase of […]

Tiger Global to sell part of $40bn portfolio into secondary market

(Hedgeweek) Chase Coleman’s technology-focused investment manager Tiger Global is exploring options to cash in a part of its $40 billion portfolio of privately held companies through secondary market sales, according to a report by Bloomberg. To read this article:

Third Point boss scraps Sirius take-private plans

(Hedgeweek) Daniel Loeb, the founder of hedge fund Third Point Capital, has scrapped plans to acquire global speciality insurers SiriusPoint Ltd according to a report by Reuters citing a regulatory filing made on Friday. To read this article:

Quant funds up trading pace as volatility falls

(Hedgeweek) Falling volatility has seen a number of algorithmically driven hedge funds ramp up the rate of their stock buying to one of the fastest levels in a decade, according to a report by The Financial Times, citing data from […]

Philips to Pay More Than $62 Million to Settle FCPA Charges

(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that Amsterdam-based Koninklijke Philips N.V. will pay more than $62 million to resolve charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) with respect to conduct related to its sales of […]

Stock futures slip on Sunday night after S&P 500 and Dow post two straight weekly losses: Live updates

(CNBC) U.S. stock futures fell slightly on Sunday night following back-to-back weekly losses for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500. Dow futures fell by 70 points, or about 0.2%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures dipped 0.21% […]

Increased shorts against US Treasury futures down to hedge funds

(Hedgeweek) A growing short position on US Treasury futures is directly attributable to hedge fund placing bets on the spread between the futures and their underlying assets, according to a report by Bloomberg citing data from the Commodity Futures Trading […]

Crypto companies are playing poker with the SEC as agency cracks down on the industry

(CNBC) Cryptocurrency companies are playing a game of poker with the Securities and Exchange Commission, making bold threats to leave the U.S. as the regulator steps up pressure on the industry to toe the line. Major players are hoping that […]

Judge warns JPMorgan Chase of contempt finding for slow-walking evidence in Jeffrey Epstein case

(CNBC) A New York federal judge warned JPMorgan Chase that he might find the bank in contempt of court if it does not speed up in producing evidence related to late sexual offender and money manager Jeffrey Epstein for lawsuits […]

FourSixThree and Diameter bet on Credit Suisse CDS payout

Hedgeweek) Hedge funds including FourSixThree Capital and Diameter Capital have been buying swaps insuring Credit Suisse’s subordinated bonds believing that the controversial decision to write down the bank’s AT1 securities as part of its takeover by rival UBS could trigger […]

HSBC and Scotia Capital Hit with $22 Million in Combined Penalties for Widespread Recordkeeping Failures

(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. for widespread and longstanding failures by both firms and their employees to maintain and preserve electronic communications. To settle the charges, HSBC and […]