Monthly Archives: May 2019
AI founder says 90% of investment signals from AI algos, alternative data are false
(Opalesque) Alpha Vertex, a financial technology company, sees untapped opportunity in advanced natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning tools to extract information – such as investment signals – from unstructured, text-based datasets with broad coverage. To read this article:
Latin American investors reveal growing importance of ESG/SRI metrics
(Opalesque) Environmental, social and governance (ESG)/ Socially responsible investing (SRI) appear to be gaining in influence for Latin American equities investors in tune with global trends. More investors are placing value on various facets of ESG/SRI investing and many investors […]
Hedge funds see honey in Japan’s value traps
(Reuters) Hedge funds see honey in Japan’s value traps. Companies from the Land of the Rising Sun dominated pitches at Hong Kong’s Sohn Conference on Thursday. They pointed to signs of unjustified panic in the country’s equities slump, creating opportunities […]
Asia hedge funds struggle to benefit from investor enthusiasm
(Reuters) – Asian hedge funds are struggling to benefit from strong investor interest in the region in the face of patchy liquidity, country-level restrictions and general market jitters over the U.S.-China trade war. The Asia Pacific was the top region […]
This Hedge Fund Superstar Thinks Climate Change Will Impact All Your Investments
(Forbes) Since November, Robert Gibbins has crisscrossed the globe attending scientific conferences, traveling from his home in Geneva, Switzerland, to Arizona, Spain and Austria. The events had a common theme—climate change—and were well attended by academics, bureaucrats and politicians. To […]
Fraud Charges Filed in Real Estate Investment Scam
(HedgeCo.Net) the Securities and Exchange Commission charged George Slowinski with perpetrating a more than $20 million offering fraud involving real estate in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois impacting more than 600 investors. As alleged in the SEC’s complaint, Slowinski, […]
SEC Charges Investment Adviser With Fraud
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged investment adviser Stephen Brandon Anderson with defrauding clients by overcharging advisory fees of at least $367,000. According to the SEC’s order, Anderson owned and operated River Source Wealth Management, LLC, a now-defunct […]
Canadian Institutional Investors to hike alternatives allocations:
(Opalesque)Canadian institutional investors are seeking to further increase their overall allocations to alternative investment strategies, including hedge funds, real estate, private equity, infrastructure and private debt, said a study. Investors are focussing on transparency, fee compression, ESG factors and more […]
Two-thirds of alternative investment fund managers predict a rise in regulatory arbitrage between EU member states
(Hedgeweek) Over two-thirds (67 per cent) of alternative investment fund managers believe the prospect of regulatory arbitrage between European Union member states seeking to attract business is likely to grow over the next two years, according to a new study. […]
EFAMA reports large net inflows into UCITS bond funds in March
(Hedgeweek) Net sales of UCITS and AIFs totalled EUR6 billion, down from EUR13 billion in February, with UCITS registering net inflows of EUR13 billion, up from EUR6 billion in February, according to the latest Investment Fund Industry Fact Sheet from […]
Hedge funds bang defensive drum on oil:
(Reuters) – Hedge funds liquidated more of their bullish petroleum positions as concerns about the health of the global economy and oil usage outweighed European and Middle Eastern supply disruptions. To read this article:
Hedge Funds Pay Jefferies to Trade for Them in One-Stop Shopping
(Bloomberg) Jefferies Financial Group Inc. is luring dozens of clients to a trading venture for hedge funds, a business that some of its largest rivals exited a decade ago. To read this article: