Monthly Archives: May 2019
Caspian appoints Bletchley Park Asset Management co-founder as adviser
(Hedgeweek) Caspian, a full-stack crypto trading and risk management platform for institutional investors and sophisticated traders, has appointed Bletchley Park Asset Management Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer Lewis Fellas to its board of strategic advisers. To read this article:
Latam assets slide as U.S.-China trade war froths
(Reuters) – Latin American currencies softened against the dollar on Monday, with global risk appetite hammered by rising U.S.-China trade tensions, which prompted some investors in Latin American stocks to cash out their chips in a rush. To read this […]
Crypto hedge funds grew last year even as bitcoin slumped
(Reuters) – Cryptocurrency hedge funds managed three times more in investments in the first quarter of this year than in early 2018, a report by consultancy PwC and investment firm Elwood showed on Monday. To read this article:
Crypto Hedge Fund Survivors Lost 46% in 2018, PwC Analysis Shows
(Bloomberg) The cryptocurrency hedge funds that survived the 2018 market collapse lost almost half their assets To read this article:
Hedge Funds Raid BNP’s Shuttered Prop Desk Amid Talent Race
(Bloomberg) BNP Paribas SA’s closure of its proprietary-trading desk has triggered a hiring frenzy for the world’s biggest hedge funds. Citadel has recruited Mathieu Gaveau, who was head of rates at BNP’s Opera Trading Capital division until it was shut […]
The Big Picture: Global Macro Hedge Funds, Then and Now
(Opalesque) “The rise of hedge funds as actively managed investment vehicles is closely related to the spectacular performance of global macro funds in the nineties when they shone with stellar and consistently positive returns for almost a decade,” says senior […]
Commonfund Capital Closes 2nd Secondaries Fund at $450m
(Opalesque)Commonfund Capital today announced the closing of its second secondaries fund, Commonfund Capital Secondary Partners II. The fund closed with $450 million of capital commitments sourced from investors including endowments, foundations, pension plans, insurance pools and family offices, more than […]
Scaramucci Celebrates Hedge Funds in Vegas at SALT with Less Glitz
(Reuters) After a one-year pause, the hedge fund industry schmooze fest organized by Anthony Scaramucci, the investment manager who briefly served as President Donald Trump’s communications director, returned to the Las Vegas strip this week. But the atmosphere at the […]
Final Judgment Entered Against Former Broker for Defrauding Customers
(HedgeCo.Net) A federal district court entered a final consent judgment against a broker who was charged with defrauding customers by making unsuitable and unauthorized trades and churning customers’ accounts, which enriched the broker at the customers’ expense. The SEC’s complaint, […]
Dow stages 450-point comeback, ends the day higher after Trump says China trade talks to continue
(CNBC) Stocks staged a massive reversal on Friday after President Donald Trump said conversations with China over trade will continue and his relationship with President Xi Jinping remains strong. To read this article:
The IPO market started strong and could soon take off
(CNBC) The IPO market is off to an exceptionally strong start, after a two-month hiatus around the government shutdown.According to Renaissance Capital, 42 IPOs have priced this year. The average first-day pop has been 22%, well above the average of […]
Implicit and explicit factor exposures are key drivers of excess fixed income returns, says Invesco research
(Hedgeweek) Invesco, an asset manager with over 30 years of expertise in factor investing, has released the findings from a new study “Active bond returns – powered by factors,” the first in a series of papers designed to help investors […]