Monthly Archives: June 2017

(Bloomberg) Believe the hype. Quants have never been more popular.After doubling over the past decade, assets run by so-called systematic funds have hit a record $500 billion this year, according to estimates from Barclays Plc. In some ways, their meteoric […]

(Reuters) Uber Technologies Inc Chief Executive Travis Kalanick, co-founder of one of the most influential technology companies of its generation, resigned on Tuesday under mounting pressure from investors over his leadership.Kalanick’s departure caps a tumultuous period for the world’s largest […]

(Bloomberg) The violent rotation gripping U.S. equities has chased professional investors back into small-cap stocks. In just two weeks, hedge fund positioning in Russell 2000 Index mini futures went from the most bearish in six years to the most bullish […]

(FINalternatives) Global hedge fund manager Man Group has named current head of sales Steve Desmyter as head of responsible investment and current equity investment team executive (and UNPRI Hedge Fund Advisory Committee chair) Jason Mitchell as sustainability strategist. To read […]

(HITC) Jefferies Group posted a 33% drop in quarterly bond-trading revenue, signaling weakness in a business that’s been a strength for Wall Street in the past year. Investment banking jumped on gains in debt underwriting. Bloomberg News reports that fixed-income […]

(Marketwatch) Fears of a eurozone breakup. Concerns over unrest in the Middle East. And an increasingly angry middle class frustrated by the sluggish pace of economic growth. For years the financial markets have been swayed by such geopolitical threats — […]

(Seeking Alpha) Is there a misprint in this headline? It was a little difficult for me to write this. But it is a provocative thought, and one that hit me head-on when I read the following quote: “Hedge fund activists […]

(Opalesque) As alternative investments become more mainstream, information about investment vehicles, underlying assets and other risk management data has become more important to investors, but best practices around transparency requirements are lagging behind the demand, according to a survey released […]

(Harvest) There’s fake news permeating the current market narrative: this bull market is over eight years old. For whatever reason, people are willing to regurgitate this inaccuracy over and over again until many market participants believe it’s true. Yes, there […]

(Harvest) The ideology can come from either side of the political spectrum, and it can have a big impact on policy, the macroeconomic landscape and—ultimately—how we invest today. The include economic insecurity, social insecurity and political ineffectiveness. Based on previous […]