Monthly Archives: September 2021
SEC proposes rules urging hedge funds, endowments to disclose votes
(Yahoo-Finance) The top U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday proposed requiring large hedge funds and endowments to disclose how they vote on executive pay, bringing this clutch of influential investors in line with other top funds that have made their pay […]
Ex-Goldman Compliance Analyst Charged with Insider Trading
(Reuters) A U.S. regulator on Wednesday charged a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc senior compliance analyst with insider trading, saying he made illegal trades involving banking clients while working in Warsaw, Poland. To read this article:
Senate reaches a deal to avoid a government shutdown
(CNBC) The New York Democrat said he has scheduled a vote on the stopgap measure for Thursday morning. The bill would keep the government running into early December, according to Schumer. The deal would still need to pass the House. […]
Fed Chair Powell calls inflation ‘frustrating’ and sees it running into next year
(CNBC) Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell still expects inflation to ease eventually, but said Wednesday that he sees the current pressures running into 2022. Assessing the current economic situation, the Fed chief said during a panel discussion hosted by the […]
Dow futures jump 200 points after rising rates hit tech stocks on Wall Street
(CNBC) U.S. stock index futures rose during early morning trading on Thursday, after tech stocks dipped again as investors digest the impact from higher rates. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 213 points. S&P 500 futures […]
Former IIIinois Investment Adviser Charged with Fraud for Misappropriating Client Funds
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged former Rockford, Illinois-area investment adviser Naseem Mohammed Salamah for allegedly defrauding his advisory clients out of nearly $1 million. According to the SEC’s complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the […]
Larger funds of hedge funds dominate in H1, Citco data shows
(Hedgeweek) Funds of hedge funds generated an average gain of 4.2 per cent during the first six months of the year, outflanking long/short equity hedge funds and convertible arbitrage strategies, with larger portfolios pulling ahead of the pack as bigger […]
Institutional investors and wealth managers set to invest in cryptoassets for the first time
(Hedgeweek) A new survey of institutional investors and wealth managers from the US, UK, France, Germany, and the UAE who collectively don’t currently have exposure to cryptocurrencies and digital assets, reveals that 62 per cent expect to invest in these […]
JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon cautions a U.S. default would be ‘potentially catastrophic’
(CNBC) JPMorgan Chase has begun preparing for the possibility of the United States hitting its debt limit, Chief Executive Jamie Dimon told Reuters on Tuesday, adding he nevertheless expected policymakers to find a solution to avoid that “potentially catastrophic” event. […]
Stocks could slide further as interest rates rise and Big Tech drags the market
(CNBC) Strategists see more selling ahead after stocks sold off Tuesday, led downward by tech and large cap growth names. A sharp jump in interest rates over the last several sessions stung the market, particularly the growth names. At its […]
Markets sell off as a yield spike hits tech stocks – what to watch next
(CNBC) Markets sold off Tuesday after a spike in yields hammered tech stocks.Here’s what five experts have to say about stocks now. Tom Lee, Fundstrat’s head of research, said the noise out of Washington, D.C., that contributed to investor nerves […]
BlackRock’s Larry Fink says big companies shouldn’t be the only ‘climate police’ in the world
CNBC) Big companies and banks shouldn’t be the only “climate police” in the world, says BlackRock Chief Executive Larry Fink, who called on governments and society to play their part in climate change. To read this article:
