(Harvest) Thus far in 2017, the CBOE VIX Index has remained well below its long term average of 19.6. However, this does not mean the environment has been low risk. In fact, the political uncertainty and gridlock emanating throughout the […]

(FINalternatives) Capital flows to traditional asset managers were largely flat in the second quarter, according to new research from eVestment, but the period did see large moves across asset classes and regional strategies. To read this article:

(Reuters) Global investors added to Eurozone stocks in August, raising their equity exposure to the highest level in at least five years while trimming U.S. equity exposure to the lowest proportion in over a year. To read this article:

(Barron’s) A second quarter surge lifted emerging market hedge fund capital to $213.3 billion, a record, and India and China funds were performance leaders, according to Hedge Fund Research data. That puts hedge funds on par with the amount of […]

(Bloomberg) Haitong International Securities Group Ltd., a unit of China’s second-largest brokerage, is among the firms rushing to capitalize on regulations that could upend the global trading business.The company has ramped up its foray into electronic execution, betting that the […]

(Reuters) Lawyers defending Platinum Partners founder Mark Nordlicht in a $1 billion fraud case on Thursday said they would no longer pursue their appeal of a federal judge’s order restricting the attorneys’ contact with potential government witnesses. In a motion […]

(Bloomberg) Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management is backing a new hedge-fund startup run by portfolio manager Javier Velazquez, according to four people familiar with the matter. The fund will be London-based and follow a long-short equity strategy, said the people, asking […]

(Connecticut Post) Not long ago, Donald Trump impugned hedge fund managers as “paper-pushers” who “get away with murder.” But when it comes to how much taxes one of Connecticut’s vanguard industries pays on money management fees and investment income, the […]

(Harvest) To gauge the future of IBM, one needs to understand its cognitive computing platform, Watson. As its core business declines, IBM is counting on Watson to drive growth in new areas such as analytics, healthcare, internet of things, and […]

(Opalesque) Some of the biggest hedge fund managers have warned of a possible market fall because of the rising tension between the U.S. and North Korea amidst Pyongyang’s latest missile test over Japan, reported CNBC. In a LinkedIn post, Ray […]

(FINalternatives) The UCITS Alternative Index Blue Chip, which tracks the performance of the largest and most representative absolute return UCITS funds, lost -0.21% in the week through August 30 and is now down is down -0.14% for the month, according […]

(Bloomberg) Insurers got burned badly in the 2008 financial crisis. So almost a decade later, BlackRock Inc. scoured the industry’s $5 trillion in U.S. investments to figure out how they would fare if markets crash so hard again. The answer: […]