(Harvest) A major theme at the 2017 Strategic Investment Conference was the shift in economic power from developed markets to emerging markets (EMs). For example, in 1960, the combined GDP of China and India made up only 5% of global […]

(Harvest) After more than seven years of expansion, the global economy faces several potential pivots in the direction and scale of monetary, fiscal, trade, geopolitical and exchange rate policies.One in particular will help determine the long-term outlook for China and […]

(FINalternatives) The alternative investment group of Pictet Group, Pictet Alternative Advisors (PAA), has appointed former Amundi Alternative Investments executive Heinrich Merz as head of hedge funds. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Another year, another disappointing start for hedge funds.But don’t despair — the hedgies have a plan to lift their fortunes: U.S. small-cap stocks. It’s been a long, long time since hedge funds outpaced the market. The HFRI Fund Weighted […]

(FINalternatives) More than eight out of ten institutional asset managers will wait until the fourth quarter of 2017 to comply with MiFID II rules concerning the unbundling of research, according to a new survey by research aggregator RSRCHXchange. To read […]

(Bloomberg) Sweden’s central bank will likely begin raising interest rates already this year, grabbing a head start on its larger counterpart in Frankfurt in the race to unwind Europe’s unprecedented stimulus drive.That’s the view of hedge fund Excalibur Asset Management, […]

(Reuters) Activist investor Daniel Loeb’s Third Point LLC on Sunday unveiled a stake of more than 1 percent in Switzerland’s Nestle SA (NESN.S) and urged the world’s largest packaged foods maker to improve margins, buy back stock and shed non-core […]

(Fox Business) Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the federal securities-fraud trial of Martin Shkreli, the former pharmaceutical executive and social-media provocateur who rose to international infamy two years ago for his decision to dramatically raise the prices […]

(City A.M) Asset managers will be preparing themselves as the week begins ahead of a comprehensive industry review, due to be published on Wednesday, by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The review, which was launched in 2015, aims to overhaul […]

(Opalesque) Opalesque Industry Update: Managed futures traders gained 0.06% in May according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year to date, the Index has lost 0.67%.Four of Barclay’s CTA indices had gains in May, and four had losses. […]

(FINalternatives) Chris Rokos’ macro hedge fund manager Rokos Capital Management has hired former Credit Suisse executive Robin Wilson as the $6.8 billion fund builds out staff. To read this article:

(Reuters) A group of four international investment funds offered to inject 1.6 billion euros ($1.79 billion) of fresh capital into two ailing Italian banks in Veneto at the end of May, sources told Reuters, but their plan was not pursued […]