September 18, 2018

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Investing: Investing lessons from the top of a $7.3bn quant fund, Hedge fund shorts on Danske Bank hit 11-month high ...

Investing lessons from the top of a $7.3bn quant fund From Bloomberg: Igor Tulchinsky laid the groundwork for WorldQuant LLC, a $7.3 billion quantitative hedge fund with more than 700 employees, while working for Izzy Englander's Millennium Management LLC. The 52-year-old native of Belarus now pr...
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Northern Trust rolls out integrated trading solutions

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Northern Trust Corporation has launched an outsourced trading capability designed to help asset owners and asset managers achieve better overall trading and performance outcomes. The Chicago-based asset manager which has ...

Oct 01, 2018

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London Block Exchange launches GBP-pegged cryptocurrency

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The London Blockchain Exchange (LBX) has announced the launch of a UK Pound Sterling (GBP)-pegged cryptocurrency stablecoin called LBXPeg. In a statement posted on its website, the United Kingdom-based startup revealed ...

Oct 01, 2018

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Picton Mahoney introduces three alternative funds

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Toronto-based Picton Mahoney Asset Management has added three alternative funds to its Fortified Fund family, the asset manager said in a press release. The new products offer additional access to hedging techniques and ...

Oct 01, 2018

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Hennessee Hedge Fund Index up +0.48% in August as global equities gain

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Hennessee Group announced today that the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index gained +0.48% for the month. Global equities, as measured by the MSCI World index, gained in August but there were significant regional differences amid ...

Oct 01, 2018

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New Launches: Ex-Citadel natural gas investor opens new hedge fund, Commodities World Capital to start new metals hedge ...

Ex-Citadel natural gas investor opens new hedge fund From Reuters: An investor who previously helped oversee U.S. natural gas trading at Citadel has set up his own hedge fund, a person familiar with the plans said on Monday. Ron Ozer, who worked as ...

Oct 01, 2018

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Hedge funds doubt Saudi Arabia will replace Iranian oil

From Reuters: Hedge fund managers are increasingly betting Saudi Arabia and its allies cannot or will not replace all the crude lost from the market when U.S. sanctions on Iran go into effect fully from November. Hedge funds and other money managers ...

Oct 01, 2018

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Hedge funds take record bet on higher US yields as 3.00% is breached: McGeever

From Reuters: The jury is still out on whether the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield's move above 3 percent is the historical break higher confirming the end of the 30-year bond bull market. The verdict from hedge funds, however, is unequivocal: it is. ...

Oct 01, 2018

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Investing: Your guide to the many flavors of quant investing, Hedge fund investors appear to be forgiving of mediocre ...

Your guide to the many flavors of quant investing From Bloomberg: Quantitative finance has become a buzzword of modern finance, though it's been around for decades. Thanks in no small part to the success and allure of firms like Renaissance ...

Oct 01, 2018

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Institutional Investors: Institutional investors are using back door for crypto buys, Hedge fund backed by California ...

Institutional investors are using back door for crypto buys From Bloomberg: Hedge funds, miners shift sales to over-the-counter trading. Transactions run counter to peer-to-peer crypto history. Institutional investors are becoming more involved in ...

Oct 01, 2018

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People: State Street Global Exchange head named CEO of Charles River as acquisition closes

From Global Custodian: State Street has confirmed that the head of its Global Exchange business has been appointed chief executive officer of Charles River Development, as the bank's $2.6 billion acquisition of the front-office services is completed. ...

Oct 01, 2018

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Problems worsen for Arki Busson's hedge fund

From Financial News: Investment company run by industry playboy who has dated Uma Thurman suffers losses of $4.5m. Problems have deepened for the investment company run by Arpad 'Arki' Busson, the flamboyant hedge fund manager, after the Swiss money ...

Oct 01, 2018

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Crypto: Bill Clinton: 'Permutations and possibilities of blockchain are staggeringly great', Crypto exchanges must face ...

Bill Clinton: 'Permutations and possibilities of blockchain are staggeringly great' From Coin Telegraph: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said that the "permutations and possibilities of blockchain technology are staggeringly great," at ...

Oct 01, 2018

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Asia: India fights to avert credit crisis, Doors to China's markets are creaking open

India fights to avert credit crisis From Nikkei: India's financial authorities are battling to avert a major credit crisis in the wake of a series of defaults by one of the country's biggest public infrastructure lenders. The government on Monday ...

Oct 01, 2018

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MENA: JP Morgan: Securities lending growth across the Middle East and North Africa, Middle East funds less positive on ...

JP Morgan: Securities lending growth across the Middle East and North Africa From FOW: Sustained growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) continues to fuel the need for additional capital and financing. In addition to traditional funding ...

Oct 01, 2018

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Property: Billionaire hedge fund investor Michael Hintze pays $7.5m for Willatook farms, Strong housing recovery makes ...

Billionaire hedge fund investor Michael Hintze pays $7.5m for Willatook farms From Weekly Times Now: Australian billionaire hedge fund manager Sir Michael Hintze has increased his Victorian farming interests, paying about $7.5 million for an ...

Oct 01, 2018

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Opalesque Exclusive: Chakra Capital finds shorts in a challenging environment

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: A new Boston-based manager has launched an equity long/short fund with a refreshing take - fund manager Gopal Reddy actually takes single name shorts. The Boston-based onshore fund runs a classic ...

Sep 30, 2018

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Michael Arringtons crypto hedge fund may stop investing in US

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The Partner and founder of the digital asset management firm Arrington XRP Capital, Michael Arrington has posted on Twitter that his investment fund has received a subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ...

Sep 30, 2018

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September: Poor harvest for hedge funds

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The month of September was overall tough for hedge funds as CTAs and L/S Equity strategies underperformed on the back of sector rotations. According to benchmark liquid indices, several strategies were down, said Lyxor in ...

Sep 30, 2018

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Transaction fees eat up a quarter of asset owners investment costs

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Transaction costs account for 24% of total investment costs for the world's biggest asset owners, according to a study of institutional investors. According to a study of global pension funds with $2.6 trillion in assets ...

Sep 30, 2018

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Zero-fee decentralized crypto exchange StellarX is launched

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The decentralized exchange on its own blockchain, StellarX, which has been in beta test mode over the past several months, is now launched. The trading app for Stellar's universal marketplace offers crypto, fiat tethers, ...

Sep 30, 2018

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Difficult times in raising funds for hedge fund managers: Study

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Hedge fund managers will to continue to encounter difficulties in raising funds as they are pushed by investors on performance, said a research report. A report by Deloitte Partner Mark Ward, director Chris Farkas, and ...

Sep 30, 2018

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European hedge funds value core services and strength of prime brokers than fees: Survey

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Deloitte risk advisory executives looked at what European hedge fund managers value most in their prime brokers (PB). Core services and strength of counterparty were most frequently ranked the most important; conversely, ...

Sep 30, 2018

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Musk settles with SEC following tweets

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Following a Twitter episode that may go down as one of the most expensive to date, Elon Musk has agreed to settle with the SEC for $20 million and will step down as chairman of Tesla for at least three years. Musk ...

Sep 30, 2018

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Opalesque Roundup: A bitter taste of summer for hedge funds: hedge fund news, week 39

In the week ending September 28th 2018, Lyxor's Cross Asset Research team explained that there was "no turn in sight yet in September" for hedge fund performance and alpha. Although hedge funds ' performance and alpha were honorable until ...

Sep 30, 2018

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Emerging hedge fund firms facing many roadblocks

From PIonline.com: New hedge fund launches are declining in one of the most difficult fundraising environments managers have faced since the global financial crisis. The rising cost of running a small money management firm, fee pressure from ...

Sep 30, 2018

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