Women-Led Activist Firm Bets on ESG Reforms in Emerging MarketsBloomberg - SHARE ARTICLE

By Debbie McLean, Managing Director of Global Relations at CAIA Association I’m one of five women in my family who attended an all-women’s college. Mount Holyoke was established 183 years ago to be the “Harvard equivalent” for women who were not allowed t - SHARE ARTICLE

Chances are, he’s done it before—and those people didn’t get their $1 million a week, either.Hedge fund frauds come in all shapes and sizes. Some guarantee modest but literally unbelievably steady low double-digit annual returns. Others offer the same res - SHARE ARTICLE

BRIEF-Lind Global Macro Fund Reports 9.9% Passive Stake In Aeterna Zentaris Inc As Of July 2Reuters - SHARE ARTICLE

The latest 13F reporting period has come and gone, and Insider Monkey is again at the forefront when it comes to making use of this gold mine of data. We at Insider Monkey have plowed through 821 13F ... - SHARE ARTICLE

Hedge Fund That Bet Early on Workhorse Surged 25% in JuneBloomberg - SHARE ARTICLE

A few other investors may also join Route One and participate in what could potentially be a wider fundraising round through the preferential allotment route - SHARE ARTICLE

German AI quant hedge fund Quantumrock claims “incredible results” amid stock market wobble Submitted By Hugh Leask | 07/07/2020 - 5:50pm Quantumrock, the German volatility-foc - SHARE ARTICLE

Lansdowne Partners plans to close its main hedge fund in a move that will significantly scale back the firm’s short-selling activities.The group, one of the hedge fund industry’s biggest names, has ... - SHARE ARTICLE

Large losses on leveraged positions at Hong Kong-based Gen2 Partners earlier this year prompted a liquidity squeeze and a freeze on early redemptions. - SHARE ARTICLE

The firm's SR Global Frontier fund slumped 12.6% between January and June 2020 while the SR Global International fund, managed by co-founder Robinson, was down 7.8% in the year to date until June - SHARE ARTICLE

The money manager believes 'excessive short-termism' means stocks are cheap - SHARE ARTICLE

London-based Lansdowne Partners is closing its main hedge fund, a long-short strategy that manages $2.8 billion in assets under management, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. - SHARE ARTICLE

London-based Lansdowne Partners disclosed that it is shuttering its main hedge fund, the Lansdowne Developed Markets Fund, which has US$ 2.8 billion in assets under management. The hedge fund follows a long/short equity investment strategy. The Lansdowne - SHARE ARTICLE

A bit bumpy; Paul Singer’s hungry; successful business to work with unsuccessful one; John Varley forgets sometimes; and more!Federal Reserve official warns US recovery may be ‘levelling off’ [FT]Raphael Bostic, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank o - SHARE ARTICLE

London-based Lansdowne Partners is closing its main hedge fund, a long-short strategy that manages $2.8 billion in assets under management, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. - SHARE ARTICLE

Were Hedge Funds Right About Western Digital Corporation (WDC)?Wall Street Reporter - SHARE ARTICLE

The hedge fund run by Paul Singer said in a letter to the owner of wireless towers and fiber infrastructure that the latter business hasn’t paid off for investors. - SHARE ARTICLE

The former U.S. operations of a sanctioned Russian bank, a hedge fund partly owned by one of the biggest private-equity firms in the world and a real-estate developer behind two of Manhattan’s most expensive condominium towers were among the firms that be - SHARE ARTICLE

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – After two quarters of head-spinning market moves, Nordic equity hedge funds ended the first half of 2020 up 0.4 percent on average. Equity hedge funds gained 1.8 percent in June (90 percent reported), which brought the group’s av - SHARE ARTICLE

Hedge Fund Sloane Robinson to Shut: VideoBloomberg - SHARE ARTICLE

Because of the Paris Climate Agreement, municipalities must halve their CO2 emissions over the next - SHARE ARTICLE

Global provider of investment management technology solutions and services - Enfusion, announced today its selection as an official qualified outsourcing service provider by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG). The partnership between the two parties - SHARE ARTICLE

SEC Settles with Perpetrators of Fraudulent Prime Bank SchemeHedgeCo.net - SHARE ARTICLE

(CNBC) Short-term trend-following hedge fund strategies stayed in positive territory in the first six months of 2020, despite June proving to be another tough month in which CTAs’ performance continued to slide as markets reverted and lacked direction. To - SHARE ARTICLE

(Business Insider) The world’s largest asset manager downgraded US equities to “neutral” from “overweight,” citing risks of dried-up stimulus measures and rising COVID-19 case counts across the country. Fresh US-China trade tensions and the upcoming presi - SHARE ARTICLE

(CNBC) Stock futures rose slightly in overnight trading on Monday after a solid rally on Wall Street to start the week.Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 75 points, while the S&P 500 futures were up 0.2% The Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.5 - SHARE ARTICLE

(CNBC) The Treasury Department and Small Business Administration on Monday disclosed the names of businesses to whom they have lent more than $150,000 as part of the Paycheck Protection Program. The disclosure comes amid demands from Democrats for more tr - SHARE ARTICLE

(Marketwatch) Recent national polls show presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden pulling ahead of President Donald Trump, a Republican. Analysts and investors have viewed some of Biden’s policies as being potential negatives for stocks, whil - SHARE ARTICLE

Hedge fund Software Market 2020 Size, Forecast 2027, Major Players – FundCount, Obsidian Suite, Backstop Solutions Group, Northstar Risk, FinLab Solutions, etc.Jewish Life News - SHARE ARTICLE

A former Beverly Hills stockbroker who worked with a fugitive hedge fund manager was sentenced Monday to six years in prison for his role in a stock manipulation scheme that fleeced investors out of more than $200 million. Todd Ficeto, 53, was also ordere - SHARE ARTICLE

Lansdowne Partners is winding down its main long-short fund, emphasizing long-only investments and launching a new long-only fund. - SHARE ARTICLE

PwC AWM Benchmarking Insights – Navigating Uncertainty in Private Investment Valuation on Managed Funds Association. - SHARE ARTICLE

Hedge Fund Preparation and Launching Process - Investments Legal Blogs Posted by Mr. Samuel Cotton-Betteridge, Esq.Lawyers.com Blog - SHARE ARTICLE

Apex Group adds Compliance Solutions service to offering Submitted 07/07/2020 - 9:28am Apex Group (Apex), a global financial services provider, has launched a new Compliance Solutions service which will be run by Mel S - SHARE ARTICLE

LiquidityBook appoints VP of Customer Success Submitted 07/07/2020 - 4:07pm LiquidityBook, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, has appointed Chris Junge as Vice Presid - SHARE ARTICLE

FLSV Fund Consulting Service is a joint venture providing strategic consulting services to private alternative investment funds, family offices and investment managers - SHARE ARTICLE

Fund Recs appoints Chief Revenue Officer Submitted 07/07/2020 - 9:25am Mark Lacana has been appointed as Chief Revenue Officer at Fund Recs, a cloud-based reconciliation platform for the global funds industry which he - SHARE ARTICLE

UniCredit and ACTIAM join Trad-X’s dealer-to-client platform Submitted 07/07/2020 - 9:10am Trad-X, a platform for interest rate derivatives, has added UniСredit as a dealer and ACTIAM as a non-dealer to its dealer-to-c - SHARE ARTICLE

Hedge funds built large short positions in UK supermarkets as lockdown was imposed, however, resilient share price performance has forced many to exit their positions without taking a profit - SHARE ARTICLE

Trading Technologies signs multi-year agreement with TP ICAP for implementation of TT OMS Submitted 07/07/2020 - 9:58am Trading Technologies International (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional tradin - SHARE ARTICLE

The Emerging Manager Program is designed to ignite a new hedge fund scene inTokyoby relieving some of the cost pressures managers face when launching their funds - SHARE ARTICLE

FILE - Hot air balloons are inflated during the annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, N.M., on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. The Santa Fe Opera, Meow Wolf and the - SHARE ARTICLE

In keeping with a nationwide industry trend, a finance firm seems poised to take control of the publisher of The Miami Herald and The Sacramento Bee. - SHARE ARTICLE

The government's small business lending program has benefited millions of companies, with the goal of minimizing the number of layoffs Americans have suffered in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Yet the recipients include many you probably wouldn't h - SHARE ARTICLE

The activist American hedge fund that owns the Waterstones bookshop chain has developed a taste for restaurants.Elliott Advisors is believed to be among the last few bidders for Casual Dining Group - SHARE ARTICLE

Some investment firms, including those that run hedge funds or manage money for wealthy investors, are among the businesses approved for emergency U.S. government loans to help small businesses pay employees during the coronavirus lockdown, according to d - SHARE ARTICLE

The latest UK and international news, comment and analysis on soft commodities, agriculture companies and farm investment from Agrimoney.com. - SHARE ARTICLE

Government data shows that the financial services industry received roughly $27 billion from the Paycheck Protection Program, the coronavirus-relief fund aimed at helping small businesses - SHARE ARTICLE

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Asset owners in Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands, which together manage more than $1 trillion of assets, have launched an online green-investing tool that measures companies against United Nations sustainable development - SHARE ARTICLE

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Lyxor Peer Groups suggest hedge fund performance was up +0.6% in June, with CTAs underperforming (-1%) and Directional L/S Equity, L/S Credit and Special Situation strategies outperforming (+1.2% to +1.5%). During the last wee - SHARE ARTICLE

Dan Loeb's Third Point posted a big gain in the second quarter. It wasn't enough From Institutional Investor: Third Point's Third Point Offshore Fund tacked on another slight gain in June, producing a double-digit gain in the second quarter. But that sti - SHARE ARTICLE

CVC Capital closes record $24bn buyout fund From Bloomberg: CVC Capital Partners has completed a 21.3 billion-euro ($24 billion) fundraising for its eighth flagship fund, people familiar with the matter said, in the private equity industry's largest new - SHARE ARTICLE

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday stepped up attacks against his Senate primary rival, accusing former Auburn University football coach Tommy … - SHARE ARTICLE

Troubled firm Marto Capital asked for PPP money - and got approved, records show From Institutional Investor: Marto Capital - a former wunderkind founded by an ex-Bridgewater Associates star - got approved for emergency funds from the U.S. government, re - SHARE ARTICLE

AustralianSuper defies downturn with long-shot positive return From Investor Daily: AustralianSuper has delivered a modest return against the odds and revealed that it saw almost $8 billion in funds converted to cash during the COVID-19 crisis. Australi - SHARE ARTICLE

Polar poaches EM equity outperformer from Newton From City Wire: Polar Capital has hired Citywire + rated Naomi Waistell from Newton Investment Management to strengthen its Emerging Market Stars fund team, the UK asset manager has announced. Waistell sp - SHARE ARTICLE

Digital yuan will have a hard time displacing Tether in Asia From Coin Telegraph: China's central bank digital currency is usually identified as a way to challenge the dominance of the U.S. dollar, not Bitcoin (BTC). But it may struggle to find adoption - SHARE ARTICLE

Mergers and acquisitions dropped 83% in the U.S. because of Covid From Barrons: The Covid-19 pandemic delivered a death blow to announced mergers in the U.S., with deal value in second quarter plunging 83% compared with last year, according to data from - SHARE ARTICLE

Hedge funds increase bullish U.S. crude bets From Reuters: Hedge funds and other money managers raised their net long U.S. crude futures and options positions in the latest week, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said on Monday. The s - SHARE ARTICLE

How artificial intelligence could lead to better investment decisions From Barrons: The decision to invest in a company can rely on a lot of guesswork, but Kim Polese, co-founder and chairman of CrowdSmart, is using artificial intelligence to turn qualit - SHARE ARTICLE

Venture firms say we didn't seek bailouts despite what data show From Bloomberg: Representatives of several venture capital firms that were listed as small-business bailout recipients in federal data Monday say they didn't apply for the program or get an - SHARE ARTICLE

Nordea gears up for Norway reform with $446m pension portfolio deal From IPE: Nordea has signed a deal to take on NOK4.2bn ($446m) of defined contribution (DC) pensions from Frende Forsikring in Norway, as the Nordic bank positions itself ahead of the &a - SHARE ARTICLE

China rally is fueled by funds short covering, Nomura says From Bloomberg: Macro hedge funds and quantitative investors are fueling the Chinese stock market rally as they unwind bearish wagers, according to Nomura. Such investors have been exiting short - SHARE ARTICLE

From Funds Europe: Alternative niche investments such as rare coins and art have been gaining traction in online searches in the UK amidst the ongoing uncertainty, research claims. Although retail investors in the country showed the most interest in pro - SHARE ARTICLE

Not all VC investors are being slowed down by the pandemic From Pitchbook: As the venture capital industry pumped the brakes on dealmaking, a handful of investors are taking a different tack. Among the top 20 most active US VC firms with assets under man - SHARE ARTICLE

Now the administration is trying to hide its failures by limiting information on who received the PPP funds,"" said Kyle Herrig - SHARE ARTICLE

From Investment Magazine: The biggest pension funds and educational endowment funds in the United States are playing a 'loser's game' in the world of alternative investing, argues retired investment consultancy industry heavyweight Richard Ennis, but vest - SHARE ARTICLE

Katina Stefanova’s onetime hedge fund won’t say if it’s planning to repay taxpayers for any funds received. - SHARE ARTICLE

The inevitable Deutsche Bank-Wirecard hookup is nearly here.It’s hard to imagine that there could be a German company in worse shape than Deutsche Bank, but there’s a lot about payments company Wirecard that is hard to imagine. There’s the missing and qui - SHARE ARTICLE

Just don’t, like, make too much work for the powers that be.As far as Bill Barr, the Federal Reserve, Wells Fargo and the Nasdaq are concerned, the rules when it comes to the burgeoning marijuana industry are clear: There shouldn’t be one, and any provisi - SHARE ARTICLE

Second Wirecard exec arrested and questioned by prosecutorsFinancial News - SHARE ARTICLE

K2 Advisors Third Quarter Hedge-Fund Strategy Outlookadvisorperspectives.com - SHARE ARTICLE

In south London, people rebelled when a developer, backed by an American hedge fund, tried to evict Nour Cash & Carry. - SHARE ARTICLE

Jeff Sessions criticized Tuberville's actions as a “major fraud scheme that bilked large sums of money from hardworking people," which “can’t just be swept under the rug.” - SHARE ARTICLE

Applications for some 2021 hedge fund internships are open already. - SHARE ARTICLE

Short-term trend-following hedge fund strategies stayed in positive territory in the first six months of 2020, despite June proving to be another tough month in which CTAs’ performance continued to slide as markets reverted and lacked direction. - SHARE ARTICLE

Sculptor Capital's Jimmy Levin Discusses Hedge Fund Strategy, Credit, Succession: VideoBloomberg - SHARE ARTICLE

Warren Buffett makes his coronavirus move.In recent months, the whispers have grown, in number and in volume. That the grand old man of investing, the Oracle of Omaha, had lost a step or two, to say nothing of nearly $20 billion. That his Midas touch had - SHARE ARTICLE

The world’s largest retirement system is the lowest it’s been valued in roughly three years. - SHARE ARTICLE

(Bloomberg) -- Brevan Howard Asset Management’s flagship macro hedge fund lost 0.6% in June, suffering back-to-back monthly losses and giving up some of its record gains from March. The decline follows a 0.9% loss in the $3. - SHARE ARTICLE

UK-based Close Brothers Asset Management has appointed two former Rathbones investment specialists to cover wealthy clients in the north west of England. - SHARE ARTICLE

Is wearing a mask worth 5% of GDP to you?; the other German banking disaster; Ray Dalio’s thinking about UBI; and more!Goldman Sachs has done the math and a national mask mandate to halt the spread of coronavirus would have a big impact on the U.S. econom - SHARE ARTICLE

LOS ANGELES, July 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Arca, an innovative, digital asset investment firm that blends traditional finance with cutting edge blockchain technology, today announced that the Arca U.S. Treasury - SHARE ARTICLE

Let's see if the larger bullish pattern has a chance to play out in INTC....INTC - SHARE ARTICLE

The president uses July 4 to lay out his message of division: This is your morning tip sheet. - SHARE ARTICLE

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Finland’s largest pension and insurance company, Ilmarinen, has invested in an emerging markets ESG exchange-traded fund run by Amundi. - SHARE ARTICLE

Macro hedge funds and quantitative investors are fueling the Chinese stock market rally as they unwind bearish wagers, according to Nomura. - SHARE ARTICLE

Private Equity Continues To Deepen ESG Practices Whilst Hedge Funds Are LackingAlphaWeek - SHARE ARTICLE

Partners Capital Appoints Arjun Raghavan As New CEOAlphaWeek - SHARE ARTICLE

After surpassing Toyota Motor as the world's most valuable automaker and stunning with forecast-beating deliveries, Tesla has taken time out to poke fun at the company's naysayers — with sales of red satin shorts. - SHARE ARTICLE

Candriam stikes deal for €350m alts multi-asset unitcitywireselector.com - SHARE ARTICLE

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Digitalization has certainly mitigated the impact of COVID-19 on businesses, economies and personal lives. After all, digitalization offers the vital infrastructure for many of us to continue working from home and see our familie - SHARE ARTICLE

UHY Hacker Young research found that AIM-listed firms have raised £2.8bn through secondary fundraising during the first half of 2020 - SHARE ARTICLE

Elliott Advisers has expressed interest in buying the whole of Casual Dining Group, Sky News understands. - SHARE ARTICLE

Bitfinex launches ‘paper trading’ of live cryptocurrency markets Submitted 06/07/2020 - 9:55am Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital asset trading platform, has launched paper trading, a demo account service that enable - SHARE ARTICLE

Oil Fund weathers stormy first halfViews and News from Norway - SHARE ARTICLE

Rothschild & Co Asset Management Europe is to transfer its alternative multi-asset management business to CANDRIAM. - SHARE ARTICLE

OKEx launches Latin American fiat gateway with Settle Network Submitted 06/07/2020 - 9:27am Cryptocurrency spot and derivatives exchange OKEx has partnered with Settle Network, a global fiat-crypto solution provider to - SHARE ARTICLE

Danesmead Partners appoints head of New York office Submitted 06/07/2020 - 9:26am Cayman-based alternative fund governance specialists Danesmead Partners has appointed Wendy Beer as a Principal of the firm and head of - SHARE ARTICLE

Report detailing the internal probe also said Charles Lu didn’t fully cooperate with investigation, according to a person familiar with the matter - SHARE ARTICLE

Just 84 funds got going in the first quarter, while 304 were liquidated - SHARE ARTICLE

Richard Ennis, an early pioneer of quant investing and co-founder of US investment consultancy giant EnnisKnupp, has a simple message for fund trustees: Liquidate your alternative investments and put the proceeds into index funds. - SHARE ARTICLE

CEO of Lloyds bank to step downFinancial News - SHARE ARTICLE

At the end of February we announced the arrival of the first US recession since 2009 and we predicted that the market will decline by at least 20% in (see why hell is coming). In these volatile ... - SHARE ARTICLE

An update from Airlie Funds Management’s Matt Williams about his firm’s Australian Share Fund, which is available to investors in both listed (ASX: AASF) and unlisted form. - SHARE ARTICLE

European Shares Seen Up On Recovery HopesNasdaq - SHARE ARTICLE

Hedge funds now top choice among investors, as appetite soars in 2020HedgeCo.net - SHARE ARTICLE

Hedge Funds Are Selling Bloom Energy Corporation (BE)Wall Street Reporter - SHARE ARTICLE

Even after a disastrous run betting on startups like office-sharing firm WeWork that plunged SoftBank to its biggest-ever annual loss, power structures at the Vision Fund remain largely intact.SoftBank has pushed back against creating a panel, with execut - SHARE ARTICLE

Virgin Australia's takeover by a US private equity giant could be derailed as the airline's key bond holders lodge a case with the Australian Takeovers Panel, challenging the deal. - SHARE ARTICLE

The Small Business Administration released a list of Paycheck Protection Program recipients on Monday. - SHARE ARTICLE

News from world, national, and local news sources, organized to give you in-depth news coverage of sports, entertainment, business, politics, weather, and more. - SHARE ARTICLE

From a 2,997-point rout in the Dow to two 9pc single-day rallies in the S&P 500, the 2020 stock market has served up a raft of tantalising sessions for would-be market timers. Hours came and went in which whole years could be made or lost. - SHARE ARTICLE

A pair of the limited edition satin shorts would cost 'only $69.420' Musk tweeted.Musk has repeatedly joked about 'short shorts' to short sellers who took positions against Tesla - SHARE ARTICLE

By Victoria Dobrynskaya, PhD, associate professor of Finance at National Research University Higher School of Economics Investments in reward-based crowdfunding campaigns give backers a variety of benefits, such as enjoyment in participating in a creation - SHARE ARTICLE

Exchange traded products provider GraniteShares has launchednine new 3x leveraged and nine 3x inverse ETPs - SHARE ARTICLE

The alternative investment funds of funds and a microfinance fund will be transferred to Candriam - SHARE ARTICLE

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Swedish alternative investment firm EQT AB said it would target €12.5 billion ($14 billion) for its fifth infrastructure fund which would be the firm's largest such vehicle to date. The target for EQT Infrastructure V - SHARE ARTICLE

In the week ending July 3rd 2020, HFR said that new hedge fund launches declined to a near-record low in 1Q20, as the beginning of the global coronavirus pandemic and ensuing lockdowns drove intense volatility across asset classes, steep equity market dec - SHARE ARTICLE

Qander Consumer Finance, owned by hedge fund Chenavari, has announced a new transaction from its Aurorus consumer ABS shelf, with arrangers ABN Amro and Deutsche Bank helping to place the deal. - SHARE ARTICLE

Hedge fund Marshall Wace will bet on ESG stocks with new $1bn fund From Forbes: Hedge fund Marshall Wace plans to raise $1 billion for a new fund that will invest in stocks with strong environmental, sustainability and governance (ESG) ratings while betti - SHARE ARTICLE

World's largest pension fund takes record $165bn hit From Reuters: Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world's largest pension fund, on Friday reported a record quarterly loss of 17.71 trillion yen ($164.74 billion) in January-March af - SHARE ARTICLE