Monthly Archives: January 2022

(CNBC) Investors have been preparing for the Federal Reserve to start hiking interest rates. They also know the central bank is cutting the amount of bonds it buys each month. On top of that, they figured, eventually, the tapering would […]

(CNBC) Surging bond yields have triggered hedge funds to sell growth-focused technology shares at a speed not seen in the past decade. The hedge fund community dumped tech stocks in the four sessions between Dec. 30 and Tuesday as interest […]

(CNBC) GameStop shares rose more than 22% in extended trading Thursday after The Wall Street Journal reported the retailer plans to create a marketplace for non-fungible tokens, often called NFTs. GameStop also plans to establish cryptocurrency partnerships to create games […]

(Opalesque) Chessica LP, a market-neutral hedge fund, may have changed hands a few times but it is still thriving with annualised returns of 11.8% since its early-2010 inception. “The strategy is based on the concept of Delta Neutral*,” explains Alex […]

(Opalesque) Global venture funding in 2021 broke records across the board as venture investment last year totaled $643 billion, compared to $335 billion for 2020-marking 92% growth year over year, said a report. According to the Crunchbase report, the investment […]

(CNBC) There’s a famous market saying “As goes January, so goes the year.” The same can be said of last year’s January market mania and some of the 2021 hedge fund returns.  In a year where the market lifted many […]

(CNBC) The Federal Reserve at its December meeting began plans to start cutting the amount of bonds it is holding, with members saying that a reduction in the balance sheet likely will start sometime after the central bank begins raising […]

(Hedgeweek) The Archegos meltdown, the “meme stock” short-selling squeeze, and new curbs on Chinese education stocks contributed to a “significant stress test” for the prime brokerage sector in 2021, one which potentially heralds far-reaching consequences for the ways prime brokers […]

(Hedgeweek) Franklin Resources, a global investment management organisation operating as Franklin Templeton, has completed its acquisition of quantitative asset management firm O’Shaughnessy Asset Management (OSAM). To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) Digital asset investment products saw inflows totalling USD9.3 billion in 2021, a 36 per cent increase from the USD6.8 billion seen in 2020, according to the data release bu CoinShares. To read this article:

(CNBC) Stellantis, the automaker formerly known as Fiat Chrysler, said Wednesday that Amazon will provide its in-car dashboard software and cloud services. Amazon will also be the first commercial customer of Stellantis’ Ram ProMaster battery-electric vehicle, slated for 2023. The […]