Quants focused on the corporate bond market are in high demand after a year where the strategy multiplied. The biggest names on the buy side — titans like Cliff Asness'
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Hedge Funds Skeptical of SEC Plan to Let Firms Conceal Stocks
A controversial U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission plan that would let many hedge funds conceal their stock picks is generating pushback from an unlikely source: hedge funds. The industry’s main
Continue reading »CLOs Fight Back Against Hedge Fund Efforts to Siphon Value
Collateralized loan obligations are the biggest investors in the $1.2 trillion leveraged loan market, yet for months they’ve been bullied by hedge funds and other money managers exploiting a glaring
Continue reading »Trump’s Capital Gains Taxation Idea Could Have a Surprising Victim
LISTEN TO ARTICLE SHARE THIS ARTICLE President Trump thinks capital gains should be indexed to inflation so people pay taxes only on their real profits, not the phantom part that
Continue reading »$34 billion Citadel poaches a rising star from billionaire Lee Ainslie's Maverick Capital to join its Ashler stock-picking unit
A top lieutenant of billionaire Lee Ainslie is joining Ken Griffin's Citadel, sources tell Business Insider. Ben Bologna, who was named to Forbes' 30 under 30 finance list in 2018,
Continue reading »Famed short-seller Jim Chanos reportedly made $100 million betting against collapsed fintech Wirecard
CNBC/Getty Famed short-seller Jim Chanos made $100 million by betting against Wirecard since last year, the Financial Times reported on Friday. He increased his short bets against the German fintech
Continue reading »Korean Regulators Push Banks to Take on Losses From Hedge Fund
In this article South Korean regulators ordered some local banks and brokerages to take on 100% of the losses on a hedge fund’s investments in illiquid assets as officials crack
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