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As the global economy slowly emerges from the coronavirus lockdown, conditions could be set for a weaker US dollar, in turn strengthening emerging market equities, according to new research by analysts at Man Group.
Deer Park Road is maintaining an aggressive short position in commercial mortgage backed securities as the market continues to fall because of lockdown. Although the Colorado-based structured credit manager, which was established by Michael Craig-Scheckman in 2003, expects to shift to a long position in CMBS when the right entry point emerges towards the end of the year, or in early 2021.
“Coming into 2020, we were fairly concerned with CMBS, in particular on the retail side,” comments Scott Burg, CIO and Portfolio Manager. “We went into the beginning of this year with a significant short position on the CMBX
The Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) will launch two new futures contracts – FTSE4Good TIP Taiwan ESG (F4G TIP TW ESG) Index Futures and TIP Taiwan Market Biotechnology and Medical Care (TIP Taiwan BIO) Index Futures on 8 June, 2020. The addition of these two products further broadens TAIFEX’s portfolio of equity index futures as it seeks to cater to investors pursuing thematic or sector-based trading strategies.
With demand for ESG (environmental, social and governance) investment growing across the globe and in Taiwan, the need for hedging sustainability risks using ESG derivatives is increasing. In response, through collaboration with FTSE Russell and
By Jim Neumann, CIO, Sussex Partners – The news that Blackrock is to advise the European Commission on how the EU could boost the growth of green finance and build the market for sustainable financial products is a welcome announcement. It is also a long overdue step forward.
Digital currency trading and lending specialist Genesis has acquired Vo1t, an insured digital custody service.
Short-term trend-following hedge fund strategies are maintaining their positive momentum in May, but other managed futures strategies have dipped into negative territory in recent weeks.
TCI Fund Management, the high-profile activist hedge fund firm led by Sir Chris Hohn, has filed a criminal complaint against Wirecard AG, the Munich-headquartered electronic payment processing company.
Gold prices are storming back towards their mid-April highs, with investor appetite holding up amid sustained market volatility – potentially bringing further gains for hedge funds which have built major positions in the commodity recently.
Alternative credit fund management is the focus of three new memos published by The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI), covering fund structuring considerations, valuation, and conflicts of interest.
Credit and EM debt offer attractive relative value trading opportunities, says BlueBay’s Kettle
Credit and EM debt offer attractive relative value trading opportunities, says BlueBay’s Kettle