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Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Pure Alpha is one of a group of macro hedge funds which are taking full advantage of headline-grabbing inflation rates to generate big returns, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Pure Alpha has chalked up a 21.5% gain in the first seven months of the year as elevated global inflation rates have brought some of their favourite bond and commodity markets traders back into play.
The yield on the two-year Treasury bond for instance has umped 0-7% to 3.1% as central banks attempt to curb consumer price growth. The report also highlights the near continuous
Hedge fund giant Bridgewater Associates has registered several trademarks in both English and Chinese to address the ‘confusion’ created by Chinese managers imitating the firm’s ‘All Weather’ multi-asset strategy, according to a report by Reuters.
JTC has launched a fund administration offering in Ireland to complement existing Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM), depositary and corporate services.
Performance dispersion among hedge funds has narrowed in recent weeks, as almost 60% of managers generated profits in July – with long/short equity, event driven and relative value strategies all making gains, according to new industry data.
Digital asset investment products saw inflows totalling $3m last week marking the sixth consecutive week of inflows that total $529m, according to the latest Digital Assets Fund Flows Weekly report from CoinShares.
The steps into crypto being made by traditional financial firms are not only driven by the so-called fear of missing out, but these moves can also be seen as a bid to improve profitability and make investments go further. Also, as trading platforms decrease in number, trust will be critical to success in the space.
Hedge funds’ capital-raising activities in Europe could be hindered by new rules impacting the pre-marketing process under changes to the EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, industry practitioners warn.
TraditionDATA, the data and information services division of Compagnie Financière Tradition (Tradition), has released a full suite of Thai Overnight Repurchase Rate (THOR) analytical data enabling customers to better view the changing Thai Baht market.
SoftBank Group Corp”s Vision Fund unit has posted a Q2 loss of $17 billion (JPY2.33 trillion) on the back of a steep decline in the value of its portfolio of tech stocks, according to a report by Al Ja Zeera.
In May, Vision Fund posted a record loss as rising interest rates and global political uncertainty caused high levels of market volatility in the tech sector, resulting in a group Q2 loss of $23.4 billion. That compares with a profit of $563.75 million in the same period a year earlier.
Falling listed investments in the last quarter include robotics firm
Senate Democrats have a provision in forthcoming US climate and tax legislation that would allow the carried rate interest loophole to be closed or at least narrowed, according to a report the New York Times.
