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Hedge funds are betting big against sterling
September 25th, 2018
Hedge funds are betting big against sterling, the most since May last year. And following last week’s Brexit debacle in Salzburg, that bet will probably be even bigger now, closing in on the largest on record. Funds and speculators ...
Cryptocurrency hedge funds spiraling down in 2018
April 4th, 2018
The bubble of cryptocurrency hedge funds has finally started to give way and is crumbling under its own weight. The world of cryptocurrencies saw a huge boom in 2017 with cryptocurrencies here and there hitting new all time highs ...
There are now more than 120 hedge funds focused solely on bitcoin, digital currencies
October 31st, 2017
Data shared exclusively with CNBC from financial research firm Autonomous Next shows the number of funds investing in digital assets like bitcoin has grown rapidly to 124. Autonomous Next also estimates that the “crypto-funds” have about $2.3 billion in ...
Hedge funds extend ag selling – and ‘scope for more sales’ in grains
March 14th, 2017
Hedge funds cut their net long position in agricultural commodities for a third week, but not by enough, in grains, to fend off fears of a further selldown, with latest bearish positioning focused on sugar instead. Managed money, a ...
Investors yanked $106 billion from hedge funds last year
January 16th, 2017
Investors yanked more than $100 billion from hedge funds in 2016, according to a new report from eVestment. Investors redeemed $23.7 billion in December, bringing the total of redemptions for the fourth quarter to $43.2 billion. For the full ...
Coffee, corn tempt hedge funds to extend bullish ags spree
November 15th, 2016
Hedge funds lifted their bullish positioning in ags to the highest in four months, fuelled by a record-high net long in coffee, and a sharp cut in bearish bets on corn – which could create potential for fresh selling. ...
Japan fintech startup focuses on hedge funds with equity-research
September 13th, 2016
Japan-based fintech venture Nowcast Inc. has announced that it will begin providing automated earnings estimates of consumer goods to hedge funds by analyzing millions of transactions at retail stores, according to the company CEO Ryota Hayashi. According to reports by Bloomberg, the ...
Hedge funds resume selling in ags, led by corn, cotton, hogs
August 22nd, 2016
Hedge funds returned to a bearish bias on ags – although not by much, as improved sentiment towards cocoa and wheat prices offset some of the impact of data-fuelled sales in corn and cotton. Managed money, a proxy for ...
Even Hedge Funds Can’t Understand Today’s Manipulated Markets
August 16th, 2016
One of the big surprises of the past few years is the number of brand-name hedge funds reporting terrible results. Their customers are not amused: Hedge Funds Are Losing Endowments After Exodus of Pensions (Bloomberg) – ...
European hedge funds say a Brexit is not happening
June 17th, 2016
While the rest of the world wonders whether the U.K. will vote to leave the European Union, one group is confident it will not. Europe-based hedge funders overwhelmingly indicated in a recent survey that they believe a Brexit won’t ...
