Lead Stories An AQR Warning and a 3,612% Return Fire Up the Black Swan Debate Sam Potter, Yakob Peterseil and Ksenia Galouchko - Bloomberg The biggest shock in modern market history made black swan insurance the hottest trade of the year. It...
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China to launch rubber, cotton and corn options Jan 28; Blaming quants for turmoil ‘insane’ – AQR
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Lead StoriesChina to launch rubber, cotton and corn options on Jan 28ReutersChina will launch options for rubber, cotton and corn on Jan. 28, the country's securities regulator said at a press...
Wild, But Not Crazy; Peter Thiel’s Volatility Bet; Decca’s big short vol losses
Observations & Insight Another Nation to Start Hedging its Oil Production Spencer Doar - JLN Last Friday, Colombia's finance minister said the country was planning an oil hedging program along the same lines as Mexico's annual derivatives play. (Apologies the...
JLN Managed Futures: CTA Launches Fall to Lowest Level Since 2006; R.J. O’Brien (UK) Limited Wins “Best FCM – Innovation” Award At CTA Intelligence European Services Awards 2015; Barclay CTA Index Down 0.78% in October; Global Equity Rally Challenges Trend Followers
Observations/CommentaryEmerging Manager Forum Miami, Conference Update CTA Expo Don't miss out on Emerging Manager Forum Miami 2015, December 10 at the Eden Roc Hotel! Registrations this year are still running ahead of registrations last year. We now have over 200...
JLN Managed Futures: The relentless heartbreak of trend-following funds; Winton: The Growth Of The CTA Industry; CTA Expo returns to Chicago
Observations/CommentaryCTA Expo Update Doug Ashburn - John Lothian News CTA Expo returns to Chicago on September 17, 2015, at the UBS Center at 1 N. Wacker Dr. The event features a number of panels specifically addressing the most pressing issues in the CTA space....
JLN Managed Futures: Risk Parity, CTA Flows ‘Pose Risk for Fundamental Investors,’ JPMorgan Says; CTA/managed funds lose out to global macro allocations; ‘Alternative’ Mutual Funds Providing Limited Protection
Observations/CommentaryCTA Expo Update Doug Ashburn - John Lothian News CTA Expo returns to Chicago on September 17, 2015, at the UBS Center at 1 N. Wacker Dr. On the afternoon of the 16th, there is a half-day program for registered traders,"The Rules of the Game -...
JLN Managed Futures: Why Correlations Between Asset Classes Matter; Managed futures start second half of the year with strong performance; Asset managers promise to put clients first from now on
Observations/CommentaryCTA Expo Update Doug Ashburn - John Lothian News Frank, Bucky and the CTA Expo team will be hosting their annual Chicago event September 17, 2015 at the UBS Center at 1 N. Wacker Dr. This event sells out every year, so sign up today. There are...
Brendan Kalb, Running for the NFA Board of Directors as CTA/CPO Again
Brendan Kalb of AQR is running for the NFA Board of Directors again. Last time he was matched up against rogue incumbent Douglas Bry. This time his opponent is another rogue incumbent CTA/CPO board member John Roe. Last spring the NFA Board of Directors created a...
Brendan Kalb, Candidate for the NFA's Board of Directors as CTA/CPO Representative
Brendan Kalb of AQR Capital Management LLC is running for the NFA Board of Directors again. Last time he was matched up against rogue incumbent Douglas Bry. This time his opponent is another rogue incumbent CTA/CPO board member John Roe. Last spring the NFA Board of...
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GameStop shares on track to triple for week as options trading spikes; GameStop short-sellers have lost $1.9 billion in just 2 days amid the stock’s latest spike
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