Wednesday morning Kevin McPartland, head of research at Greenwich Associates, and his U.S. Treasury Market: Key Takeaways From March 2020 panelists dug into what happened in the market during that remarkable month. The Managed Funds Association’s Ben Allensworth said...
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John Lothian Newsletter: Deutsche Börse to create dedicated fintech venture fund; Drop the U.K. Panic Talk and Protect Global Markets; Hedge Funds Still Can’t Figure Out a Way to Avoid a $25 Billion Tax Bill
First ReadMFA Has Come to Town, or So We HearDoug Ashburn, JLNThe Managed Funds Association has tiptoed into Chicago today to host Forum 2016, its flagship event that brings together asset allocators and CTAs and hedge fund managers for education and networking. I say...
JLN Managed Futures: A Plea to the Retail Investors; Another legal headache for SAC’s Cohen; Harding plans continued success for Winton
Observations - Statistics - Commentary It has been a rough stretch for some commodity players, with the long-only commodity funds bearing most of the brunt. Speaking of bearing the brunt, Steven Cohen and SAC Capital Advisors have had a pretty tough week. June brings...
JLN Managed Futures: The Impact Of The Obamacare Tax On Hedge Funds; Investors Check Out of Commodities; A Crisis of Trust
In this issue, first quarter results are still trickling in but it looks to have been a lackluster quarter for managed funds. A hedge fund law firm sees Obamacare as ground zero in a war on carried interest. And, investors are either getting out of commodities, or...
JLN Managed Futures: Trend to overcharge and overtrade, SEC Weighs Up Sophisticated Investors’ Sophistication
In today’s issue, doomsdayer Marc Faber says that rumors of the death of alpha are highly exaggerated, the rate of new fund launches has slowed considerably, and an Oliver Wyman white paper predicts a shake-up in the commodity trading industry. But up first, JLN...
Anthony Lazzara – Lido Isle Advisors
Anthony Lazzara is co-founder and principal of Lido Isle Advisors, LLC., responsible for selecting and allocating to commodity trading advisors on behalf of the company’s clients. He spoke with JLN Managed Futures editor Jim Kharouf about what he looks for in CTAs...
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GameStop and Bitcoin Renewed a Push to Digitize the Stock Market
First Read $34,126/$300,000 (11.4%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff There is a new Van Gogh exhibit in New York billed as Van Gogh - The Immersive Experience. The site of this exhibit is the former trading floor of the NYMEX. The NYMEX trading floor...
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Big $40 million options trade bets on near-term stock market tumble; London Whale lessons for Credit Suisse and Nomura
Big $40 million options trade bets on near-term stock market tumble; London Whale lessons for Credit Suisse and Nomura
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