Nell Mackenzie
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United Kingdom
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Rival platforms battle to control electronic trading of CLOs
Octaura has the backing of dealers, while Kopentech is leaning into its buy-side roots → Read More
Ukrainian debt holders brace for restructure
Investors could see a 40% haircut on the bonds, but it’s never that simple → Read More
Boaz Weinstein picks Ukraine bonds as a tail risk strategy
Saba Capital bought debt for as little as 20 cents on the dollar, anticipating explosive payoff → Read More
Carbon fund increases returns by decreasing supply of permits
Europe’s emissions trading system could be a catalyst for the energy transition, but only if prices rise → Read More
SEC rule could stop pension funds investing in hedge funds
Hedge funds need to hold insurance to win US pension plan money. New rules would make cover too dear → Read More
Funds forced to estimate value of Russian securities
Western asset managers can sell Russian shares from April 1. But they have to value them by March 31 → Read More
New rules could see hedge funds sued for ‘doing a good job’
SEC proposal would make it easier for investors to sue hedge funds than mutual funds for negligence → Read More
Ignoring climate risk helps Crispin Odey hedge fund jump 30%
Odey Asset Management profits from buying energy stocks shunned by investors averse to climate risk → Read More
Surging Vix would turbocharge Blackstone Credit strategy
Unique high-yield systematic strategy has outperformed equivalent ETF by 18% over five years → Read More
Investors shun Chinese bonds favoured by biggest benchmarks
Indexes are increasing their allocation to China, but European investors want climate action first → Read More
Bitcoin futures ETF loses 9% a year to fees and contango
Cost of rolling futures contracts from one month to another exacerbates ProShares ETF’s losses → Read More
SEC stock loan disclosure plan won’t make markets more equal
The GameStop saga showed that securities lending is opaque. New rules are unlikely to improve things → Read More
The perfect climate risk metric does not exist
Buy-side risk survey 2021: Even the keenest searches fail to find a reliable system of climate disclosure → Read More
Funds brace for higher costs, worse terms after CS prime exit
Largest banks set to win business; others fear regulatory scrutiny of highly concentrated market → Read More
BlackRock’s own reporting undermines its climate claims
Axa, Allianz and Legal & General have all cut their investments’ emissions, unlike BlackRock → Read More
TCFD backs carbon disclosure, but not temperature scores
Influential standard setter decides the implied temperature rise ‘is not ready’ for funds → Read More
Some hedge funds are financing trades for other hedge funds
After the Archegos collapse, hedge funds are competing to borrow money from a dwindling number of banks → Read More
Amundi, Axa urge boardroom pay cuts for climate laggards
Link remuneration to carbon-emission goals and companies will get serious, say large investors → Read More
APG hires in-house weatherman to interpret climate data
Europe’s wettest summer in a century prompts asset managers to calculate flood risk for real estate → Read More
How to trade like the investor who made $1bn in a day
Mark Spitznagel won’t reveal how he made a 4,144% return, but he does discard plenty of rival trades → Read More