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NEWSLETTER | 13 Mar 2020  
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FCA halts short-selling of Italian stocks following market slides

The Financial Conduct Authority has introduced a temporary ban on the short selling of certain Italian stocks, which will last until the end of Friday’s trading, in a move to calm the sustained frenzied selling following hefty slides in global stock markets this week.

 
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Horseman eyes Korea volatility for autocallables opportunities
Fri | 13 Mar 2020, 11:35
Recent spikes in Korean stock market volatility following the global sell-off could see an upswing in margin calls in its autocallables market, potentially driving the index even lower, with investors taking advantage of the higher volatility to obtain higher yields.
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Hedge funds down 2.81 per cent in February, says Backstop BarclayHedge
Fri | 13 Mar 2020, 11:35
Hedge fund losses picked up in February with the industry down 2.81 per cent for the month, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. By comparison, the S&P Total Return Index was down 8.2 per cent for the month.
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Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index down 1.99 per cent in February
Fri | 13 Mar 2020, 11:35
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned -1.99 per cent in February, underperforming the -1.44 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. 
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Tether tops USD5bn market cap
Fri | 13 Mar 2020, 11:35
Tether, a blockchain-enabled platform that powers the largest stablecoin, has surpassed USD5 billion in market capitalisation.
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CloudQuant proves value in PA Signals alt date set
Fri | 13 Mar 2020, 11:35
CloudQuant says it has proven the value in the Precision Alpha Machine Learning Signals (PA Signals) alternative data set. Its detailed data science study shows a long-short portfolio outperforms the equal-weight S&P 500 ETF by an average of 37.9 per cent per year after transaction costs. 
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Having a digital strategy will help fund managers embrace transformational change

Investment managers stand at a crossroads today. Faced with a rapidly changing digital world, they must determine which path to take to help them transform their business models and respond to the needs of a younger generation of investors.

 
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