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NEWSLETTER | 21 May 2020  
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Gold tipped to surge again as investors maintain appetite amid coronavirus uncertainty

Gold prices are storming back towards their mid-April highs, with investor appetite holding up amid sustained market volatility – potentially bringing further gains for hedge funds which have built major positions in the commodity recently.

 
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High-profile activist investor TCI files criminal complaint against Wirecard
Thu | 21 May 2020, 11:26
TCI Fund Management, the high-profile activist hedge fund firm led by Sir Chris Hohn, has filed a criminal complaint against Wirecard AG, the Munich-headquartered electronic payment processing company.
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Insurers continue to reduce hedge fund exposures
Thu | 21 May 2020, 11:26
For a fourth straight year, the US insurance industry has reduced its hedge fund investments, by USD2.6 billion in 2019 to USD11.9 billion, with the property/casualty segment reporting a year-over-year reduction of 22 per cent, the largest among the major industry segments, according to a new AM Best special report.
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Thu | 21 May 2020, 11:26
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Has fund governance improved in times of crisis?
Thu | 21 May 2020, 11:26
Bill Prew, CEO of INDOS Financial, considers how fund governance practices have evolved to cope with the recent pandemic, and before it, the 2008 financial crisis. Despite challenges, Prew says boards cannot let standards slip nor take short-cuts, otherwise the interests of investors risk being compromised.  
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Creighton AI appoints Partner & Head of North America
Thu | 21 May 2020, 11:26
Ryan Willson, formerly the CEO of Lateef Investment Management, has joined Creighton AI as Partner & Head of North America to help build the firm’s business in the USA and Canada.
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WorldQuant appoints President
Thu | 21 May 2020, 11:26
WorldQuant, a global quantitative asset management firm, has appointed Gary Chropuvka as President. 
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