The TRADE

JANUARY 4, 2024

Institutional investors, asset managers and hedge funds are invited to rate the service, features and capabilities of their algo providers in The TRADE’s 2024 Algorithmic Trading Survey. We encourage providers of algorithmic trading to support client participation. To participate in the survey, please click here.

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CNBC: Investing

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Hedge funds posted the largest single-day net selling of Chinese securities on Tuesday, according to Goldman Sachs' prime brokerage data.

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CNBC: Investing

MARCH 22, 2024

The total value of the combined stake of those funds is about $503 million, based on Reddit's closing price of $50.44 per share on Thursday.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2023

For the first time, The TRADE is announcing the 2023 Rising Stars of Trading and Execution ahead of the gala awards ceremony, Leaders in Trading on 8 November. The shortlisted candidates will be handed their award during the Rising Stars of Trading and Execution awards ceremony, taking place as part of Leaders in Trading.

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OfficeHours

MAY 16, 2023

Hedge funds are significant players in financial markets given the size of their capital bases and the frequency of their trading. According to a report by Hedge Fund Research, Inc., as of the end of 2020, hedge funds managed approximately $3.6 trillion in assets globally.

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CNBC: Investing

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

It's wise to avoid overcrowded trades among hedge funds as herd mentality often spells trouble in the stock market, the firm found.

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CNBC: Investing

APRIL 23, 2024

The Destiny Tech100 is a closed-end fund that has seen heavy trading volume and big swings in its first few weeks on the market.

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CNBC: Investing

JULY 24, 2024

Hedge fund manager Dan Niles sees this week's tech sell-off as confirmation the trade is in significant trouble.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 8, 2023

If you want to work in the most cyclical role in the finance industry, it’s hard to beat commodity hedge funds. But a few related areas, such as commodity desks at banks, commodity trading advisors (CTAs), and physical commodity trading shops could put up a good fight for that “most cyclical” title.

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The TRADE

JUNE 26, 2024

The past year has seen vast improvement across the algorithmic trading space when it came to hedge funds’ strategies, new data from The TRADE has found. The TRADE received a record number of responses to this year’s Algorithmic Trading Survey. This was up from 5.89 in 2023 – which declined from 6.00

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CNBC: Investing

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Owning hedge funds' most crowded trades could be a risky strategy especially during a market sell-off.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 24, 2024

In the dynamic realm of the financial markets, the introduction of technology has proven to be a catalyst for transformative change, overhauling existing trading strategies. Among the wide range of advancements, algorithmic trading has revolutionised how financial instruments are bought and sold.

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Deal Lawyers

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In early September, six trade associations jointly filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the validity of the SEC’s recently adopted Private Fund Adviser Rules. We’ve previously blogged about the content of the new rules and criticisms by two SEC Commissioners.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Almost two thirds (63%) of buy-side equity market participants believe outsourced desks would result in improved execution quality and trade performance when trading across regions, according to new research from Coalition Greenwich. This figure was up markedly from similar research in 2020, which had the result at 5%.

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CNBC: Investing

JULY 23, 2024

Roughly six months after spot bitcoin exchange traded funds debuted, spot ether ETFs are about to get their moment in the sun.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Stuart Lawrence has been appointed head of European equities trading at UBS Asset Management four and a half years after he joined the firm in June 2019. He was most recently head of UK equity trading at UBS Asset Management, having previously served as a high touch equity sales trader at Kepler Cheuvreux.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The TRADE is delighted to reveal the shortlisted nominees for this year’s coveted Buy-Side Awards, in partnership with SIX Swiss Exchange. This year’s categories have been updated slightly, and for the first time the Buy-Side Awards will celebrate a Hedge Fund Trading Desk of the Year alongside the Long Only category.

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CNBC: Investing

JUNE 14, 2024

Nvidia's market cap race with Apple and Microsoft could have a big impact on a $70 billion fund.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Eric Huttman, chief executive, MillTechFX Despite the relative calming of FX volatility compared to 2022, the management of currency risk was still a top priority for fund managers throughout 2023. Our As the FX swaps market grows, we expect to see regional banks trade more FX swaps.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Data has increasingly become available for trading teams, however, as discussed among other panels at the conference, it is only beneficial if clean and appropriate. We believe all our trading team should be able to consume data in its entirety from the get-go. “We We don’t believe in barriers to accessing the data.

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The TRADE

JULY 19, 2023

More than three quarters of surveyed prop trading firms confirmed said volatility trading strategies had out-performed other markets last year, according to a new report from Acuiti. Around a third of surveyed firms which are not currently trading volatility products confirmed their intention to do so going forward.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 19, 2023

Those with nonpublic information about a merger or acquisition involving a company appear to be profiting by trading in shares of exchange-traded funds based on indexes that include such companies’ shares, according to a recent study by Swedish and Australian researchers. By: Carlton Fields

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CNBC: Investing

AUGUST 1, 2023

The Wall Street firm looked at recent regulatory filings from hedge funds and long-only fund managers and found the most-popular holdings among both groups.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Ask anyone interested in distressed debt hedge funds for “the pitch,” and they’ll probably mention one of the following: “It’s like long/short equity or credit , but more interesting!” Distressed debt investing offers advantages over other hedge fund strategies , but the marketing often oversells the benefits.

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TechCrunch: M&A

OCTOBER 17, 2024

It’ll take Zuora, which is currently publicly traded, private. Zuora, a company selling software to help businesses manage their subscription-based services, has agreed to be acquired by private equity firms GIC and Silver Lake for $1.7 Tien […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 17, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission’s suit alleging U.S. Anesthesia Partners (USAP) and Welsh Carson, a private equity fund that owns 23 percent of USAP and controls two of 14 board seats, engaged in an anticompetitive scheme to acquire and consolidate anesthesia practices in Texas partially survived motions to dismiss by the two defendants.

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Business Standard - FInance

JUNE 25, 2023

The tax implications of income earned from shares, mutual funds and ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) largely depend on the type of investment, the holding period and the amount of profit earned

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Fintech giant FIS has acquired SaaS post-trade platform Torstone Technology, according to multiple sources close to the matter. Some of its major recent mandates include a 10-year agreement to provide post-trade technology to BNP Paribas and $1.5

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Robbert Booij The asset class is increasingly becoming a buy-side topic said experts as end clients are voluntarily joining the cleared repo environment, viewing it as a neat instrument to facilitate trading. It’s education, it’s product offering, and marketing potentially as well [that will boost retail trading].

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The TRADE

MARCH 26, 2024

Leveraged loan trading revenue topped $900 million in 2023, up 16% from 2021 and 29% from 2022, a new report from Coalition Greenwich has found. Execution quality was the key priority when choosing a dealer counterparty, with 48% of buy-side leveraged loan trading volume allocated to dealers based on the execution quality.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 22, 2025

What has your journey to the trading desk been like? I made the jump to Credit Suisse and we developed this product nucleus within the equities division to facilitate content distribution and market making across all asset classes, including volatility strategies tailored for hedge fund clients. It’s been busy.

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CNBC: Investing

AUGUST 20, 2024

Buying stocks that hedge funds favor could cause problems for individual investors for the risks of high valuation and elevated volatility, Morgan Stanley said.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Almost all conversations about buy-side roles eventually turn to multi-manager hedge funds , also known as “pod shops.” There are only a few dozen large funds in this category worldwide, but they’ve greatly impacted the markets and finance careers. These funds are usually multi-strategy as well.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 14, 2023

RULEMATCH, a new crypto trading venue, serves banks and securities firms which are already active in the crypto market has launched, offering a combination of integrated, post-trade settlement and ultra-low latency for participants including hedge funds and high frequency traders.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 29, 2024

USAP), and the other Welsh Carson entities named as defendants.

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CNBC: Investing

JANUARY 4, 2024

While the market raced toward record highs in late 2023, some hedge funds mounted bets against a myriad of names. Some of those trades appear to be paying off.

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CNBC: Investing

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Brandywine Global Corporate Credit Fund, which trades under the ticker BCAAX for retail investors, largely focuses on high-yield bonds.

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