Hedge funds
Riskology: Did markets overreact to China sell-offs?
Analysis shows markets can be overly sensitive to single-factor events
Investors redeem risky China hedge fund managers
Conservative managers have become more attractive for investors
Mifid II delegated acts shelved until November – FCA
FCA official says 14 elements of Mifid II will be held up; research row blamed
Best execution woes ongoing for small hedge funds
Investors prize best execution more and more as hedge funds strive to comply
Client list reveals HFT dominance on BrokerTec
Barclays and JP Morgan only banks on list of top interdealer firms for US Treasuries
Esma ‘determined’ to finalise Mifid II rules in September
Market has been expecting delay; timeline will hinge on board meeting this week
TruMid takes early lead in credit dark pool race
Nearly $2.5 billion of corporate bond trades have been executed on dark pools since May
Market liquidity has been drained by regulations, says DBS chief
Volcker, Basel III and Dodd-Frank have combined to reduce liquidity
Citadel shut out of Tradeweb as it makes US Treasury move
Firm is first non-bank on Bloomberg, but primary dealer catch means it cannot join Tradeweb
Banks hope for Mifid reprieve on fixed-income research
Intervention by France, Germany, UK could bring about “more considerate treatment”
Interdealer brokers need to change, say critics
“I’m just a good guy and I buy you a beer” is no longer enough
Lighthouse: Korean pension plan sets Asian hedge fund trend
Japanese government pension will invest in hedge funds in three years, predicts FoHF
Proportion of smaller hedge funds in industry drops off
Data also shows decreased tendency for funds worth less than $250m to outperform
Avoiding fraudsters key to Neuberger Berman's China fund
Not uncommon to find companies fabricating accounting statements in China
Liquidity events becoming more common, buy-siders claim
US Treasury market has seen eight intraday moves exceeding five standard deviations since 2012
SEC’s Piwowar doubts CCPs should clear some instruments
Concern that historical price series volatility will not reflect jump-to-default risk
Campbell profits from central bank divergence
Trend Following Portfolio picks up two Americas Awards
Zimmer bucks trend in decade of low hedge fund returns
Utility hedge fund makes double-digit returns without oil price predictions
Volatility mispricing ripe source of profits, says Malachite
Hedge fund thinks ETFs, Solvency II and capital ratios distort volatility markets
Riskology: hedge funds and banks can learn from each other
Banks should have more risk transparency, hedge funds more formal risk management
Clearing brokers send balance sheet allocations to Basel
Data from several clearers submitted to illustrate impact on bank leverage ratios
Beach Horizon soars on pattern-spotting machine
Computer replicates techniques of veteran pattern-spotter David Beach
Outperforming the competition by avoiding the crowd
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Bitcoin technology finds new uses in finance
Using blockchain should drastically speed up post-trade settlement