Over the next two years, alternative assets that might see the most growth include private equity, cryptocurrency and digital assets, hedge funds and private debt.
Wealth Management
Since the global financial crisis, higher risk or more complex lending or trading moved into the opaque and less regulated shadow banking system - non-bank financial institutions which include insurance companies, pension funds, mutual or hedge funds, family offices and speciality financiers.
The New Indian Express
JP Morgan's view is that European share prices may have been supported since November by hedge funds covering their short positions, essentially bets that an asset price will weaken, while highlighting that there has been less buying of UK equities.
Hedgeweek
Morgan Stanley sees risks to stocks due to poor earnings and the Fed, while hedge funds have the biggest bet every against treasuries, believing rates will rise substantially.
Explosive Options
Hedge funds and financial speculators have made obscene profits by betting on hunger and exacerbating it and warned that speculation in food commodities could affect vulnerable people.
Carbon Brief
Fund managers, notably hedge fund managers, over the course of 2023 will likely pivot in favour of new fund structures, namely hybrid or cross-over funds, keen to take advantage of the opportunities they bring.
Intertrust Group
With returns at their lowest since the global crisis of 2008 and the lowest number of hedge funds launched in the last ten years, it is critical to identify and limit risks for a more buoyant 2023.
Transport Times
The US Securities and Exchange Commission had prepared a draft proposal that could make it hard for hedge funds, private equity firms, and pension funds to work with cryptocurrency-related firms.
Crypto Lists Ltd
Crypto platforms could soon face a new set of hurdles to hold digital assets owned by clients of hedge funds and private equity firms in the US.
Mint
The conditioning of markets to always expect easy money had another perverse effect, encouraging a significant chunk of global financial activity to migrate from highly regulated banks to less well-understood and regulated entities such as asset managers, private equity funds, and hedge funds.
Foreign Affairs Magazine
The Beta of global Hedge Funds to Bitcoin over the last 20 trading days continued to fall coming from high levels, implying that hedge funds might have decreased their exposure to cryptoassets during the month.
Iconic Holding
With India's plans to introduce sovereign green bonds in FY 2022-23, it could attract a significant number of investments from foreign green bonds, hedge funds, investors, etc.
Niti Aayog
More than half of the allocators surveyed plan to increase their hedge fund allocations by an average of $244 million in 2022, signaling a shift away from long-only funds across equity, credit, and fixed-income.
Institutional Investor
About half of U.S. allocators plan to increase their investments in hedge funds in 2022.
Institutional Investor
New tech applications like open finance and blockchain will grab a wider pool of global investors, including hedge funds.
Insider
Dutch pension funds typically hedge a smaller portion of interest rate risk, making them less vulnerable to a sharp rise in interest rates in a short period of time.
AsianInvestor
Hedge funds posted a modest 0.5% gain in August, despite falling U.S. equities as the Federal Reserve warned that they plan to continue raising interest rates in an effort to fight inflation.
Integrity Research
Tesla remains the ninth most popular long position among hedge funds, and they could help fuel a momentum driven rally as short-sellers rush to cover their position.
Markets Insider
Last updated: 16 April 2024
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