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Cathie Wood’s investors are jumping ship. They rushed into her funds and won big during the pandemic, when the star fund manager became a social-media sensation by making bold bets on disruptive technology stocks such as Tesla, Zoom Video Communications and Roku. They largely stuck with her when the funds’ fortunes reversed after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates. Now, after years of bruising losses, many of them have had enough.
(The Full FX)
With just over one month to go until North America switches to T+1 settlement in its securities markets, new data released by infrastructure provider DTCC shows that progress is barely advancing and that the industry still has much work to do.
(The Trade)
Two heads of trading desk invited to speak on stage at TradeTech 2024 were posed with a bombshell question at the end of their panel – whether or not outsourcing the trading desk achieves the same outcomes as keeping trading inhouse. One speaker – who confirmed their firm’s trading desk setup and flow lends itself more to high touch trading – focused their answer on alpha retention.
(Investment News)
The banking behemoth is transferring its automated investing business to Betterment as it refocuses on its Wall Street operations.
(Funds Europe)
Hedge funds kicked off 2024 with their “best quarter since the pandemic”, according to data from the Citco group of companies. Equity and multi-strategy funds led the charge, with a weighted average return of 7.3% across all strategies, building on 2023’s momentum. Equity funds topped the charts at 8.49%, followed by multi-strategy at 7.59% and event-driven at 4.03%. Other strategies like fixed income arbitrage, commodities and global macro also posted positive returns.
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