Opalesque Video: Tail-risk hedging without the bleed... [more]B. G., Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: The Ambrus Group claims to provide massive crash protection through tail-risk hedging without bleeding investor capita
LatAm investment bank BTG Pactual racks up $1bn for strategic capital investment strategy... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: BTG Pactual Asset Management, an opportunistic investment strategy focused on asset-oriented businesses of Latin American banking major BTG Pactual, has raised more than US$1bn for its opportunistic asset-focused fund strategy.
The BTG Pactual Strategic Capital (S
Hedge funds make billions as India's options market goes ballistic... [more]From Economist: Hedge funds take great pains to hide their inner workings. So a recent court case in which Jane Street sued two former employees and Millennium Management, another fund to which they had jumped ship, was immensely pleasing to the firm's rivals, since it offered a rare view into one o
SPACs: SPAC veteran Klein is back with first IPO in nearly three years... [more]From Bloomberg: Veteran dealmaker Michael Klein has returned to the blank-check arena for the first time in nearly three years, after the once red-hot investing trend went bust and cost sponsors and investors billions.
Churchill Capital Corp. IX raised $250 million on Thursday for the ninth spe
Commodity: Nasdaq plans more short-term options on commodity, treasury ETFs... [more]From Bloomberg: In the latest sign of booming interest in short-duration options, Nasdaq Inc. plans in coming weeks to seek regulatory approval for Monday expiries on contracts tied to a suite of commodities and Treasuries exchange traded funds.
Nasdaq said at the Options Industry Conference in
Europe: Janus Henderson expands ETF operation into Europe with Tabula IM acquisition... [more]From Investment Week: Janus Henderson has entered into an agreement to acquire European ETF provider Tabula Investment Management.
The deal will expand Janus Henderson's ETF business in the US into Europe and is expected to complete in the second quarter of 2024. Tabula IM was set up in 2018, s
Study: Investors turn away from 'finfluencers' as celebrity lawmaker ETFs beat indices... [more]From Funds Europe: Investors are turning away from the investment advice peddled by celebrity and social media-based commentators and are increasingly turning to professional financial advisers, a survey claims.
The research found that celebrity and social media-based financial commentators are
Family Offices: Tsao Family Office busts myths on impact investing, philanthropy... [more]From Asian Investor: A Singapore-based family office offers the low-down on impact investing and philanthropy, both of which have a relatively notorious reputation for doing good without offering attractive returns.
Investing with an eye to creating meaningful social impact does not mean investo
Activists: Activist files new proxy fight in REIT takeover attempt... [more]From Law 360: Activist investor Blackwells Capital LLC continued its campaign Thursday against hospitality executive Monty J. Bennett by separately urging shareholders of Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. and an advisory firm that Bennett controls to approve a board shake-up during upcoming annual meeti
And, finally: Bizarre wrong delivery... [more]From AP: Faraj Allah Jarjour, 68, of Laval, Quebec, Canada, passed away suddenly while vacationing in Cuba in March, the Associated Press reported. There were no medical facilities nearby, his daughter said, so his body was left covered on a beach chair for more than eight hours until a car arrived
Criminals continue to fleece high net-worth individuals and family offices through sophisticated scams that involve elaborate presentations, fake companies and websites, and fraudulent documents that appear credible.
We've documented three cases that describe the highly sophisticated, complex structures and cunningly designed processes which ultimately lead to straightforward investment fraud. This has
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