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Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund icons warn of market risks and keep dry powder: hedge fund news, week 23
Monday, June 05, 2017

In the week ending 02 June, 2017, hedge fund icons Paul Singer and Seth Klarman warned about global financial risks. Singer, pointing to the last crisis of 2008, has put dry powder aside should 'all hell to break loose' and Klarman saying that investors are misperceiving risks in the markets - at a time when markets are hitting historic highs. However, Jonathan Goldberg said in an Opalesque.TV interview that this is a great time for relative value oil trading.

Steve Cohen is reportedly planning to launch launch a record-breaking $20bn hedge fund next year to mark his comeback; Google has launched a new venture capital program focused on artificial intelligence; Etienne Alexiou is staging a comeback, launching his own hedge fund and is currently raising money from institutional investors; NewAlpha announces its sixth FinTech investment, the first outside of France, in wikifolio.com to accelerate the international development of its online innovative trading platfor......................

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