Are Quant Hedge Funds Suffering?
In recent years, large segments of hedge funds had been struggling with poor performance, thanks to the low volatility environment we had been seeing in the markets. This was even beginning to lead to a [...]
Last Look
The British Investment Association issued guidelines that will address concerns about the transparency of forex trading, particularly with the use of ‘Last Look’. This is something that asset managers had been complaining about, since it [...]
The ‘short vol’ Trade
In this article, we analyse the disastrous ‘short vol’ trade that wiped out a lot of traders last week and draw some lessons learned from it. The VIX is the Chicago Board Options Exchange [...]
Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Without the Hype – and What They Mean for the Private Wealth Industry
Guest post by Vladimir Dimitroff with Dr Alexander Cassar. . . . It is impossible today to open any news source without a headline (or several) about Bitcoin and related matters jumping out at the [...]
US Government Shutdown … What now?
This weekend, exactly one year since President Trump’s inauguration, the US Government shutdown became a reality as the US Senate were unable to agree a deal, meaning the US Government at the time of writing [...]
Scaling The Wealth
Guest post by Vladimir Dimitroff with Aastha Dhawan MSc, LSE The Accelerating Consolidation within the UK Wealth Management Industry The private banking and wealth management industry in the UK is going through a significant [...]