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Last week we covered Goldman Sachs’ latest report on hedge funds, which are gleefully shorting again. It’s time we turned to the investment bank’s latest report on mutual funds, which contained this interesting nugget: “Active share” is a percentage measure of the overlap of a fund’s holdings and its benchmark. The higher it is, the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A closely watched auction of 40-year Japanese government debt has drawn the lowest demand in 10 months as concerns mount over the world’s third-biggest bond market. Demand for the government’s offer on Wednesday of about … Read more
This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Good morning. The S&P 500 rallied yesterday, as investors rejoiced over Donald Trump backing down, for now, from higher tariffs … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a former supervisory board member of the European Central Bank and a senior fellow at Bocconi University Paul Volcker’s famous judgment against financial innovation sounds exaggerated today. In late 2009, the former … Read more
Bitcoin price surge encourages more companies to acquire crypto
One scoop to start: Citadel Securities’ profits jumped nearly 70 per cent in the first quarter to $1.7bn, as the high-speed trading firm benefited from a surge of volatility across financial markets as Donald Trump retook office. Another scoop: McKinsey has cut more than 10 per cent of its staff in the past 18 months, … Read more
Should ordinary US retirement accounts be investing in private assets?
