Hedge funds stand to lap up bearish profits from bank stock rout
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds ended last week positioned to scoop up winning profits from bearish positions…
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Silicon Valley Bank is largest failure since 2008 crisis, billions stranded
By David French, Echo Wang and Alun John (Reuters) – Startup-focused lender SVB Financial Group became the largest bank to…
After Silicon Valley Bank’s shutdown, uninsured depositors face tense wait
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Silicon Valley Bank’s high level of uninsured deposits helped kick off the run that…
SVB debacle sparks rush to defensive options on fears of contagion
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Traders piled in to defensive options on bank stocks on Friday, a…
Ether hits 2-month low as New York AG labels crypto token as security
(Reuters) – Cryptocurrency token Ether fell to its lowest in two months on Friday after the New York attorney general…
Cathie Wood’s ARK Fund set for worst week since Sept as higher rates loom
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Big declines in holdings including Tesla Inc and 2U Inc are leaving star…
Markets start signalling Fed may be going too far – Amundi
By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) – Recent moves in bond and equity markets show that investors are starting to worry that…
Hedge funds’ Europe stock buying spree unlikely to be maintained -JP Morgan
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds’ bullish equity positioning in Europe is in line with some of the…
US digital asset fund, venture capital firm to raise $100 million for two new blockchain funds
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Alpha Sigma Capital, a U.S.-based digital asset fund, and Transform Ventures, a venture capital firm, will…
With dealmaking slowing, activist hedge funds target companies’ top brass
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Activist hedge funds that often push companies to sell themselves or divest divisions…