Asset Allocation
What Do Allocators Like in Choosing Hedge Funds?
A thumbs-up for long-short and market neutral, and down for ESG and crypto, says Agecroft Partners.
Tag: Cryptocurrency
Pensions
Japan’s GPIF Explores Incorporating Cryptocurrency Into Its Portfolio
The fund issued a request for information on incorporating digital assets, as well as gold, timber and other alternatives, into pension portfolios.
SEC Charges Crypto Fund Founders in Nearly $2B Fraud
The regulator alleges the now-defunct HyperFund was a ‘pyramid and a Ponzi scheme.’
Alternatives
Treasury’s Record $4.3B Crypto Exchange Fine Adds to Pressure on Digital Assets
Binance was fined for money-laundering just after Kraken was charged and less than one month after a jury found FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried guilty of fraud.
Risk
SEC Accuses Kraken of Operating Unregistered Securities Exchange
The charge will only stick if the court agrees with the SEC that the tokens involved are, indeed, securities.
Regulation
Gensler Says No New Regulations Needed for Crypto
The enforcement actions taken by the SEC against cryptocurrency actors are justified under existing law, the SEC chairman said at a conference.
Regulation
DC Circuit Court Orders SEC to Reconsider Bitcoin ETF
The court ruled in August that the SEC had unfairly blocked the Grayscale bitcoin ETF, given the SEC had already approved two bitcoin futures ETPs.
Regulation
Complex Products, Including Crypto, Highlighted in SEC Exam Priorities
Variable annuities, certain REITs and private holdings were other examples listed in the notice.
Regulation
SEC Charges Hex Crypto Token Owner with Fraud and Offering Unregistered Securities
Richard Heart allegedly offered more than $1 billion in unregistered digital securities and stole $12 million in investor funds, according to the SEC
Regulation
SEC Chair Gensler Says Crypto Is ‘Rife With Fraud’
The comments come as the SEC reviews applications for six Bitcoin ETFs.
Regulation
‘Transformative’ Artificial Intelligence May Still Present Conflicts of Interest
At a talk hosted by the National Press Club, SEC Chair Gary Gensler explained that while AI presents many economic opportunities, there is also major potential for conflicts of interest.
News
Coinbase Keeps Expanding Despite Financial, Regulatory Woes
Battered crypto exchange sets up international operation, even as SEC scrutinizes its business practices.
Asset Allocation
Coinbase Acquires One River Digital
The digital asset manager will become Coinbase Asset Management, with CEO Eric Peters remaining on board.
Research
U.S. Asset Managers Fear Federal Reserve Rate Hikes Will Cause Recession
Asset managers are concerned that higher rates will spark a liquidity crisis and 27% fear that continued rate hikes will cause significant equity market losses, CoreData Research finds.
Newsmakers
Sequoia Capital, Thoma Bravo, Paradigm Sued for Touting FTX
Investment firms allegedly made ‘deceptive and misleading statements’ to promote the failed crypto exchange.