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Carbon markets have rallied in recent months and that could continue as negotiators edge closer to new carbon trading rules at upcoming COP26 climate summit.

Prestige’s Business Finance Opportunities (BFO) I-Class USD specialises in private lending to U.S. SMEs.

Prestige’s Business Finance Opportunities (BFO) I-Class USD specialises in private lending to U.S. SMEs.

Pinnacle Associates International Small Cap, a US stock-picking fund specialising in small and mid-caps, returned +37% in 2020.

Prestige Group, a specialist private lending asset manager with a successful 12- year track record in the private debt market, is adding a new US strategy to its existing range of successful alternative credit funds.

Robert Zuccaro B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Robert Zuccaro, a quantitative investment pioneer and founder of Target QR Strategies, raises a new angle to this years debate on growth stocks versus value stocks. Russell Investments predicted that value stocks would outperform growth stocks this year. "Much of their case rests on the regression to the mean theory given significant underperformance by value stocks relative to growth stocks over the past 15 years." But the rationale ignores the underl...

Elias Nechachby B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The ICON-MoSAIQ-Carmika Market Neutral Strategy was up 9.3% (net) in Q1-2021 after returning 41% in 2020. The manager, Icon Asset Management, attributes the returns to its dynamic and permanent hedge, a behavioural finance bedrock, statistical modelling and artificial intelligence. "Often when we speak to investors, they wonder how we are able to generate high returns with controlled drawdowns all the more so as we maintain an under-levered equity exp...

Richard Simmons B. G., Opalesque Geneva: London-based Derby Street Managers buys a selection of undervalued European and UK equities based on the capacity and quality of the business rather than the traditional relative value or low P/E and price-to-book ratios. Their selection style has paid off handsomely. "In many cases, cheap securities based on traditional value metrics are of very low quality and not cash-generating," portfolio manager Richard Simmons tells Opalesque. "We dont see a c...

Nadine Korehnke B. G., Opalesque Geneva: We have been reporting since the beginning of the pandemic on an artificial intelligence program called VSOP, which runs an equity tail hedge strategy. And for good reasons; it finished 2020 up more than 30%, and it is still on a roll with a Q1-2021 performance of +2.77%. VSOP is managed by Quantumrock, a German hedge fund manager. "We are convinced that artificial intelligence (AI) will be a key driver of exceptional performance in asset management," ...

And arrests and stabbings at wall marts, but here, its been calm. that what we have been hearing from mall managers across the country. you can see the macys window e display behind me, but remember, this mall is as long as a city block. its extremely crowded because not everybody bought into the early store opening hours. >> i would never shot on thanksgiving. >> no? >> youre with family and eat on thanksgiving. then you shop. >> now, not everybody bought into those shopping hours. these new ho...