Analysis: China investors hedge U.S. delisting risk with Hong Kong play
Global fund managers holding U.S.-listed Chinese stocks are steadily shifting towards their Hong Kong-traded peers, even as they remain hopeful Beijing and Washington will eventually resolve an audit dispute to keep Chinese firms on American exchanges.
‘Big Short’ Burry exits bearish bets on Tesla, Google
Fund manager Michael Burry of “The Big Short” fame exited bearish bets on Tesla Inc (TSLA.O), Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google, and fund manager Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation fund (ARKK.P) last quarter, according to SEC filings released on Monday.
Blizzard-hit SoftBank launches buyback after $10 bln Vision Fund loss
SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) slumped to a quarterly loss on Monday, as its Vision Fund unit took a $10 billion hit from a decline in the share price of its portfolio companies and as China’s regulatory crackdown on tech firms weighed.
BlackRock becomes first to operate wholly owned China mutual fund biz
BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) has become the first global asset manager licensed to start a wholly owned onshore mutual fund business in China, as the government opens up the country’s $3.5 trillion mutual fund industry.
EXCLUSIVE Online wholesale marketplace Faire raises $260 mln, valued at $7 bln
Online wholesale marketplace Faire said on Thursday it raised $260 million in its latest funding round and is now valued at $7 billion, thanks to the fast growth in e-commerce following the pandemic.
No inflation fears here: ARK’s Wood says portfolio should triple in five years
Lower prices for growth stocks as a result of the inflation-driven selloff that began in February should mean that Ark Investment’s portfolios should see a “more than tripling” over the next five years, star fund manager and firm founder Cathie Wood said in a webinar on Tuesday.
The little engine that could, and the oil giant that couldn’t
Last December, when a week-old hedge fund named Engine No. 1 challenged Exxon Mobil to change its ways, laughter echoed through Wall Street circles, from the fund’s name that recalled a famous children’s book to its tiny, then-$40 million stake in what was once the world’s largest publicly traded company.
