Big Asia Stock Funds Turn to Laggards to Cut Risk From AI Swings
Investors in Asia are snapping up stocks from Indonesian banks to Chinese e-commerce titans and Indian technology firms, trimming bets on popular AI trades which have turned increasingly volatile. Fidelity International and BNP Paribas Asset Management are among those...
Blackstone Private Credit Fund Co-CEO Jonathan Bock Resigns
Jonathan Bock, co-chief executive officer of Blackstone Inc.’s flagship $78 billion private credit fund, is leaving the firm, according to a filing Friday. Bock, who joined three years ago, resigned on July 20, the firm said. Blackstone won’t replace his role, with...
Nasdaq 100 Tumbles as Oil Spike, AI Jitters Hit Tech Stocks
The Nasdaq 100 Index tumbled Friday, capping its first back-to-back weekly loss since late March as it was dragged down by the oil-price spike and a selloff in the tech stocks that once surged on the back of the AI investment boom. The technology-heavy gauge...
Euronext Mulls Setting Up a Private Market to Rival the UK’s
Euronext NV is considering creating a market for private securities, potentially ramping up competition with the London Stock Exchange Group Plc as bourses seek to offer investors access to fast-growing private companies. Euronext has held discussions with clients...
Interview of Iconic Short Seller Chanos, Great for a SUMMER Sunday
Last week I recommended a video which featured Jim Paulsen. The 33 charts, graphs and tables that Mr. Paulsen utilized to explain the relationships between the economy and the stock market were the best that I had ever come across. If you have not viewed the video yet...
BlackRock taps new private markets muscle
For Larry Fink, BlackRock Inc’s more than US$12bil debt sale for a Meta Platforms Inc data centre is the result of years spent transforming a public investments giant into a heavy hitter in private markets too. The coming sale brings together investors from Fink’s two...
Wellington, Vanguard, and Blackstone Announce the Launch of Two Investment Solutions, Simplifying Access to Public and Private Markets
Funds available at launch through Bank of America wealth management platformsBOSTON & VALLEY FORGE, Pa. & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wellington Management (“Wellington”), Vanguard, and Blackstone (NYSE: BX) today announced the launch of two new investment...
Blackstone Debuts Funds to Bring Private Markets to Main Street
Blackstone Inc. teamed up with Wellington Management Co. and Vanguard Group to create two new funds that will give individual investors access to private assets as it looks to go beyond its roots as a money manager for pensions and institutions to become more of a...
Short Bets Against US Equities Hit Record as AI Risks Mount
Bearish bets across US stocks are surging to a record in the face of market gains, reflecting anxiety about the staying power of a rally that has seen the S&P 500 jump 18% from late March. Short interest in S&P 500 Index stocks is sitting steps away from 3.79%...
AI Upheaval Crushes Retail Traders Crowding Into Leveraged Funds
A surprise breakthrough from Chinese startup Moonshot rippled through global markets Friday, sending AI and semiconductor stocks sharply lower and reviving memories of last year’s so-called DeepSeek moment. It was the latest reminder that markets are being reshaped at...
Apollo Likens Risky Private Credit to Mere ‘Sprinkle’ on Cupcake
Apollo Global Management Inc. is using a new confectionary-based metaphor to reiterate its longstanding claim that investors are vastly underestimating how much of the private-credit market carries an investment-grade rating. In a LinkedIn post this week that featured...
Morgan Stanley Hauled in Billions of Wealth Assets From IPOs
It’s not just Morgan Stanley’s IPO bankers that are benefiting from the frenzy of companies going public in recent weeks. The bank hauled in $148 billion of net new assets in its wealth-management business in the second quarter, over half of which were tied to IPOs,...
Nasdaq 100 Sees Crisis-Level Volatility in Echo of Dot-Com Bust
Only during major crises have tech stocks been this volatile. For 20 of the past 26 trading days, the Nasdaq 100 Index — a key industry benchmark — has seen a daily gain or loss of roughly 1% or more as it lurched sideways, with the 1.1% gain on Tuesday the latest...
Korea’s AI Stock Rout Is Becoming a Lesson in Leveraged Excess
South Korea’s AI-fueled stock boom is turning into a cautionary tale of what happens when leverage becomes a more powerful market force than the fundamentals. SK Hynix Inc.’s record 15% plunge Monday compelled managers of leveraged products tied to the country’s...