Posts Tagged ‘ illiquidity ’

The Trouble with Liquidity

Nov 28th, 2011 | Filed under: Alpha Strategies, Hedge Fund Industry Trends, Hedge Fund Strategies, Institutional Investing, Today's Post

The true opportunities now lie in taking illiquidity. The panic – for there is no other word to describe this behaviour – today presents those who can afford to have a longer-term investment horizon with a unique time arbitrage.


HFT: Is There Still Juice in the Oranges?

Oct 24th, 2011 | Filed under: Algorithmic and high-frequency trading, Alpha Strategies, Hedge Fund Strategies, Today's Post

By Christopher Faille Charles Jones of Columbia Business School made a presentation at an SIFR event in Stockholm, titled “What do we know about algorithmic and high-frequency trading?” Although a distinguished professor like Jones would not put the matter this way, his thoughts do have me thinking of the old human-inhabited trading floors, and their cyberspace [...]


How you know it may be time to rip off the Band-Aid…

Feb 9th, 2010 | Filed under: Hedge Fund Industry Trends, Today's Post

Some hedge funds are still loathe to let go of their toxic and/or illiquid assets, the latest Hedgebay trading figures show. The question is: Why?