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Ken Griffin’s Citadel searches for college talent, and dangles a big prize

June 5, 2018 at 5:15 p.m.

On the warmest February day on record in Cambridge, about 60 students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology opt to stay inside a dimly lit lobby, crunching data and churning...

China’s tech boom triggers gold rush for Asia’s private bankers

August 24, 2021 at 11:47 p.m.

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's planned IPO is set to create a long list of multi-millionaires just from its partners in the company - music to the...

Mobius’ emerging market dominance weakens as fund suffers record outflows

August 24, 2021 at 10:59 p.m.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Mark Mobius' Templeton Asian Growth Fund, Asia's biggest equity mutual fund, suffered record outflows in the March quarter in a sign investors are losing faith with...

Funds boost China wagers as defaults signal reforms push

August 24, 2021 at 10:48 p.m.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's first-ever domestic bond defaults, a weakening currency and slowing growth are not normal buy signals, but money managers see them as a sign that the...

Ex-Goldman, Noble top traders to set up Asia hedge fund: source

August 24, 2021 at 8:11 p.m.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Two former top traders at Goldman Sachs and Noble Group are planning to form a hedge fund in Asia, a source with knowledge of the matter...

Ex-ICBC Credit Suisse duo readies China hedge fund as reforms lure investors

August 24, 2021 at 6:47 p.m.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Two former portfolio managers of ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management (International) have started their own hedge fund to invest in China in a sign that Beijing's...

Expert networks: thriving in Asia, away from U.S. scrutiny

August 24, 2021 at 2:57 p.m.

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Expert networks - a matchmaking service that connects investors with industry experts - are under scrutiny from regulators in the United States, but are expanding across...

Patriotism will come at a price for India’s rupee revival plan

August 24, 2021 at 1:38 p.m.

MUMBAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - India's multi-million-strong diaspora is patriotic up to a point. In fact their patriotism may amount to 5 or 6 percentage points of annual investment returns when...

Ex-banker faces off against China bears with hedge fund

August 24, 2021 at 12:24 p.m.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Paul Conway's eventful career in China included advising companies on stock offerings and overseeing a messy business restructuring -- the latter stint forcing him to hire...

Analysis: Access to China’s onshore market could beckon ETFs

August 24, 2021 at 9:02 a.m.

NEW YORK/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Where there's an investing niche, there's probably an exchange-traded fund that exploits it. Mainland China is an exception. Chinese plans to increase foreign access to...

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