Republican lawmakers continued their legislative efforts to stymie investments in their states that use environmental, social and governance factors to choose companies — with little success.In 2024, legislators wrote 161 bills and resolutions in 28 states for consideration, a high volume and continuation of a trend in recent years. Out of those proposed, including 58 that carried over from the 2023 legislative session, only six bills passed in 2024 (each in a different state). Five of thos...| www.institutionalinvestor.com
Dr. Mark Shore and Michael Copeland, CME GroupAt a GlanceThe CME Group Volatility Index (CVOL) is a suite of implied volatility indices, measuring 30-day forward volatility across all option strike prices of key futures markets.Volatility indices may be considered a sentiment indicator as they attempt to capture the view of a wide range of options-market participants.While we often focus on the price of a futures market, the options market can tell us an entirely different, and equally import...| www.institutionalinvestor.com
It wasn’t just Bill Hwang’s Archegos Capital that got battered by a Friday market implosion. Another secretive Tiger Cub — Tao Li of Teng Yue Partners — was also involved, according to an investor in the fund. Hwang, the founder of now-defunct hedge fund Tiger Asia, ran a heavily leveraged family office and was reportedly the key figure in $35 billion in market losses Friday that sent Discovery, ViacomCBS, and GSX Techedu reeling.| www.institutionalinvestor.com
In their more than six decades, real estate investment trusts have reached far beyond traditional deals and come up with innovative angles on such unlikely businesses as roulette tables and marijuana.In the mid-2010s, Las Vegas casinos like MGM Resorts International sold their real estate to REITs while retaining operation of the casinos themselves. That allowed them to focus on gambling as the REITs enjoyed stable rental income.| www.institutionalinvestor.com
The concentration of the world’s largest 7 stocks are troublingly all in one sector, making true diversification all the more elusive for institutional investors.| Institutional Investor
