Iran war risks private credit crisis and AI bubble bursting, Bank of England warns

U.K. central bank warns negative supply shock increases the odds of ‘vulnerabilities crystallising at the same time.’

POLITICO
UK billionaire Chris Rokos donates record £190m to Cambridge University

Single biggest donation to a UK university in modern times will establish a new school of government bearing his name

The Guardian
Hedge funds liquidated 70% of their year-to-date Korean stock purchases in March amid growing macroeconomic uncertainty, with Goldman Sachs reporting the largest net outflows from Asia since April 2025 as global selling pressure intensified across all regions and sectors.
#YonhapInfomax #HedgeFunds #KoreanStockMarket #GoldmanSachs #NetSelling #MacroeconomicUncertainty #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
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Hedge Funds Liquidate 70% of Year-to-Date Korean Stock Purchases

Hedge funds liquidated 70% of their year-to-date Korean stock purchases in March amid growing macroeconomic uncertainty, with Goldman Sachs reporting the largest net outflows from Asia since April 2025 as global selling pressure intensified across all regions and sectors.

Yonhap Infomax
The British outpost that quietly holds more US debt than China

China, which was the largest holder of US government debt as recently as 2019, has cut its holdings to the lowest level since 2008, driven by changing

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yahoo news | iCapital Links Alternative Investments to Aladdin Wealth

iCapital has announced a partnership with BlackRock to integrate its alternative‑investment platform directly into Aladdin Wealth, BlackRock’s proprietary technology suite for portfolio analytics. The integration will allow advisors using Aladdin Wealth to browse, subscribe to, and redeem alternative‑investment products, as well as monitor transaction status, all from within the same workflow they use for traditional assets. By embedding iCapital’s tools, the platform aims to provide a “connected and scalable framework for portfolio construction and oversight,” according to iCapital chairman and CEO Lawrence Calcano.

The move builds on a 2024 collaboration in which BlackRock, iCapital, and TAMP GeoWealth launched custom public‑private model portfolios through a unified managed‑account (UMA) solution. With the new link, Aladdin Wealth users will have access to the same data, analytics, risk‑management, and portfolio‑workflow capabilities they already rely on, now extended to alternative investments. Ted Stratigos, global head of Aladdin Wealth, said the integration “will extend Aladdin Wealth’s capabilities by connecting advisors more directly to alternative investments, supported by the same data, analytics, risk management, and portfolio workflows they rely on across their business.”

The partnership is positioned as a way to improve efficiency and enable more personalized outcomes for high‑net‑worth clients, who are increasingly seeking exposure to alternatives such as private equity, hedge funds, and real‑asset strategies. Elaine Misonzhnik, senior editor of Investments at Wealth Management, highlighted that the combined platform could streamline advisor processes, allowing them to incorporate alternatives into client portfolios without leaving the Aladdin environment. The integration is expected to accelerate adoption of alternative assets across registered investment advisors (RIAs) and other wealth‑management firms looking for seamless, technology‑driven solutions.

Read more: https://www.wealthmanagement.com/alternative-investments/icapital-aladdin-wealth-announce-partnership

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iCapital Links Alternative Investments to Aladdin Wealth

Advisors using BlackRock's Aladdin Wealth gain access to alternative investments through the integrated platform with iCapital.

Wealth Management
The role speculators played – And why #food prices are rising:
#banks, #commodity traders and #HedgeFunds have reined in activity to avoid big losses, creating a vicious cycle of thin trading and huge spikes and slumps, chart @wsj.com
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/the-oil-supply-crunch-is-spreading-from-the-gulf-to-the-rest-of-the-world-41c5f671
Crispin Odey: I can’t remember telling female employee ‘I could attack you now’

Hedge fund tycoon faces questions in court over sexual harassment allegations that have left his career in tatters

The Guardian
Fog of war clouds global rate cut outlook

The specter of a prolonged energy crunch could dash the hopes of consumers, businesses and investors worldwide for rate cuts this year.

POLITICO
Interest rate swaps surge sharply following Iran-U.S. conflict as foreign hedge funds bet on oil-driven rate hikes, widening the spread with spot bond yields to 43.30bp from 28.20bp since late February, though major institutions assess domestic rate hike probability at only 10% even under extended war scenarios.
#YonhapInfomax #InterestRateSwaps #HedgeFunds #OilPrices #BondSwapSpread #BankOfKorea #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=110522
Hedge Funds Bet on Oil-Driven Rate Hikes as Bond-Swap Spread Widens

Interest rate swaps surge sharply following Iran-U.S. conflict as foreign hedge funds bet on oil-driven rate hikes, widening the spread with spot bond yields to 43.30bp from 28.20bp since late February, though major institutions assess domestic rate hike probability at only 10% even under extended war scenarios.

Yonhap Infomax
Via #LLRX - AI in #Finance & #Banking, 3/15/26 - 6 highlights How does #AI Distribute the pie? #LargeLanguageModels and the Ultimatum Game; AI Meets Fiscal Policy: Mapping Government Spending Actions Across 64 Countries; #Anthropic suggests AI might be worse for #hedgeFunds fund employees than bankers; Chaining Tasks, Redefining Work: A Theory of AI #Automation; Where global #economies sit in the AI stack; and #Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence. https://www.llrx.com/2026/03/ai-in-finance-and-banking-march-15-2026/