Subject: Markets never forget: the lasting impression of square-root impact

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Markets never forget: the lasting impression of square-root impact
Jean-Philippe Bouchaud argues trade flows have a large and long-term effect on asset prices
  18 Feb 2026   |  Opinion
Regulation
Industry frowns on FCA’s single-sided trade reporting efforts
Buy side warns UK attempt to ease Mifir burden may miss target; dealers aren’t happy either
17 Feb 2026   |  News
Investing
Ram AI’s quest to build an agentic multi-strategy hedge fund
The Swiss fund already runs an artificial intelligence model factory and a team of agentic credit analysts
12 Feb 2026   |  Profile
Markets
Real money investors cash in as dispersion nears record levels
Implied spreads were elevated to start 2026. Realised levels have been “almost unprecedented”
11 Feb 2026   |  News
Comment
Beyond the hype, tokenisation can fix the pipework
Blockchain tech offers slicker and cheaper ops for illiquid assets, explains digital expert
09 Feb 2026   |  Opinion
Markets
Investors turn to costly ‘all weather’ hedging strategies
Geopolitical and technology risks spur demand for multi-strategy QIS tail hedges
03 Feb 2026   |  Feature
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Our take
There’s a punt factor in stocks that investors might be missing
Speculative trading creates linkages between crypto and equities that vary depending on the stocks in question
02 Feb 2026   |  Opinion
Markets
How US shutdown set off long-awaited basis bet
Hedge funds dust off a years-in-the-making relative value trade to profit from fallback mismatch
30 Jan 2026   |  News
Our take
Passive investing and Big Tech: an ill-fated match
Tracker funds are choking out active managers, leading to hyped valuations for a dangerously small number of equities
30 Jan 2026   |  Opinion
Regulation
FSB chief defends global non-bank regulation drive
Schindler slams ‘misconception’ that regulators intend to impose standardised bank-like rules
29 Jan 2026   |  News

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