Side Pocket: AlphaWeek's Alternative Investment Blog

Side Pocket is AlphaWeek's blog. Here, we publish content from external parties as well as ourselves across a range of topics. Sometimes it's a little more light-hearted, sometimes it's a listicle which comes across the newsdesk. If you're interested in blogging for AlphaWeek, we're likely interested in hearing from you. Drop us a line at editorial@alpha-week.com.

US Pushes For A Western Rival To Huawei

14 October 2019 Nick Finegold

US government officials have discussed issuing credit to European technology companies in a bid to combat Huawei's dominance in developing 5G telecoms

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Round-Up: September 2019

14 October 2019 Thomas Kochanek

Quiet month produces little of interest but keep an eye on Cocoa

Sharing Alpha's Top Hedge Funds In September 2019

9 October 2019 AlphaWeek Staff

Schroder GAIA wins again but significant change in the top twenty

Green Energy Plans May Not Deserve The Praise They Get

7 October 2019 Nick Finegold

RWE's declaration to shut its coat plants could be met with a little more scrutiny

eVestment's Top Hedge Funds In September 2019

3 October 2019 AlphaWeek Staff

Man Group's Man AHL TargetRisk product rose to first place

Beating The SG CTA Mutual Fund Index With Managed Futures ETFs

30 September 2019 Dmitri Alexeev

I have a soft spot for CTAs, having worked at a CTA fund of funds for a while, and I’m pleased to see the various data providers’ managed futures indices doing well...