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Dalio Triples Wagers Against Italian Firms to $3.3 Billion
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Loading...Billionaire hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates is upping its bets against Italian banks and insurers ahead of the nation’s elections next month.
The world’s largest hedge-fund firm tripled its bearish wagers against Italian companies in the last three months, mainly focused on the financial sector, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The March 4 election is widely expected to produce no clear winner, which would create difficulties in forming a government and make it hard for the country to produce the wide-ranging economic reforms that investors and the European Union are looking for.
Bridgewater has boosted its bearish bets against Italian companies to $3 billion and 18 firms, up from $1.1 billion worth of shorts in October. The investment firm’s positions against European companies as a whole total $3.3 billion and 20 names, the data show.
The Westport, Connecticut-based firm, which oversees about $160 billion, disclosed a short position on transport- infrastructure provider Atlantia SpA on Tuesday and added to its largest short bet, against lender Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, in recent days.
Luigi Di Maio, leader of Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement, wants to make it easier for the country’s ailing banks to recover assets, allowing them to maximize their returns. Italian banks have more than 270 billion euros ($336 billion) of non-performing loans.
Bridgewater has seen mixed results from its bets. Thirteen of its 20 shorts have lost money, with the shares rising over the last three months. Short sellers sell borrowed shares and buy them back at a lower price, pocketing the difference as profit.
Source: Bloomberg Pro Terminal
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