Category Archives: Hedge Fund Strategies

Activist Hedge Funds: H Partners Wins Mattress Wars

New York (Hedgeco.Net) – The world’s largest bedding provider, Tempur Sealy, has acquiesced to pressure from Rehan Jaffer’s hedge fund, to remove Mark Sarvary as the Company’s President and CEO. Tempur Sealy also appointed one of Jaffer’s senior partners, Usman […]

A Number Of Streaks In Oil Trading And Production

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The oil market has been on a wild ride over the past year. After prices for West Texas Intermediate Crude peaked at $107.68 last June, the price per barrel fell to as low as $42.41 in […]

Manny Roman Reports FUM up 7% to $78.1 Billion At Hedge Fund Man

New York (HedgeC0.Net) -Manny Roman, Chief Executive Officer of hedge fund giant Man Group, reported a a good start to the year from a performance perspective which, together with the latest acquisitions, contributed to an overall 7% increase in FUM over […]

Blackstone To Hedge On Canadian Diamonds

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Blackstone Tactical Opportunities has acquired a 20% equity position in a leading Canadian diamond exploration and development company, according to reports. Blackstone has purchased the shares from Stornoway for $250 million. The hedge fund giant also bought into […]

Bernanke To Advise At PIMCO After Testing The Hedge Fund Waters

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The former chairman of the US Federal Reserve has joined another institution not regulated by the Fed. From now on Ben Bernanke will be lead consultant at Deutsche Bank, Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO), which monitors assets of […]

Manager Profile and Insights: Robert Moore, CMJ Value Holdings

New York, HedgeCo.Net – CMJ Value Holdings was founded in Chicago in 2001 and has over $40 million in assets under management at this time. The company uses an equity long/short approach with slight bias toward the long side. Robert […]

Hedge Fund Managers Divulge Top Picks at Annual Sohn Conference

New York, HedgeCo.Net – The annual Sohn Investment Conference kicked off yesterday in New York and it drew thousands of investment professionals as well as private investors. The conference is part entertainment and part business and is now in its […]

HedgeCoVest Models Continue To Outperform the Overall Market

New York (HedgeCo.net)  – At this point in time, HedgeCoVest has 26 different models for investors to choose from on the platform. There are 12 single strategy models which are replicating a single hedge fund manager and there are 14 […]

Adnan Rehmatullah From Brookdale Capital Management Describes Their Four Investment Principles

New York (HedgeCo.net)  –  Brookdale Capital Management is an investment management firm based in Dallas, Texas. The firm has a particular focus on liquid alternative investment strategies across all asset classes including equities, credit, commodities, currencies, and derivatives. The Brookdale […]

Global Hedge Fund Centaur Wins Award for Fifth Consecutive Year

New York, HedgeCo.Net – For the fifth consecutive year, Centaur Fund Services has been recognised in the HFM European Hedge Fund Services Awards. Centaur was named as Best Administrator under $30bn – Overall in recognition of its exceptional client service […]

Biotech Rallies: Composite Models Take Advantage

New York (HedgeCo.net)  – The biotech sector has been on an incredible run over the last four years and so far in 2015, the rally has continued. In the last four years, the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (NYSE: IBB) has gone […]

Global Equity Mutual Funds and ETFs Get $88.3 Billion in 2015

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – TrimTabs Investment Research reported today that strong investor interest in non-U.S. equities is broadening from Europe and Japan into emerging markets.  Even ahead of the stimulus announced Sunday, exchange-traded funds focused on Chinese equities posted 22 […]