Monthly Archives: January 2018
The Best Absolute Return Fund You Are Not Yet Invested In
(Citywire) First State’s Diversified Growth fund is the new kid on an increasingly crowded block, but after returning 14.65% in 2016, at a time when other absolute return funds were struggling, it may stand out from the pack. To read […]
Traders Are Betting Billions That The Hottest Stocks Of 2017 Will Get Crushed
(The Business Insider) Facebook, Apple, Netflix, and Google are high up on the list of S&P 500 companies that investors added the most notional amount of short interest to this year….The so-called FANGS — Facebook, Apple, Netflix, and Google — […]
Do You Really Want to Live With a 60/40 Allocation in 2018?
(Harvest) Numbers and statistics are a funny thing. They usually don’t lie and are not fake. You can misinterpret them, but numbers tell a story and it is the job of the investor to either accept the story or come […]
Everything Positive For 2017, But Unfortunately We Are Starting a New Year
(Harvest) Many pension and endowments are going to post double-digit returns for 2017. Most have exceeded their actuarial expect return assumptions of 7%. Family offices and general investors have also posted good returns for the year. Equity returns for US, […]
Cross-Currency Basis Swaps Signal Temporary Dollar Shortage
(Harvest) Global macro traders look for outliers. The good ones have a disciplined approach to review and process lots of cross-market relationships looking for the few that may be out of place. These are the relationships that need capital and […]
Top Hedge Fund Industry Trends for 2018
(HedgeCo.Net) Each year, Agecroft Partners predicts the top hedge fund industry trends stemming from our contact with more than two thousand institutional investors and hundreds of hedge fund organizations. The hedge fund industry is dynamic, and participants are best served […]
SEC Announces Charges in Alleged Ponzi Scheme
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against two New York City men accused of running a Ponzi scheme with money raised from investors to fund businesses purportedly created to purchase and resell tickets to such high-demand […]
U.S. College Endowments Lose 1.9% in Worst Showing Since 2009
(Bloomberg) U.S. college endowments suffered their biggest loss since the financial crisis, dragged down by global stocks, hedge funds and natural resources, according to an industry survey released Tuesday. The 1.9 percent average loss reported by the National Association of […]
Trumps Tweets Driving Volatility But Quant Response Lukewarm So Far
(FINalternatives) President Donald Trump’s tweets and rapid-fire executive orders have lifted volatility in financial markets, helping day traders aimed at playing short-term swings, but the jury is still out as to whether the fluctuations will ultimately be useful to quantitative […]
Lyxor: Hedge Fund Index Gains 0.5% On CTA, Macro Manager Rebounds
(FINalternatives) Hedge funds enjoyed a positive rebound last week, as CTAs and Macro managers rebounded from weak starts to the new year and equity markets cheered the initial moves of President Trump, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor […]
Hedge Fund Raveneur Investment Group Shutting Down
(Reuters) Raveneur Investment Group, the two-year old hedge fund originally backed by Blackstone Group, is shutting down, according to two people familiar with the situation.New York-based Raveneur was launched in September 2014 by Mark Black with startup capital from Blackstone […]
Viking Shifts Capital Away From CIO After Stock Fund Has Biggest Loss
(Bloomber) Andreas Halvorsen’s Viking Global Investors shifted its allocation of capital among top managers, trimming the amount directly overseen by Chief Investment Officer Dan Sundheim, amid the worst performance on record for its equities hedge fund. Viking Global Equities fell […]