Monthly Archives: January 2017
Hedge Funds Embrace Machine Learning, But Humans Are Still In Charge
(South China Morning Post) Machine learning has become the topic de jour for hedge funds, but while Tim Wong, chairman of Man AHL and Man Group Asia, says they have had some success using such techniques, he doesn’t expect to […]
Top 10 Hedge Fund Industry Trends for 2017
(HedgeCo.Net) Each year, Agecroft Partners predicts the top hedge fund industry trends through our contact with more than two thousand institutional investors and hundreds of hedge fund organizations. The hedge fund industry is very dynamic, and participants are best served […]
Hedge Funds Bet the Commodity Revival Will Keep Going in 2017
(Bloomberg) Commodities had a resurgence in 2016, with the first annual advance since 2010. The gains will continue next year for many of the markets, at least that’s what hedge funds are signaling. Money managers boosted their combined net-long position, […]
Hedge Funds Bet Oil Rally to Extend Into 2017 as Output Cuts Hit
(Bloomberg) Investors are showing no sign of turning their backs on oil heading into 2017. Money managers’ wagers on rising West Texas Intermediate crude prices are triple what they were at the end of 2015, and are the highest since […]
SEC Names Timothy Husson Associate Director in the Division of Investment Management’s Risk and Examinations Office
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today named Timothy Husson Associate Director in the Division of Investment Management’s Risk and Examinations Office. As Associate Director, Dr. Husson will oversee the management and operations of key data analysis and examination projects […]
Einhorn’s Greenlight Recoups 9.4% in 2016 as Stocks Rally
(Bloomberg) Greenlight Capital, the hedge fund led by David Einhorn, rose 1.6 percent in December, riding a year-end rally in U.S. stocks. The performance rounds out a gain of 9.4 percent in 2016 for the firm’s main hedge fund, which […]
Equity, Macro Hedge Funds Look to Bounce Back From a Tough Year
(Gulf News) For some equity funds and those betting on macroeconomic trends, which together make up a large chunk of the $3 trillion global hedge fund industry’s assets, 2016 has been another year to forget. Beset by investors pressing for […]
Thinking about Asset Allocation in 2017
(Harvest) My first job real job in the investment business was as a municipal credit analyst back in early 1990 for Clayton Brown & Associates, a small, regional broker-dealer here in Chicago, and Mr. Brown used to teach Bible study […]
Chris Rokos to manage new $3.5 Billion Hedge Fund Startup
(Bloomberg) Chris Rokos, the Brevan Howard Asset Management co-founder who started his own investment firm last year, will be managing $3.5 billion by the end of this month in one of the largest hedge-fund startups, according to a person with […]
The 10 Things That Could Surprise The Market This Year
(The Business Insider) North Carolina-based fund manager Mark Yusko, the chief investment officer of $3.7 billion Morgan Creek Capital Management, revealed the 10 things he thinks could surprise the market in 2016. Among his predictions is that one or more […]
Volatility May Help Asia Hedge Funds Double Inflows
(Bloomberg) Investors may double their allocations to Asia’s hedge funds over the next five years as they look for ways to navigate volatile markets and the region’s managers beat peers in the U.S. and Europe, according to Pacific Alternative Asset […]
Ray Dalio Moves Back Up to Top Hedge Fund Manager With Tepper, Klarman
(Nasdaq) In a turbulent and ultimately almost flat year for stocks, Ray Dalio ( Trades , Portfolio )’s Bridgewater Pure Alpha fund generated $3.3 billion in net gains, returning Dalio to his rank as top hedge fund manager.Dalio unseated George […]