Monthly Archives: January 2016
Palm Beach hedge fund glitz fails to impress some investors
(Reuters)- Some of the largest investors in the world jetted home underwhelmed on Wednesday from a three-day blitz of meetings with hedge fund managers, unimpressed by their bearish outlook and cautious approach to markets.Many big-money clients – representatives of wealthy […]
Soros’ Posture on Stocks and Treasuries Should be Noted
New York (HedgeCo.net) – It is hard to argue with one of the most successful hedge fund managers in history, so when you learn that George Soros is shorting the S&P 500 and buying U.S. treasuries, it should serve as […]
Hedge Fund Industry Assets Increase in Difficult Year, Managers Upbeat for 2016
(Valuewalk.com) Hedge Fund Industry Assets Increase in Difficult Year, Managers Upbeat for 2016 via MFA Despite a challenging year, hedge fund industry assets under management (AUM) increased by approximately $180 billion during 2015 and now stand at approximately $3.2 trillion, […]
Evaluating Enterprise Risk for Alternative Investments
(Daily Alts) Enterprise risk includes all of the factors that can affect an enterprise: market factors, reputation, regulation, compliance, operations, and legal risk are among the most prominent. Enterprise risk analysis, which uses stress tests and scenario assessments to estimate […]
There’s One Hedge Fund Area That’s Expecting a Monster Pay Year
(The Business Insider) SumZero, the online community for buy-side professionals, has put out its annual compensation report for hedge funds….One area of investing really stands out for 2015 when it comes to expected pay, and that is distressed debt….One of […]
Hedge Fund Startups Dropped to 13-Year Low in 2015
(Bloomberg) The number of hedge fund companies started in 2015 dropped to 223, the lowest since 2002, according to data from industry tracker Preqin. Volatile markets combined with slumps in commodities and equities to undermine the confidence of potential new […]
Agecroft Partners to Host New Hedge Fund Conference to Benefit Hedge Fund Cares and World Pediatric Project
(HedgeCo.Net) Agecroft Partners announced that all profits from its new conference Gaining the Edge – 2016 Hedge Fund Marketing Leadership Summit taking place on April 28th at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City will be donated to non-profit charities […]
The 75-year debt supercycle is coming to an end
(Business Insider) When Ray Dalio talks, people tend to listen.Dalio is one of the most successful hedge fund managers of all time, founder of the $82 billion (£57.1 billion) Bridgewater Pure Alpha fund. He’s worried that one of the fixed […]
The hedge fund managers that made it big in 2015
(CNBC)For many hedge fund managers, 2015 was a year they would rather forget, clocking up their worst annual return since 2011. And, if the first few weeks of trade this year are anything to go by, 2016 might not be […]
Hedge Funds in Major Commodities Rethink
(Mining.com) With weakness returning to equities and oil on Monday, gold futures trading in New York attracted brisk buying from investors eager for alternatives amid all the market turmoil.In afternoon trade gold for delivery in February, the most active contract, […]
Hedge Funds Betting Against China Eye ‘Soros Moment’
(Reuters) A handful of mainly U.S.-based macro hedge funds have led bets against China’s yuan since late last year and the coming weeks should tell how right they are in predicting a devaluation of between 20 and 50 percent. Since […]
Hedge Funds and Others May Be Eligible to Collect Proceeds From $1.86 Billion CDS Antitrust Settlement
(Hedge Fund Law Report) On January 11, 2016, Quinn Emanuel announced the $1.86 billion settlement of a class action lawsuit alleging that, since 2008, major banks had conspired with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association and financial information services firm […]