Monthly Archives: February 2017

(Yahoo) Despite a wobbly day on Friday, the markets again continued their melt-up last week, with all the indexes at one point hitting all-time highs yet again. With the fourth-quarter reporting season all but over, the windows for executives to […]

(Harvest) As analyzed in a Strategy Special , there are sources of risk, which have the potential to result in a slowdown of global growth and possibly a recession towards the end of this year or early 2018. A key […]

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(FINalternatives) Nearly three out of four investors attending the Context Summits gathering in Miami two weeks ago plan on increasing their allocations to alternative assets in the year ahead, according to a survey taken during the event. To read this […]

(FINalternatives) Hedge fund redemptions accelerated throughout 2016 despite the respectable 7.40% ultimately booked by the alternative asset class, according to recent data published by industry observer Preqin. To read this article:

(FINalternatives) Investors pulled some $13 billion from beleaguered Och-Ziff Capital Management over the past 13 months as the hedge fund manager dealt with the fallout of a five-year bribery investigation and very expensive settlements with the U.S. Justice Department and […]

(Reuters)Ashford Hospitality Prime Inc. has reached an agreement with hedge fund Sessa Capital to add two directors to the real estate investment trust’s board.The agreement ends a long feud between the company and the hedge fund, which launched a proxy […]

(Reuters) Hedge fund operator TCI Fund Management said on Thursday it had the support of several other investment firms in its protest against aero engines maker Safran’s agreed bid for seats manufacturer Zodiac Aerospace.”We have received support from several American […]

(Reuters) The activist investor targeting U.S. railroad operator CSX Corp. (CSX.O) said in a letter to the company’s board on Thursday that he was willing to adjust certain demands as long as his CEO candidate was guaranteed a four-year contract. […]

(Bloomberg) Investors should probably be a little more nervous, according to one BlackRock Inc. money manager. Stocks have rallied to records amid signs of stabilization in China’s economy and bets that President Donald Trump will boost U.S. infrastructure spending, roll […]

(CNBC) A trader or traders in the options market made an estimated profit of 400 percent betting on a big move in Fortress Investment Group shares on Tuesday, just hours before the private equity firm announced a $3.3 billion takeover […]