Monthly Archives: February 2016
The Surprising Hedge Fund Strategy That’s Beating The Market
(CNBC) A simple but elusive strategy has been beating the market this year: Just own what the hedge funds don’t.Stocks with the lowest concentration in hedge fund portfolios as measured by equity capitalization have crushed the S&P 500 this year, […]
Colombia To Let Pension Funds Invest In Hedge Funds, Commodities -Sources
(Reuters) Colombia will soon allow pension funds to invest up to 20 percent of their assets in real estate, commodities, private equity, hedge funds and other so-called alternative investments, sources said on Tuesday.The decision, aimed at diversifying risk and bolstering […]
Hedge Fund Stock Bets Were Most Concentrated on Ever Heading Into 2016
(Barrons) Who needs diversification when you can dedicate massive chunks of your portfolio to just a few large positions? The average hedge fund had parked 68% of its “long” assets in Top 10 positions at the end of last year, […]
Hedge Fund Gambles on Standard Chartered Fall
(Times Online) One of London’s biggest hedge funds has begun betting on further falls in the share price of Standard Chartered, even after the company’s stock hit a 30-year low.It comes amid concerns about the future of the Asia-focused bank, […]
Hedge Funds ‘Surprise’ In Raising Net Short In Ags To Record High
(Agrimoney.com) Hedge funds defied expectations of many investors and lifted their net short position in US-traded ags to the highest on record – although in a move which is leaving many late movers looking at losses. Managed money, a proxy […]
Hedge Fund Withdrawal Requests Stay Low In February
(Reuters) Investor demand to take money out of hedge funds rose slightly month on month in February but remained seasonally low, data on Friday showed, with market volatility continuing to underpin demand.The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator, a measure of […]
Continuing Troubles Lead Carlyle to Close Fund-of-Funds Unit
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The last two years have been tough for Carlyle Group LP. There have been fund closings, layoffs and departures of key personnel. Now the company has announced that they will shut down the fund-of-fund unit Diversified […]
Bad coffee and a red Ferrari: Here are some of the ‘red flags’ at new hedge funds
(Business Insider) A group of hedge fund allocators revealed the biggest “red flags” that stop them from placing money with an emerging manager at the Absolute Return Symposium in New York on Wednesday.One thing to look out for is the […]
Coe Capital Management Joins HedgeCoVest Platform
New York (HedgeCoVest.com) – HedgeCoVest is pleased to announce that the latest model on their alternative investment platform is managed by Coe Capital Management. Coe Capital is a Registered Investment Advisor based in Deerfield, Illinois and it was founded in […]
Hedge Funds Pile into SunEdison Shares Ahead of Plunge
(Reuters) Top U.S. hedge fund management firms, including Visium Asset Management, took stakes in embattled renewable energy company SunEdison Inc during the fourth quarter.Visium put on a new position, buying 1.3 million shares, while Sand Grove Capital Management added a […]
The Supply & Demand Economics Behind The Current VC Boom and Crunch
(Pitchbook) Overnight it seems the venture industry has ground to a standstill. The ‘unicorn’ term now means overly inflated valuation in the process of negotiating a down round. The daily news is now full of departing CEOs, layoffs, zombie unicorns […]
Fortress Hedge Fund Seeing ‘More Cracks’ in Credit Markets
Fortress Hedge Fund Seeing ‘More Cracks’ in Credit Markets Bloomberg posted on Wed 17 Feb 2016 Permalink Print The Fortress Investment Group LLC fund that has predicted an Asia credit meltdown to rival 1997 says it is seeing more warning […]