Monthly Archives: February 2013

CNBC – The government is convinced that money managers who consistently beat the market are probably using insider information to produce these abnormal returns. Unfortunately for prosecutors who want to shut this kind of thing down, one way this is […]

(Reuters) – Hedge funds are actively trading in Argentina’s choppy markets ahead of its legal showdown with rebel sovereign bondholders later this month. Investors and creditors are waiting to see if a U.S. court upholds a ruling made on February […]

Bloomberg Businessweek – Kazakhstan’s central bank will select private equity fund-of-fund managers and fund-of-hedge-fund managers to place as much as $300 million as the Central Asian nation plans its first alternative investments. The tender requirements stipulate that potential private- equity […]

Financial Times – Commodities hedge funds surrendered at least 20 per cent of their assets last year after investors pulled out large sums following the sector’s worst annual performance in more than a decade, according to fund managers and investors. […]

Seeking Alpha – Investors can stay on top of hedge fund activity partly by keeping track of 13D and 13G filings, which report significant percentage stakes in public companies. The nature of the filing requirements means that these filings are […]

Bloomberg – Citigroup Inc., the third-biggest U.S. bank, renamed an internal hedge-fund unit Napier Park Global Capital as it spins out the business with about $6.8 billion in holdings under management. Regulators have granted key approvals for the move, and […]

Forbes – Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn is urging Apple shareholders to vote down a change to the company’s charter that would allow it to stop issuing preferred stock. Investors would be able to repel the proposal at Apple’s shareholder meeting […]

Reuters – SunTrust Banks Inc sued a Connecticut-based hedge fund on Wednesday to block arbitration of a $13 million dispute over mortgage-backed securities. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. district court in Manhattan, is the latest one brought by a bank […]

Hedge Funds Review – Hedge funds finished 2012 in positive territory, according to eVestment. Despite reports of investor dissatisfaction, performance contributed with $116.3 billion increasing overall AUM in 2012. Hedge fund assets increased almost 6% during 2012 to hit $2.6 […]

Jake Mann (Seeking Alpha) – The subject of Apple (AAPL)’s so-called “secret” hedge fund has gained quite a bit of steam in recent months. At Insider Monkey, we originally covered how Braeburn Capital, an asset manager in Nevada, was managing […]

Forbes – Tiger Global Management in past months discreetly sold a stake in the largest public U.S. gun company, as critics vilified the firearm industry following the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre. Tiger Global established a sizable position in Sturm, Ruger […]