Monthly Archives: February 2020
John Paulson wins big in tough markets like the financial crisis — Here’s what he’s betting on now
(CNBC) John Paulson is renowned for his bets against the U.S. housing market prior to the financial crisis, which made him billions of dollars as the subprime mortgage lending system collapsed more than a decade ago. As global stock markets […]
Top 10 Biggest Hedge Fund Blow ups of all Time
(Valuewalk.com) Hedge funds have come a long way since Alfred Winslow Jones founded the first hedge fund A.W. Jones & Co. in 1949. According to the data group Hedge Fund Research, there are more than 15,000 hedge funds worldwide. They […]
SEC Charges Investment Adviser with Affinity Fraud Focused On Christian Investors
(HedgeCo.Net) Dionne Van Zyl, a Georgia-based investment adviser, has been charged with defrauding dozens of clients by taking undisclosed fees, commissions, and other compensation over a period of more than six years. According to the SEC’s complaint, from 2013 to […]
Branding dominates hedge fund flows
(Opalesque) Strong performance alone will not attract assets, says Donald A. Steinbrugge, founder and CEO of Agecroft Partners: Over the past decade, a vast majority of hedge fund net asset flows have gone to a small minority of hedge funds […]
Ridgewood Infrastructure beats target on debut fund
(Opalesque) Ridgewood Infrastructure has closed its debut fund – Ridgewood Water & Strategic Infrastructure Fund at the $600 million hard cap. The vehicle beat its $500 million target. To read this article:
Hedge funds predicted to increase level of shorting of UK stocks in 2020
(Opalesque) New research from ETF provider GraniteShares reveals 81% of institutional investors expect the use of leveraged investment strategies to increase over the next five years. To read this article:
Hedge funds assets reached reached all-time high end of 2019 despite record $15.4bn net outflows in Q4
(Opalesque) Hedge fund industry assets under management (AUM) reached an all-time high at the end of 2019, with performance gains helping to offset negative capital flows and push total assets to $3.66tn, the industry has grown by 5.9% since the […]
US-based micro venture capital funds raise a record amount of capital in 2019
(Opalesque) US-based micro venture capital funds (sized at $100mn or less) had another record-breaking year in 2019, said a report. Managers of micro funds surpassed the $8.3bn raised in 2018 with $8.4bn secured through 282 fund closures, according to the […]
Global fintech investments reach $135.7bn across 2,693 deals: KPMG
(Opalesque) Global fintech investment fell short of 2018’s record year, with $137.5 billion invested across 2,693 deals in 2019 compared to $141 billion in 2018, said a report. According to the Pulse of Fintech H2, a report by KPMG, global […]
Silicon Valley investor says billionaires should stop being so sensitive
(CNBC) Billionaires should be grateful for their good fortune and stop being so sensitive to public criticism and name-calling by politicians, tech billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya said Wednesday. In a heated billionaire-versus-billionaire debate with former hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman, Palihapitiya […]
Final Judgment Against Research Analyst Who Tipped Hedge Fund Portfolio Manager
(HedgeCo.Net) A federal district court in New York has entered a final consent judgment against Sandeep Aggarwal, a former research analyst at a registered broker dealer and investment research firm. The SEC previously charged Aggarwal with insider trading for tipping […]
Hedge fund bears zero in as fresh coronavirus fears spark market mayhem
(Hedgeweek) Short-selling strategies of all stripes seem set to soar amid the ongoing market mayhem which has seen global equities take a pounding following renewed coronavirus fears. To read this article:
