Monthly Archives: February 2020

(Reuters) – Elliott Investment Management, U.S. billionaire Paul Singer’s activist hedge fund firm, has built up a 3.04% stake in Dutch insurer NN Group, a filing by the Dutch financial regulator AFM showed on Thursday. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) Hedge funds are positioning for a spike in volatility in healthcare, energy, financials and tech as the US presidential election gathers pace. To read this article:

(Opalesque)The US and China remain the most preferred investment destinations for venture capital (VC) investors globally, said a study. According to GlobalData, high-value VC investments (>=US$100m) also remain concentrated in the US and China with both countries collectively accounting for […]

(Opalesque) Pamlico Capital, a lower- to middle-market private equity firm based in Charlotte, closed its Pamlico Capital V (PC V) fund with $1.4 billion in commitments. The North American private equity firm said that the fund exceeded its original $1.25 […]

(Opalesque) New York-based private equity investment firm EagleTree Capital closed lower-middle-market buyout fund EagleTree Partners V at $1.12 billion. To read this article:

(Reuters) – Hedge fund Odey Asset Management said it would oppose Anglo American’s (AAL.L) 405 million pounds ($526 million) bid to acquire a huge fertilizer project from Sirius Minerals (SXX.L), saying the terms do not represent fair value. To read […]

(Reuters) – As investors crunch numbers to determine how the coronavirus will hit China’s economy, hedge fund manager Nathaniel Polachek has tied much of his outlook to the fate of a ship anchored near Weihai, China. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) Colin McLean, managing director of SVM Asset management, comments on HSBC full year results… To read this article:

(Opalesque) The new decade started flat for hedge funds, with minimal growth. The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark returned +0.01% in January 2020. To read this article:

(Opalesque) The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 0.14% in January, ahead of the underlying equity market as represented by the MSCI ACWI (Local) which lost 0.90% over the same period. To read this article:

(Opalesque) The hedge fund industry experienced a second straight month of net outflows in December with nearly $29.0 billion in redemptions, up from November’s $4.7 billion in outflows. To read this article: