Monthly Archives: February 2019
Pearl Capital Advisors Hedged VIX program ends 2018 up +14.85%
(Opalesque) Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: While many volatility traders were caught out with directional bets in 2018, one fund managed to stay above the fray and end the year positively. Pearl Capital Advisors Hedged VIX program […]
Investor confidence down by 9.4 points in January to 70.2
(Hedgeweek) The State Street Global Investor Confidence Index decreased to 70.2 in January, down 9.4 points from December’s revised reading of 79.6. To read this article:
Challenge ahead for Hang Seng
(The Technical Analyst) A bullish chart pattern has completed on the Hang Seng Index but tough resistance remains not far above current levels, say David Sneddon and his team at Credit Suisse in London. David Sneddon, Pascal Zingg and James […]
A London Hedge Fund Giant Is Looking to Build Low-Income Homes
(Bloomberg)An acute shortage of subsidized housing for low-income families in the U.K. is drawing some unexpected investors. Man Group Plc, the world’s largest publicly traded hedge fund manager, is poised to start a fund to finance construction of affordable homes, […]
Hedge Funds Are Behaving Like We Just Had a Financial Crisis
(Bloomberg) Hedge funds haven’t been chasing the January rebound in U.S. equities on the heels of their worst year since 2011. According to Macro Risk Advisors, these big-money managers are acting much more like it’s the aftermath of the 2008 […]
Edison Partners leads $7M round into investment research platform Bipsync
(Opalesque) Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Growth equity firm Edison Partners has led a $7 million round into Bipsync, a software solution for investment research founded by Tiger Cub Danny Donado. FINTOP Capital also participated in the round. Bipsync is […]
Determining The Optimal Size For A Hedge Fund
(AlphaWeek) The complicated reality is that managers and investors do not have fully aligned motivations To read this article:
Stocks Sell Off on Powell, Poor Data; Yen Climbs
(Bloomberg) Stocks in Asia followed their U.S. counterparts lower after hawkish comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and weaker-than-expected economic data from China and Japan. The yen strengthened after the Bank of Japan reduced longer-dated bond purchases. The MSCI […]
US Hedge Fund Magnolia Road Shuts Down After Struggling to Raise Capital
(Reuters) Jame Donath plans to shutter his Magnolia Road Capital, the latest casualty in the $3 trillion hedge fund industry where many small firms are struggling to attract and retain capital, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Donath told […]
SEC Obtains Bars and Suspensions Against Individuals and Accounting Firm
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced charges against three Israeli residents, a Washington, D.C. attorney, and an Israeli auditor and his Maryland-based accounting firm for their roles in a fraudulent scheme in the creation of numerous public shell […]
Institutional investors focusing on alternative investments, ESG and risk management, says Natixis survey
(Hedgeweek) Volatility finally roared back to abnormally tame markets, but most institutional investors were already bracing for impact; their efforts to diversify and build durable portfolios should now pay off, according to new survey findings released by Natixis Investment Managers. […]
British Hedge Fund Man Group Assets Rise 35 Pct in 2017
(Reuters) British hedge fund firm Man Group said on Wednesday it had added $12.8 billion in new assets for the financial year ended Dec. 31, bringing its total funds under management to $109.1 billion. Man Group said strong client demand […]