Monthly Archives: February 2019
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 […]
Trading ‘BOON’ Pickens: Oil Tycoon’s Spinoff Fund Seeks Listing
(Bloomberg) Legendary oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens has closed his hedge fund, but the octogenarian’s name may live on on the New York Stock Exchange.NYSE Pickens Oil Response ETF, a spinoff of the wildcatter’s shuttered Dallas-based BP Capital LLC, submitted […]
Hedge Funds Caught Short by Provident Financial Squeeze
(Reuters) Hedge funds were caught out by a big short in Provident Financial when the British sub-prime lender revealed plans to shore up its balance sheet on Tuesday, triggering a squeeze which drove a near 90 percent spike in its […]
World’s Biggest Sovereign Wealth Fund Delivers Record Return
(Bloomberg) Norway’s sovereign wealth fund delivered its biggest return on record in 2017, capping a year in which it passed the $1 trillion mark and shocked markets by proposing to drop oil and gas stocks. Not since the fund was […]
Speculators Take Record Bet Fed Will Pull Rate Trigger Soon
(Reuters) Hedge funds and other speculators are making their biggest ever short-term bet on higher U.S. interest rates, a clear sign that the “vol-mageddon” bout of market turbulence earlier this month has almost completely fizzled out. Speculators are also slowly […]
Funds Turned Positive on Grains for First Time Since August
(Bloomberg) For the first time in six months, hedge funds are betting on a rally in the grain markets. A combined measure of investor holdings for the big three U.S. crops — corn, soybeans and wheat — turned positive in […]
Activist Hedge Fund to Pressure Genesco for More Asset Sales
(Reuters) Activist hedge fund Legion Partners LLC will pressure U.S. footwear retailer Genesco Inc (GCO.N) to sell assets beyond its Lids Sports Group business, and could challenge its board if it does not do so, people familiar with the matter […]