Monthly Archives: February 2018

(Bloomberg) A key group of investors has just missed out on the biggest tech-stock rally since 2014. Hedge funds and other large speculators turned net short on Nasdaq 100 Index futures for the first time in 21 months, according to […]

(Bloomberg) BHP Billiton Ltd. rejected a new activist call for a corporate overhaul and joined rivals in boosting investor returns as first-half profit rose to a three-year high… To read this article:

(Reuters) Forced to abandon ship after mistiming their investments five years ago, hedge funds are venturing back in a bid to profit from growing global trade flows. Around 90 percent of traded goods by volume are transported by sea and […]

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds as a group own 19 percent of Time Warner’s shares, according to recent public filings, and 50 of the firms have more than 5 percent of their disclosed equity investments in the stock. Time Warner’s peers have […]

(Opalesque) Florida-based Global Sigma rode February’s volatility to new highs. The firm’s AGSF strategy is up +2.8 percent through February 16 and +4.2 percent YTD and its Vol/Arb program is up +14 percent through February 16 and 19.6 percent YTD.Global […]

(Opalesque) Asian hedge fund managers have seen tremendous growth particularly last year. However, one notable change in the region is the increased turnover of managers in Asia, said Theodore Qi Shou of Skybound Capital, a global asset manager specialized in […]

(The Business Insider) Hedge funds are expected to pull in $41 billion in new cash this year, with event-driven, fundamental equity long-short fund and volatility funds the most in-demand strategies, according to a Deutsche Bank survey. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) In line with the broader hedge fund market, Alternative UCITS funds profited from the rising volatility in fixed income and equity markets towards the end of the month. The LuxHedge Global Alternative UCITS index advanced with +0.93 per cent, […]

(Hedgeweek) The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark generated 2.18 per cent in January. This is the strongest start to a calendar year since 2013 (+3.49 per cent) and the highest return in a single calendar month since July 2016 (+2.24 […]

(Reuters) Performance from computer-driven hedge funds run by industry stalwarts Cantab Capital Partners and Systematica Investments took a hit after market volatility in February, showed data compiled by HSBC. The Cantab Capital Partners Quantitative Fund and Systematica Alternative Markets Fund […]

(Yahoo Finance) Billionaire David Tepper’s Appaloosa Management more than tripled its stake in Apple Inc. and almost doubled its holding of Facebook Inc. in the final three months of last year. Appaloosa reported shares in Apple worth $777 million as […]