Monthly Archives: February 2018

(Reuters) U.S. semiconductor company Qualcomm on Tuesday unveiled a sweetened $44 billion agreement to acquire NXP Semiconductors NV , its most defiant move in its defense against a hostile $121 billion bid from Broadcom Ltd…. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Large U.S. endowments should trim hedge fund holdings to 10 percent of their portfolios to protect against market downturns, said Catherine Ann Keating, chief executive officer of money manager Commonfund. “There is a lot of equity risk in the […]

(Hedgeweek) The market reversal in early February took a heavy toll on CTAs and they are down almost 5 per cent on a month to date basis, according to the Lyxor CTA index. To read this article:

(The Business Insider) Portfolio manager Sara Tirschwell, who claims she was fired from TCW Group Inc in retaliation for complaining about sexual harassment, was terminated for violating company compliance policies, the asset management firm said in court papers on Tuesday. […]

(Bloomberg) Hennes & Mauritz AB shares plunged 33 percent in 2017, marking their worst year since the beginning of this century. But short trading data shows hedge funds are expecting the Swedish fashion retailer to keep falling. Short interest in […]

(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 […]