Monthly Archives: February 2018

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds led the latest rush out of stocks, with selling from BofAML clients reaching a record high. As the S&P 500 suffered the worst decline in two years last week, clients from pension funds to wealthy individuals were […]

(Bloomberg) As Asia was jolted awake to a violent sell-off in global markets, some money managers are girding for more carnage. The head of Australian money manager Magellan Financial Group Ltd. warned that the current bout of selling may be […]

(Bloomberg) A hedge fund at Sweden’s SEB AB that delivered a return of more than 16 percent in 2017 is betting that the rise of the euro will continue. “We’re most optimistic on the Australian dollar, the New Zealand dollar […]

(Harvest) U.S. domestic equity markets turned sharply negative in early February as interest rates headed higher amid concerns of returning inflation—and in a single day, the U.S. Treasury market became a safe haven for panicked investors. But is panic warranted? […]

(Reuters) Activist hedge fund investor Elliott Management Corp. has trimmed its stake in Swiss duty-free retailer Dufry AG in December to less than 1 percent, the SIX Swiss Stock Exchange reported over the weekend. The stock had risen more than […]

(CNBC) If the latest stock market selloff stings more than the ones that came before it, there may be a reason for it. Mayflower Advisors’ Larry Glazer says it’s been so long since the last meaningful correction, the next one […]

(Bloomberg) Deutsche Bank AG agreed to pay $70 million to settle a U.S. regulator’s claims its traders sought to manipulate a benchmark for interest-rate derivatives and other financial instruments. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds are wagering that Bitcoin’s free-fall will keep going. Leveraged funds, which include hedge funds, held 2,974 short positions in Cboe Global Markets Inc.’s Bitcoin futures as of Tuesday, a fivefold jump from the prior week. Long bets […]

(Bloomberg) Billionaire Ray Dalio, who founded the world’s largest hedge fund at Bridgewater Associates, is shrugging off the recent declines across several major equity and bond markets. “These big declines are just minor corrections in the scope of things,” he […]

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds gained 9.03 percent last year, the best annual performance since a 9.75 percent gain in 2010, led by Long Short Equity funds, and buoyed by the second-longest bull market in the U.S. Last year, 42 percent of […]