Monthly Archives: March 2016

(Harvest) Crowding consists of large capital pools chasing related strategies. Within the hedge fund industry, long equity portfolios crowd into several clusters with similar systematic (factor) and idiosyncratic (residual) bets. This hedge fund clustering is the internal structure of crowding. […]

(Harvest) This paper examines seven very popular myths and misconceptions held by both retail and institutional investors regarding managed futures. This paper updates the original version written in 2011. These myths have persisted for several years. As investors are becoming […]

(Bloomberg) Lansdowne Partners stepped up bets against Takata Corp., speculating that the share price will fall as the Japanese air-bag supplier at the center of a global safety crisis prepares to present its restructuring plan.Lansdowne, one of Europe’s largest hedge […]

(Harvest) But you say, wait, wait, wait. Isn’t he a huge business success? Doesn’t he know what he’s talking about? No, he isn’t. And no he doesn’t. Look, his bankruptcies have crushed small businesses and the men and women who […]

(Bloomberg) Traders bidding up the price of London Stock Exchange Group Plc are signaling this acquisition attempt might be different. Euphoria over a potential bidding war is trumping — for now at least — the long list of past failed […]

(Reuters) A group of liberal political activists, lawmakers and “patriotic millionaires” are hoping to end what they call “one of Wall Street’s most beloved tax loopholes” in New York and other states. At issue is so-called carried interest, or how […]

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds and other speculators extended their bullish stance in Brent crude from the highest in five years as the oil benchmark climbs toward $40 a barrel. Money managers boosted their long positions in Brent by 16,417 contracts, or […]

(Daily Alts) Global long/short equity funds take things a step further than Alfred Jones, “hedged” fund originator, was able to take them in 1949, when investors were largely constrained by national borders. Rather than limiting themselves to U.S. equities, global […]

(Hedge Fund Law Report) As investors conduct deeper due diligence into infrastructure – such as compliance policies and procedures, technology systems and cybersecurity protections – hedge fund managers must ensure that their programs and systems are robust and able to […]

(Reuters) The average hedge fund posted tiny gains last month to beat the broader stock market index, according to new data released on Monday.Even so, investors and analysts said many of the most prominent funds were nursing heavy losses for […]