Monthly Archives: March 2016
Hedge Fund Exits Get a Workout
(Bloomberg) Mutual-fund investors are impatient, quick to yank money from funds that perform poorly. That’s the common perception, anyway. But it turns out that hedge-fund investors are similarly impatient, even though they’re often thought of as bigger institutions that make […]
Hedge Fund Managers Advised To Prepare For Imminent SEC Examination
(Hedge Fund Law Report) As it pursues its “broken windows” approach to enforcement, the SEC has filed a record number of actions against hedge fund managers and investment advisers. Faced with this increased regulatory scrutiny, managers – both emerging and […]
Managed Futures Funds Top Performers Thus Far in 2016
New York (HedgeCo.net) – With global equity markets struggling mightily in 2016, the hedge fund industry as a whole has gotten off to a tough start this year. However, there are some funds and fund strategies that are bucking the […]
Ontario $57 Billion Fund Loads Up On Bonds Amid Market Turmoil
(Bloomberg) An Ontario pension fund that manages C$77 billion ($57 billion) is seeing so much volatility in global financial markets that it increased fixed-income holdings sixfold. The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System fund boosted fixed-income assets to C$25.4 billion at […]
Smart Beta: A Simple, Yet Innovative Strategy Turns 10
(Harvest) In the early 2000s, equity investors could choose between two primary investment approaches. On one hand were actively managed funds whose managers sought to outperform inefficient markets through careful stock selection. On the other hand were index funds, which […]
This Hedge Fund Topped Rivals With Mix of Algorithms and 16th-Century Theory
(Bloomberg) The market turbulence leading investors to flee hedge funds around the world is providing a measure of vindication for one asset manager.First Quadrant LP, which manages $11 billion in foreign-exchange strategies, relies on computer models that crunch data such […]
N.Y. Brokers Lose SEC insider Trading Trial Over IBM Tip
(Reuters) A federal jury on Monday found two former New York stockbrokers liable for trading on confidential tips about an IBM Corp acquisition, despite a major appeals court ruling that made insider trading cases harder to pursue. In a victory […]
Hedge Fund Redemption Periods Growing Shorter
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Over the last eight years, there is a trend taking place within the hedge fund industry that might not be sustainable. According to a Barclays’ capital solutions group study, the trend within the hedge fund industry […]
Last Year’s Hedge Fund Bloodbath Might Have A Bright Side
(Fortune) Funds are hiring again but in a different way.The spate of hedge fund closures that rocked Wall Street last year might actually be a bounty for others in the industry.A handful of the U.S.’s top performing, large hedge funds […]
Computer-Based Hedge Funds Profiting from Oil’s Decline
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Consumers and oil companies are on opposite sides when it comes to how they feel about oil declining over the last year and a half with oil companies suffering as the price of crude is the […]
Double Dose of Deals Benefits Deerfield Management
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Healthcare focused hedge fund manager Deerfield Management got a double-dose of good news on Monday as two of the stocks they are invested in announced deals over a billion dollars. Auspex Pharmaceutical (Nasdaq: ASPX) announced that it […]
Investment Adviser Accused of Concealing Poor Performance of Fund Assets From Investors
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against an investment adviser and her New York-based firms accused of hiding the poor performance of loan assets in three collateralized loan obligation (CLO) funds they manage. […]