Monthly Archives: March 2015
Australia is essentially just a big China hedge fund
Business Insider – The Australian economy is basically the Chinese economy, and right now (and for a while going forward) that’s going to be a problem. Australia’s economy is driven by mining and exporting commodities, much of which are shipped […]
Northern Trust: Hedge Fund Industry “Blind Spots” Persist
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Amid the rapid growth of the hedge fund industry and the complex regulatory climate following the financial crisis, hedge fund managers and institutional investors have differing views on transparency and independent controls, according to a new […]
Hedge Funds Become More Bullish on Stocks
According to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Hedge Fund Monitor, hedge funds increased their bullish bets on the Russell 2000 and they lowered their bearish bets on the S&P 500 last week as well. The weekly Commitment of Traders […]
Hedge Funds Pushing Up Valuations For Tech Start Ups
Late-stage tech startups are getting funded at a rate not seen since the late 90s during the dot-com bubble. According to a recent Bloomberg article, hedge funds and mutual funds are dumping money in to the tech arena and they […]
Does the Hedge Fund industry benefit society?
User Contributed News – It is no secret that the hedge fund industry is viewed negatively by a large portion of the general public, but should it be? Such a perception is driven primarily by the fact that most hedge […]
One hedge fund is jumping into the debate over the future of music
Quartz – A lot of people are trying to figure out what the future of music will look (sound?) like, and that now includes at least one heavy hitter on Wall Street. A New York-based hedge fund, P Schoenfeld Asset […]
Hedge funds get short of U.S. oil as storage fills
Reuters – Hedge funds have turned super-bearish about U.S. oil prices as concerns about running out of storage trump the drop in the number of rigs drilling new wells. Money managers had amassed a record number of short positions in […]
How the smart money is set up for a rate hike
CNBC – With the financial community abuzz over a looming interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve, the smart money is betting big on the U.S. dollar instead of Treasurys. Instead of betting on the price of, say, 10-year U.S. […]
Blackstone Partners With Hedge Fund Security Analytics Firm RedOwl
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Blackstone Group, a $300 billion hedge fund investor, has made an undisclosed strategic investment with RedOwl Analytics, a security analytics firm. “Our relationship with RedOwl began when we brought them onboard to help secure Blackstone,” […]
Cannabis Researcher To Present At Miami Hedge Fund Conference
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – One World Cannabis Ltd., a subsidiary of Israel-based developer of cannabinoid-based therapies, OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp., is presenting at the WALL ST. Conference (WSC) in Miami, Florida today. “We are excited to be presenting to such high profile […]
Hedge Funds Found a New Way to Attack Drug Companies and Short Their Stock
Bloomberg – Drugmakers are getting more and more nervous that hedge funds have found a way to make money by putting their patents in jeopardy. Taking advantage of new rules created by Congress three years ago, hedge funds have increasingly […]
For Clintons, a Hedge Fund in the Family
NYT – Since marrying Chelsea Clinton five years ago, Marc Mezvinsky, a money manager, appears to have settled into his life as Bill and Hillary Clinton’s son-in-law. He has regularly appeared at charitable events, once introducing the former president at […]