Monthly Archives: March 2018
L/S Equity funds have outperformed post sell-off
(Hedgeweek) Since the trough of the recent sell-off, L/S Equity funds have outperformed other hedge fund strategies, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. To read this article:
Hedge Funds Finally Got Some Volatility. It Didn’t Help.
(Bloomberg) For years, the refrain of hedge funders, and their backers, has been that all they needed was a little bit of volatility. Everyone’s a genius in a bull market. It’s when markets turn down or tumultuous that pension funds […]
Hedge Funds Seek Fixes to Credit Default Swaps After Being Stung by Loopholes
(Bloomberg) A group of powerful hedge funds is banding together to repair the credit-default swaps market after a spate of manufactured defaults has threatened the usefulness of the product. Elliott Capital Management and Apollo Global Management are among firms working […]
Barclay Hedge Fund Index Down 1.53 Per Cent in February
(Hedgeweek) Hedge Funds lost 1.53 per cent in February according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, versus a 3.69 per cent decline in the S&P 500 Total Return Index. Year to date, the Barclay Index remains up […]
$103 Billion Quant Firm Piles Into China as Foreigners Welcomed
(Bloomberg) The world’s No. 2 stock market is ripe for a quantitative style of investing, according to a $103 billion money manager that lists a cement maker, pharmaceutical brand and bank as its top picks in China.”The Chinese market is […]
Kentucky’s Answer to Abusive Hedge Fund And Private Equity Managers — Jail Them
(Forbes) A new bill proposed in Kentucky by state representatives Jim Wayne and Rocky Adkins, House Bill 551 , would subject hedge fund and private equity managers retained by the two major state pensions, as well as trustees, to possible […]
‘Diva Of Distressed’ Throws her Funds into Bankruptcy
(New York Post) Lynn Tilton — known on Wall Street as the “Diva of Distressed” — just cried for the help of a bankruptcy judge. The flamboyant financier — who gained notoriety for her racy outfits, as well as her […]
Hedge Fund Falls Victim to Steinhoff Collapse
(Business Live) Steinhoff’s share-price collapse in December claimed at least one hedge fund, which elected to close after it ended the month 32.8% lower. Kaizen Asset Management had decided to “wind down” its strategic-opportunities hedge fund as a result of […]
Fund Managers’ Dark Dilemma
(Bloomberg) After years of debate, rancor and flagrant opportunism, the world’s toughest restrictions on dark trading come into force Monday. Exactly 755 stocks listed in European Union countries, including 321 in the U.K., are banned from trading on dark pools […]
The Future of Hedge Funds Is Non-Equity Strategies
(Institutional Investor) Only 56 percent of hedge funds started in 2017 by U.S.-based clients had equity or equity-related strategies, according to an annual hedge fund study released Tuesday. It was the first time since the study began in 2011 that […]
S&P Close to Breakout
(The Technical Analyst) Option-based sentiment suggests the S&P 500 will breakout to new highs over the next few weeks, according to Ari Wald, Technical Analyst at Oppenheimer. Wald says the 10-day Put/Call ratio is turning up from one of its […]
Barclay CTA Index falls 2.89 per cent in February
(Hedgeweek) The flash estimate for the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, indicates a 2.89 per cent loss in February. Year to date, the Index is down 0.33 per cent. “Although the month was marked by a mix of trend […]