Monthly Archives: April 2016

(Bloomberg) Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Mike Siegel, who oversees about $190 billion at the bank’s asset management arm, said insurers should consider adding to hedge fund holdings, even after such investments slumped, to help diversity portfolios comprised mostly of low-yielding […]

(Reuters) The spread between futures prices for oil delivered in June and July has moved into a backwardation of 17 cents per barrel from a contango of almost 50 cents at the end of last month. Contango tends to be […]

(Daily ALts) Strategic Investor Radio Charley WrightIn this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charlie Wright interviews Ryan Ballantyne of Reality Shares, a San Diego-based asset management firm focused on dividends. Reality Shares issued its first ETF in December 2014 […]

(Bloomberg) The nine-week rally that has restored $3 trillion to U.S. equity values could potentially spur further demand from a group of quantitative traders who make buy or sell decisions based on price trends, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. […]

(CNBC) The Obama administration hasn’t been able to eliminate the “carried interest” tax break for hedge fund managers, but Vice President Joe Biden called it “not sustainable” and predicted the next president will succeed…. To read this article:

(eFinancial Careers) Eisler Capital, the hot $1bn macro hedge fund unveiled by ex-Goldman Sachs partner turned philanthropist Edward Eisler, is go. It’s just been given the thumbs up by the UK regulator and a number of former senior traders have […]

(Bloomberg) UBS Group AG boosted its recommended allocation to hedge funds for the second time in as many years, saying that the strategy will provide stability amid volatile markets. The bank increased the share of hedge funds in its global […]

(Cay Compass) The percentage of hedge fund launches domiciled in the Cayman Islands has declined slightly in recent years, according to a report on key trends in hedge funds in 2015 by data provider Eurekahedge. Cayman has seen its global […]

(Pension & Investments) The Financial Stability Oversight Council will take a closer look at hedge funds’ use of leverage as it reviews potential risks to U.S. financial stability, according to an updated statement released Monday. In that update of its […]

(Reuters) The heads of the major U.S. financial regulatory agencies on Monday raised concerns about a concentration of leverage in large hedge funds and called for a working group to collect and analyze data on the privately held firms in […]

(Daily ALts) 361 and Analytic Investors Partner for Second Fund LaunchSeizing on its success with a global long/short equity fund, 361 Capital launched the 361 Domestic Long/Short Equity Fund (MUTF:ADMZX) on March 31. The fund is a U.S.-only version of […]

(Bloomberg) The yen is on a 40-year technically driven climb and that means the Bank of Japan needs to push ahead with radical stimulus next week to avoid this year’s surge accelerating, according to Tokyo-based hedge fund GCI Asset Management. […]