Monthly Archives: April 2016
Doha Failure Exposes Hedge Funds That Were Betting on Oil Freeze
(Bloomberg) Hedge funds really wanted the Doha oil summit to work.Money managers kept wagers on rising prices near a nine-month high in the days leading up to Sunday’s meeting of oil producers. Then the negotiations between OPEC members and other […]
In Volatile Times, a Case for Quality Investing
(Harvest) If you believe the Street’s consensus, market volatility could be sticking around for the remainder of 2016. However, investors don’t have to view this projection as merely a pain point. Once you’ve accepted that volatility is a part of […]
Oaktree Accused of Shuttering Fund to Evade $50 Million GM Clawback Suit
(Reuters) Remember the story of the Mayer Brown paralegal mistake that could cost GM lenders $1.5 billion? Now there’s a new development in the clawback litigation spurred by that fatal error. Creditors of the pre-bankruptcy GM are alleging that an […]
The Potential of Liquid Alternative Strategies
(Harvest) “Liquid alternatives” is a term increasingly used in the financial field. Hugh Prendergast, Head of Strategic Product and Marketing at Pioneer Investments, looks at the reasons why such strategies may be a perfect fit for the current challenging market […]
Hedge Fund Tycoon Crispin Odey is Caught Short Over Berkeley Group
(This is Money) Roly Poly hedge fund tycoon Crispin Odey will be pacing nervously around his Mayfair offices. Luxury home builder Berkeley Group, which he has heavily ‘shorted’, rallied 2.6 per cent this week. Last month, his European fund suffered […]
Putin Points The Finger At Goldman
(CNBC) Russian President Vladimir Putin labeled media reports surrounding the Panama Papers as “provocation” on Thursday and effectively pointed the finger at U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs. To read this article:
Tudor Investors Ask to Pull More Than $1 Billion From Firm
(Bloomberg) Tudor Investment Corp. clients have asked to pull more than $1 billion from the hedge fund firm founded by billionaire Paul Tudor Jones after three years of lackluster returns. The investor redemption requests were made in recent weeks, according […]
Iceland’s New PM Tells Hedge Funds What to Expect After Crisis
(Bloomberg) Iceland’s new prime minister, Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, said his government plans to go ahead with auctions intended to unwind offshore krona holdings whether hedge funds agree to participate or not. Roughly a week after his predecessor was ousted following […]
Man Group Weathers Q1 Market Storm with Slight Dip in Assets
(Reuters) British hedge fund manager Man Group on Friday posted a slight drop in assets under management in the three months to the end of March, hit by the performance of GLG, its actively managed equity business.Asset managers have faced […]
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Hedge Funds Post Biggest Gains in Four Years
(HITC Business) After years of lackluster returns,…the nearly $3 trillion industry posted its best performance in more than four years in March, by one account, though it still lagged the S&P 500 stock market benchmark. Preqin, which tracks the alternative […]
Former N.Y. Analyst Charged with Insider Trading on ADT Deal
(Reuters) A former analyst at a New York investment fund was arrested on Wednesday on charges that he made approximately $1.5 million trading on inside information about Apollo Global Management’s nearly $7 billion deal for security company ADT Corp. John […]