Monthly Archives: April 2015
Female-Run Venture Capital Funds Alter the Status Quo
NYT – Step into the offices on Sand Hill Road, the heart of Silicon Valley venture capital, and one thing is immediately striking — the almost all-male cast of leading characters. But there is another corner of the venture capital […]
Hedge Fund Mines Twitter for Stock Tips
Bloomberg – People share more information than you might want to know on Facebook and Twitter. Hedge fund firm Tashtego hopes to profit from it. Tashtego, backed by early Twitter Inc. investor Spark Capital, plans to raise a fund that […]
US hedge fund Elliott ups voting stake in Alliance Trust
Telegraph – US hedge fund Elliott Advisors has increased its voting rights in Alliance Trust as it continues its war against the Dundee-based company. Elliott has upped its voting share from 5.07pc to 9.9pc in the investment trust, giving it […]
Large Hedge Fund Survivor Bias
ValueWalk – Hedge fund survivor bias is especially insidious for the largest firms. Large hedge fund survivor bias overstates expected performance of the biggest firms by nearly half and their risk adjusted return from security selection (stock picking) by 80%. […]
Hennessee: Hedge Funds Strong On Growth, Europe And Opportunistic Funds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The top three hedge fund strategies last month were Growth (+4.75%), Europe (+3.89%) and Opportunistic (+3.77%). The bottom three strategies for the month were Short Biased (-5.34%), Market Neutral (-0.18%) and Macro (+0.19%). Hennessee Group LLC […]
Hedge Fund Traders Return to Fray With $1 Billion Launches
WSJ – Several big-name traders are launching hedge funds in the U.K.’s capital as a surge in startups gathers momentum. Chris Rokos, formerly of Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP; David Fear, who previously ran a fund for Ziff Brothers Investments; […]
Here are the new $1 billion hedge funds opening this year
Business Insider – Since the 1990s, hedge funds have risen to become the juggernauts of the investing world, and now new firms are springing up at a rate unseen for a decade. At least five new funds, managing $1 billion […]
Not quite a free lunch for hedge fund investors
The Tally – Good news for investors out to play hardball with hedge funds over fees: A 0% management charge is not just wishful thinking. But don’t get too excited. Preqin has found 117 hedge funds globally charging investors zilch for […]
Hedge-Fund Titans’ Argentine Dreams Imperiled by Kirchner Clout
Bloomberg – Billionaire hedge-fund titans from George Soros to Dan Loeb have amassed stakes in Argentina’s defaulted debt on the view that whoever succeeds President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will be more market-friendly. The problem, at least to some pollsters, […]
Hedge fund Tigershark Partners to close doors
Market Watch – The six-year bull market hasn’t been profitable for all investors, particularly for those who put an equal focus on shorting stocks as they do going long on them. Such is the case with Tigershark Partners, a market-neutral […]
Survey: 81% Of Endowments & Foundations Planning Hedge Fund Allocations In 2014
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Boston-based investment consulting firm’s NEPC’s Q1 survey, which measures endowment and foundation confidence and sentiment related to the economy, investing and market performance, has released its results. 81% of E&Fs indicated they are planning to allocate the […]
Hedge Connection’s Global Fund Forum 2014 Presents Charity Casino Night
Atlantic City, NJ – Hedge Connection, the premier patented hedge fund marketing platform in the alternative investment industry, will host a special charity Casino Night on the first evening of the Global Fund Forum 2014 set for June 10 to […]