Monthly Archives: April 2014
Notorious Troll Gives Interview To CNBC About TRO LLC Hedge Fund Plans
Gawker – Today Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer put on a (plaid?) suit and tie and got on CNBC to talk about his plan to form a hedge fund, TRO LLC. The fund, as we’ve told you before, will be devoted to shorting […]
Hedge funds wade into systemic risk debate
FIN – The Alternative Investment Management Association, the Hedge Fund Standards Board and Brevan Howardare among the industry members that have pushed back against regulators’ proposals. Their comments, in response to a consultation by the Financial Stability Board and the International Organization of Securities Commissions on how […]
Hedge Funds Report: Impact of Size And Age On Performance
Investing.com – A new report from eVestment looks at the relationship between the size and age of hedge funds on the one hand, and their performance on the other. Personally, though, I found the tables relating standard deviation to those […]
Hedge Funds Short Small Caps Most Since ’04
Bloomberg – Money managers are turning on stocks that have delivered the best returns during the bull market: small caps. Large speculators such as hedge funds are betting $2.8 billion this month that theRussell 2000 Index will fall. That’s the most […]
Hedge Fund Managers Back Star-Studded Climate Change Documentary Series
New York (HedgeCo.Net ) – Three hedge fund managers have accorded over $1.5 million apiece to the new series, “Years of Living Dangerously” which premiered on Showtime this month. The series highlights the effects of climate change already happening around […]
Rothschild Group Teams Up With Hedge Fund Seeder Larch Lane
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Rothschild Asset Management, the US asset management business of the Rothschild Group, and employee-owned Larch Lane Advisors have teamed up to establish the Rothschild Larch Lane Management Company LLC. Bringing together two experts in hedge fund […]
Fund of hedge funds face fight for cash with consultants
Reuters – Funds that invest in a range of hedge funds are facing a battle to win new business, as the same consultants they court to win money from pension firms are grabbing a chunk of an industry that was […]
Hedge fund manager Davide Serra alleges price manipulation in shorting attack on Quindell
Telegraph – Davide Serra, the hedge fund manager who has advised the Government on the future of banking, has complained to regulators on both sides of the Atlantic about last week’s shorting attack on country club-turned-legal outsourcer Quindell Portfolio. The […]
Hedge Funds Short Small Caps Most Since ’04 Russell Falls
Bloomberg – Money managers are turning on stocks that have delivered the best returns during the bull market: small caps. Large speculators such as hedge funds are betting $2.8 billion this month that the Russell 2000 Index will fall. That’s […]
Adviser ISS backs hedge fund vote against Nexans boss
Reuters – ISS Proxy Advisory Services is advising shareholders in Nexans to back a hedge fund resolution to dismiss its Chairman and Chief Executive Frederic Vincent from the board at the French cablemaking company’s May 15 annual meeting. Corporate governance […]
WG Trading’s Walsh pleads guilty in long-running fraud case
Reuters – More than five years after his indictment, a U.S. money manager and one-time part owner of the New York Islanders hockey team pleaded guilty Friday [April 25] to engaging in a massive securities fraud. Stephen Walsh, the former […]
SEC Plans Review Of Hedged Mutual Funds
Barron’s – Yesterday Associate Director Jane Jarcho said in an interview that the regulator will test about 25 alternative mutual funds over the next several months. The tests are meant to review whether these funds are complying with leverage and liquidity rules […]