Monthly Archives: April 2019
Methanex Settles With M&G Investments, Offers Board Seats
(Reuters) Methanex Corp, the world’s largest methanol producer, said on Friday that it had reached a settlement with M&G Investments in which the Canadian company handed two board seats to its biggest investor. The company said Paul Dobson, one of […]
Specialty Insurer Argo Fires Back at Activist Hedge Fund
(Express Newsline) Argo Group International Holdings is firing back at a San Francisco activist hedge fund waging a proxy fight against the specialty insurer. In a letter to shareholders today, Bermuda-based Argo’s board asked for their support “to prevent the […]
Building Your Hedge Fund’s Communications Marketing Plan
(Harvest) There are 2 parts to marketing investments to sophisticated investors: sales marketing and communications marketing. Sales marketing is the process of selling to these prospects and their advisors. But what is it that the prospects are told? That’s the […]
This Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Bucked the Trend
(ETF Trends) A recent article in Forbes profiles Jeffrey Talpins, a 44-year-old hedge fund manager that has “bucked the trend” with his firm Element Capital, returning “about 21% annually net of some expensive fees since its inception in 2005—an incredible […]
Alternative UCITS trends: asset outflow and growth in quant strategies
(Opalesque) B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The market for alternative UCITS – the more hedge fund-type of UCITS funds, has doubled since 2008, but underwent its first outflow since then in 2018. According to LuxHedge’s database, it now stands at €400bn […]
Five Shares The Pros are Buying and Selling
(Citywire) Our regular roundup of trades by professional investors, featuring StatPro, JTC, CrossWord Cybersecurity, Datalex and Numis. To read this article:
Kingstown Capital Management files RICO suit against Czech oligarch over $1bn fraud
(Opalesque) Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: $1.4 billion hedge fund Kingstown Capital and Czech investment firm Investhold, have filed a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) suit against billionaire Radovan Vitek, a Czech real estate mogul with business interests […]
Former UN analyst and research consultant launch market noise CTA
(Opalesque) An former UN analyst in Geneva and a former research consultant in Luxembourg launched a CTA program built around the notion of market noise and the Fractional Brownian Motion theory. Michele Cocchiglia, co-founder of Kelonia Capital Management, has a […]
New Jersey Investment Adviser Charged with Securities Fraud
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil injunctive action, charging a New Jersey resident with defrauding an investor by lying about his trading success, concealing trading losses, and misappropriating funds. The SEC’s complaint, filed in federal court in […]
SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index at 0.60 per cent from March
(Hedgeweek) The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for March 2019 measured 0.60 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index declined 0.80 per cent in April. To read this […]
Hedge fund returns YTD best since 2012, says eVestment
(Hedgeweek) Hedge funds gained an average of +0.87 per cent in March, the third consecutive month of positive returns, following a five-month string of aggregate declines, according to the March eVestme(Hedgeweek)t hedge fund performance data. To read this article:
Hedge Fund Returns Hit Seven-Year High After Third Consecutive Month of Growth
(City A.M) In March hedge funds gained an average of 0.97 per cent, which brought the average year-to-date gains to a seven-year high of 5.4. The three-month run of positive returns has followed a five-month decline, according to the latest […]