Monthly Archives: May 2016
SEC Announces Insider Trading Charges in Case Involving Sports Gambler and Board Member
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against a professional sports gambler who allegedly made $40 million based on illegal stock tips from a corporate insider who owed him money. The SEC alleges that the sports […]
Why Hedge Funds Are Fleeing The Stock Market
(The Business Insider) Hedge funds sold a lot of stock in the first quarter of 2016. “The top 50 hedge funds sold off US equities for the second consecutive quarter. Funds unloaded nearly $55 billion worth of shares in U.S. […]
DC Plans Should Emulate DB Plan Principles
(Daily Alts) DC Plans Should Emulate DB Plan PrinciplesThe buy-and-hold, “60/40” portfolio strategy was designed for a different era. In the 1950s, an American worker had a reasonable expectation of staying with one employee for his entire career, and receiving […]
Why Finance Is Too Important To Leave To The Bankers And Hedge Fund Managers
(The Huffington Post) The world is heating up. As two important measuring stations sit at the point of no return, it is clear that we are entering an era when global concentrations of carbon dioxide will never again dip below […]
Lansdowne’s Equity Hedge Funds Said to Pare Losses This Month
(Bloomberg) Three equity hedge funds operated by Lansdowne Partners LP posted gains in the first two weeks of this month after failing to make any money in April, according to a person familiar with the situation. The $11 billion Lansdowne […]
Omni Shuttering Macro Hedge Fund Said to Have Lost 7% This Year
(Bloomberg) Omni Partners LLP is shutting a global macro hedge fund following the departure of Chief Investment Officer Stephen Rosen, who said he’s stepping back from trading. The fund lost 7 percent in the first four months of this year, […]
Coatue Hedge Fund Bets on Didi, China’s Apple-Backed Uber Rival
(Bloomberg) Philippe Laffont’s Coatue Management LLC, which manages more than $7 billion, has backed China’s biggest ride-hailing app Didi Chuxing as it competes with Uber Technologies Inc. Coatue participated in the Chinese firm’s $3 billion funding round last month through […]
Deutsche Bank May Punish Employees for Personal Trade With Firm
(Bloomberg) Deutsche Bank AG halted bonus payments to a group of employees while examining whether they improperly traded with the firm. “We are reviewing a transaction that may have involved unacceptable conflicts of interest,” the Frankfurt-based company said in an […]
Hedge Funds Share Brexit Views While Guarding their Bets
(Reuters) Are some of Britain’s largest hedge fund managers putting their money where their mouth is on Brexit? That question is causing some disquiet following the intervention of several top hedge fund figures in the debate over whether Britain should […]
Mayor in Illinois Settles Muni Bond Fraud Charges
(HedgeCo.Net) The mayor of Harvey, Ill., has agreed to pay $10,000 and never participate in a municipal bond offering again in order to settle fraud charges. Eric J. Kellogg was connected to a series of fraudulent bond offerings by the […]
SEC Awards More Than $5 Million to Whistleblower
(HedgeCo.Net) Less than one week after announcing a $3-Million dollar award to a Whistleblower, The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced one of the largest awards in their history. The SEC will present an award of between $5 and $6 […]
Goldman and Morgan Stanley just landed one of the biggest deals of the year!
(The Business Insider) Tesla just announced a $2 billion stock offering — and it’s great news for Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. The two banks are acting as lead joint book runners on the offering…. To read this article: