Monthly Archives: May 2015
Kraft Heinz Turns Into A Hedge Fund Favorite As Buffett And 3G Mix Ketchup With Macaroni
Forbes – Hedge funds are eyeing Kraft Foods ahead of the close of its planned merger with 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway -backed ketchup maker Heinz, a deal that will give current shareholders a 49% stake in what could become a global foods […]
Billionaire hedge fund backer of Plus500 hikes stake in embattled Israeli spread better
This Is Money – The billionaire hedge fund backer of Plus500 has hiked his stake in the embattled Israeli spread better. Crispin Odey, who runs Odey Asset Management, snapped up 2.5m shares in the group on Friday, taking his holding […]
Timing Means Everything in 2015
New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) As investment managers continue the debate over which is better, active or passive management, during the first 100 trading days of 2015, timing has been critical. In the first 50 trading days, the S&P 500 was down […]
Manager Profile And Insights: Charlie Frumberg, Emancipation Management
New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) – Emancipation Management, LLC is an SEC registered New York based investment manager, formed in June 2003. The company has a 10 year track record of identifying public companies within the technology sector that possess valuable franchises […]
Co-Founder Of Blackstone’s Hedge Fund Arm To Step Down To Start A Family Office
New York (HedgeCo.net) – One of the founders of Blackstone’s alternative credit platform, GSO, is leaving the company to found a family office to invest capital and work alongside management teams. Doug Ostrover will step down as a Senior Managing […]
$1.5 To $3.3 Billion Risk Gap: Deutsche Bank To Pay $55 Million Penalty
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday charged Deutsche Bank AG with filing misstated financial reports during the height of the financial crisis that failed to take into account a material risk for potential losses estimated to […]
Hedge fund aims algorithms at pharma patents to sink stocks
BioTech – Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass has outlined how he picks pharma patents to challenge for his new money-spinning project. The project is underpinned by two emerging assets commonly thought of as a potential boon for drug developers: large […]
Asian Hedge Funds Continue To Dominate HSBC Rankings
ValueWalk – Asian Hedge Funds continue to dominate the top listings of HSBC Holdings plc’s weekly hedge fund performance report, while systematic names that dominated last year’s rankings have been generally finding difficulty in May along with some top names. […]
Pimco and Hedge Funds Are Still Fighting Over Subprime Scraps
Bloomberg – Eight years after the bottom fell out of the U.S. housing market, investment giants including BlackRock Inc. are facing off against small hedge funds over the detritus of the subprime era. The issue: When does it stop making […]
Oil Majors Falling Out Favor With This Hedgefund Boss
OilPrice – Huge oil companies, among the largest businesses in the world, don’t excite hedge fund manager Jim Chanos because today they have to work harder and more inefficiently than ever to bring their products to market. “[W]e’re just seeing […]
Google Chairman Invests In Hedge Fund D. E. Shaw
New York, HedgeCo.Net – Google chairman Eric Schmidt, has bought a 20% equity share in the D. E. Shaw group, a global hedge fund investment and technology development firm with more than $36 billion in aggregate investment capital. “I’ve always […]