Monthly Archives: May 2015
FAs at Wirehouses Slowly Increasing Alternative Allocations
New York (HedgeCoVest.com) – It may be at a snail’s pace, but the latest data suggests that financial advisors at wirehouse firms are slowly increasing their client allocations to alternative investments. In a report from the Money Management Institute and […]
S&P Capital IQ: Hedge Fund Are Diving Into Health Care Stocks, $4.8 Billion
New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) – S&P Capital IQ’s first quarter hedge fund analysis finds that the health care sector has driven the lion’s share of buying among the largest pure play hedge fund managers, with net buys of $4.8 billion in […]
Hedge Fund Strategy: Behringer Securities and Meritage Capital To Team Up
New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) – Hedge funds Behringer Securities LP and Meritage Capital, LLC have signed an agreement to work together to develop, manage and distribute a series of milti-strategy market volatility investment funds. Austin-based Meritage Capital has $1.2 billion in […]
SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator: May Notifications 4.68%
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for May 2015 measured 4.68%, up from 3.36% in April. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator of 4.68% for May 2015 is up from 3.36% in April, reflecting mainly seasonality, as the […]
Charter Agrees to Buy Time Warner for $55 Billion
NBC – The broadband battle heated up on Tuesday when Charter Communications said it agreed to buy Time Warner Cable for $55 billion, in a deal that would combine the second- and third-largest U.S. cable providers and create a more […]
Hedge fund managers stung by ‘class warfare’ rhetoric
CNBC – Hedge fund investments are finally outperforming, but the public image of their managers is taking a beating. President Barack Obama called the group “society’s lottery winners” last week, noting that the top 25 earning hedge fund managers made […]
Hedge Funds Win Through Stock Connect
WSJ – A clutch of Asian hedge funds that seized on a new trading link between Hong Kong and Shanghai are posting outsize returns at a time when other investors remain wary of placing big bets on Chinese companies. The […]
Double Line Capital Warns Investors
New York (HedgeCoVest) – Jeffrey Gundlach, founder of DoubleLine Capital, has issued a warning to bond fund investors stating that they may not get what they were expecting. In particular Mr. Gundlach called out the unconstrained funds which are developed […]
Annual Barron’s Hedge Fund List Released
New York (HedgeCo.net)- The annual Barron’s Hedge Fund List has been released and for the second straight year, Glenview Offshore Opportunity Fund came in at number one. The fund managed by Larry Robbins accumulated a three-year annualized gain of 57%. […]
Discount Variety Stores Out Of Favor With Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In the latest S&P Capital IQ quarterly report, two of the most sold stocks were Dollar General (NYSE: DG) and Dollar Tree (Nasdaq: DLTR). The report breaks down stocks into three categories—decreases and sold out positions, […]
Chinese Focused Hedge Funds Continue to Reap The Benefits of Hot Market
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Chinese stock market continued to move sharply higher in April and hedge funds that focus on investments in the country continue to reap the benefits. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 18.51% during the month of […]
SEC Wants New Hedge Fund Reporting Procedures For Derivatives
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A new monthly portfolio reporting form, Form N-PORT, would require registered funds other than money market funds to provide portfolio-wide and position-level holdings data to the Commission on a monthly basis, the SEC has proposed. Registered […]