Monthly Archives: May 2014
Hedge Funds With Overblown Debt Fixation Spark Danish Rebuke
Bloomberg – Danish Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon criticized hedge funds and other foreign investors speculating against the nation, arguing their bet is based on a false picture of household finances. “From a macroeconomic perspective I think the writing and talking […]
Why are hedge fund assets reaching all time highs while they underperform the S&P 500?
There is a constant flow of articles in the media articulating that hedge funds have performed badly because they have underperformed the S&P 500 index. Many of these articles suggest that it is just a matter of time before investors […]
Hedge Funds Get $11.2 Billion in March and Outperform S&P 500
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research reported today that hedge funds took $11.2 billion (0.5% of assets) in March, down from a three-year high of $24.9 billion (1.2% of assets) in February. “Investors pumped $38.6 billion into […]
Hedge Fund Moguls’ Pay Has the 1% Looking Up
NYT – Hedge fund managers heavily populate the so-called 1 percent in the United States. And they are getting richer. The 25 highest-earning hedge fund managers in the United States took home a total of $21.15 billion in compensation in […]
Hedge Fund Bet Tested Amid Danish Housing Rebound: Nordic Credit
Bloomberg – As some hedge funds and asset managers start to question the safety of investing in AAA-rated Denmark, a string of data last week showed the nation’s housing market is mending itself and underpinning a broader recovery. After slumping 20 percent […]
Hedge funds turn to Asia – and airlines
Sydney Morning Herald – New York’s hottest young hedge funds are turning their attention towards Asian equities and airlines for the next big trade. At Sohn Next Wave, held in New York’s Lincoln Centre ahead of the prestigious Sohn Investment […]
Banks, hedge funds push into peer-to-peer lending
SF Gate – Peer-to-peer lending started as a way individuals could borrow money from other individuals over the Internet. But now that big money is flooding the market, it might be due for a name change. On Monday, Lending Club, the biggest […]
Bad banks gain as private equity and hedge funds chase assets
FT – High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. Bankers and private equity executives say the large sums of money chasing bargains among the […]
BNY Mellon Acquires HedgeMark International
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – BNY Mellon has completed its acquisition of HedgeMark International, LLC, a provider of hedge fund managed account and risk analytic services. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. HedgeMark will become part of BNY Mellon’s […]
Delaware court upholds Sotheby’s poison-pill against hedge fund
Domain B – A Delaware state court judge has blocked a bid by Daniel S Loeb, founder and chief executive of Third Point LLC, a New York-based hedge fund with a portfolio worth $14 billion, to overturn a crucial corporate […]
Activist investor buys NY mansion for record $147M
NYP – An activist investor has just bought the most expensive residential property in the country. Barry Rosenstein, hedge fund manager of Jana Partners, is paying $147 million for a property on exclusive Further Lane. Read Complete Article
Hedge Fund Asks S.E.C. To Delay Disclosures
NYT – David Einhorn, the billionaire hedge fund manager whose stock picks are closely watched on Wall Street, is not a big fan of so-called copycat traders who simply latch onto his ideas — especially when it costs his investors […]