Monthly Archives: May 2011
Morningstar: Hedge Fund Performance for March 2011
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Morningstar reported preliminary hedge fund performance for March 2011 as well as asset flows through February. The Morningstar 1000 Hedge Fund Index, rose 0.1% for the month, while the currency-hedged Morningstar MSCI Hedge Fund Index declined […]
Traders betting on Rajaratnam guilty verdict
Reuters – Traders are betting there is a 90 percent chance that hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam will be found guilty of insider trading when the jury returns its verdict in the high-profile Wall Street trial. Intrade, which allows traders […]
Hedge Fund Gas Bets Climb to Three-Month High in Futures: Energy Markets
Bloomberg – Hedge funds increased bullish bets on natural gas to the highest level in three months on smaller- than-expected stockpile gains and speculation that reduced nuclear output will spur demand for the power-plant fuel. The funds and other large […]
Hedge funds set to gain from new SA pension scheme laws
The East African – The hedge fund industry in South Africa is anticipating a boost in the near future following a revision of laws that has paved the way for allocation of a bigger proportion of the investment by investors. […]
The Warren Buffett-hedge fund bet tightens
CNN Money – We’re three years into Warren Buffett’s 10-year bet with the hedge fund community, and the race has narrowed. For the second year in a row, Buffett’s horse in the contest — an S&P 500 index fund — […]
Hedge funds increase bets dollar will decline
Telegraph – Hedge funds increased their bets against the dollar to a massive $28.6bn (£17.1bn) in advance of Ben Bernanke’s historic first press conference as chairman of the Federal Reserve last week. The sum held in short positions against the […]
Capital gains tax of 40-50pc would be bad for Britain, says hedge fund guru
Telegraph – Being called the godfather of the British hedge fund industry might not appeal to sensitive members of this secretive profession but Stanley Fink seems to like it. “I hope that people mean it in the positive sense, not […]
Pension funds bet on death through life settlements
Post Gazette – Allegheny and Westmoreland counties are trying to reduce their pension funds’ exposure to the volatile stock market through a relatively new type of investment based on life insurance policies. The two governments’ modest investments in life settlements […]
Eisman of ‘Big Short’ Says Sell Education Stocks
Bloomberg – Steven Eisman is shorting, or betting against, shares of higher- education companies because of the parallels he sees to the housing market, where prices began to fall in 2006 as loan defaults by homeowners with poor or limited […]
Longtime investors stay true to hedge funds
Pensions & Investments – U.S. pension funds with nearly a decade of hedge fund experience under their belts remain strongly committed to the asset class, and some intend to put more money there this year. Only 13 pension plans were […]
China National Pension Fund Adviser Plans Hedge Fund
BusinessWeek – A senior adviser to China’s $130 billion state pension pool and a former Asia prime brokerage head at Morgan Stanley are teaming up to start a China-focused hedge fund in September. Hong Kong-based JT Capital Management Ltd. is […]