Monthly Archives: May 2022

Tiger Global down over 40% YTD following 15% drop in April

(Hedgeweek) Tiger Global’s main hedge fund posted a 15.2% drop in April bringing losses year to date to almost 44%, according to a report by BusinessTimes. To read this article:

SEC Doubles Size of Enforcement’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit

(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced the allocation of 20 additional positions to the unit responsible for protecting investors in crypto markets and from cyber-related threats. The newly renamed Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit (formerly known as the […]

Stock futures inch higher ahead of Fed’s big rate decision

(CNBC) Stock futures inched higher in overnight trading as investors braced for the Federal Reserve’s big interest rate decision on Wednesday, where the central bank is widely expected to hike rates by half a percentage point. Futures on the Dow […]

Quarter-end brings redemptions to majority of hedge funds

(Opalesque) Investors removed an estimated net $8.96 billion from hedge funds in March. Performance accounted for an increase in assets. The result of both factors was an increase in estimated industry AUM to $3.623 trillion, said eVestment. It is difficult […]

Airbnb beats estimates with 70% revenue growth as travel rebounds

(CNBC) Airbnb reported better-than-expected results on Tuesday and gave an upbeat forecast for the second quarter, as the company sees a rebound in travel coming out of the pandemic. The shares rose more than 6% in after-hours trading. To read […]

AMD sales jump 71%, shrugging off concerns about PC slowdown

(CNBC) AMD reported first-quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday, beating analyst estimates for earnings and revenue, sending the stock up as much as 8% in extended trading. Here’s how the chipmaker did versus Refinitiv consensus estimates in the quarter […]

Lyft shares plunge on light guidance, continued driver incentives

(CNBC) Shares of Lyft lost more than a quarter of their value in after-hours trading Tuesday after the company provided light second-quarter guidance and warned investors it will have to keep spending on driver incentives. To read this article:

SEC Charges CEO and President of Synergy Settlement Services with Fraudulent Operation of Special Needs Pooled Trusts

(HedgeCo.Net) Defendants allegedly used funds from deceased beneficiaries’ accounts on golf tournaments and beach parties. The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced fraud charges against Synergy Settlement Services, Inc., CEO Jason D. Lazarus, Esq., both based in Orlando, FL, and […]

Hedge fund Citadel posts gains in April as markets fell

(Reuters) Hedge fund Citadel avoided April’s stock market drop and posted gains in its most prominent strategies, easily besting the average hedge fund returns which were in the red last month. Ken Griffin’s Citadel told investors that its multi-strategy flagship […]

Citadel Securities founder Griffin likens crypto value to abstract art

(Reuters) Ken Griffin, the billionaire founder of Citadel Securities, one of the world’s biggest market-making firms, said on Monday he envisions the company entering the cryptocurrency market as a combination of a liquidity provider and an exchange. To read this […]

Investors reposition for a possible recession

(Opalesque) Recession fears are growing among institutional investors, according to the latest CIO letter from UBS O’Connor. According to O’Connor CIO Kevin Russell, institutional investors have largely priced in the risks from the war in Ukraine and are now considering […]

Fears of a Fed mistake grow as this week’s anticipated interest rate hike looms

(CNBC) The Federal Reserve is tasked with slowing the U.S. economy enough to control inflation but not so much that it tips into recession. Financial markets expect the central bank on Wednesday to announce a half-percentage point increase in the […]