Monthly Archives: May 2018
Using Scenario Analysis to Help With Asset Allocation – A Simple Solution to a Complex Problem
(Harvest) The reason for asset allocation scenario analysis is simple. There is a whole crowd of investors who do use or are uncomfortable with formal decision-making employing optimization. Quantitative asset allocation models like Black-Litterman, while elegant in theory, have not […]
SEC Proposes FAIR Act Rules to Promote Research Reports on Investment Funds
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed rules and amendments that would promote research on mutual funds, exchange?traded funds, registered closed-end funds, business development companies, and similar covered investment funds. The proposal would reduce obstacles to providing research on […]
State and Provincial Securities Regulators conduct coordinated international crypto crackdown
(Hedgeweek) The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) has conducted one of the largest co-ordinated series of enforcement actions by state and provincial securities regulators in the United States and Canada to crack down on fraudulent Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), […]
London’s Luxury Homes Lure Hedge Fund Cash
(Bloomberg) Developers like building luxury London homes. Their bankers would rather they didn’t. Traditional lenders are charging more for loans or declining to offer money at all after a boom in prime properties ended and left builders with a record […]
Ex-Carmignac and Zadig Pros Prep European L/S Firm
(Hedgeweek) Two former Zadig Asset Management pros are launching a European l/s equity hedge fund, HFMWeek has learned. Vincent Steenman and Kevin Guillot are readying London-based Sata Capital, which will run a fundamental, concentrated portfolio. Sata’s Cayman-domiciled fund will be […]
Hedge Fund Returns Flat Since End Of March??
(Hedgeweek) The latest monthly hedge fund brief from Lyxor highlights that hedge fund performance since the end of March has been flat, according to several benchmarks. The industry has deleveraged during the market turbulence in February and March and has […]
Hedge Fund Jana Partners has no Shares in Casey’s Stores
(Reuters) Jana Partners said on Wednesday it was not invested in Casey’s General Stores Inc after speculation that the hedge fund had built a stake in the company helped push its stock price up more than 9 percent in afternoon […]
10-Yr Treasury Yield Cruises Past 3%
(Harvest) Last month the 10-yr treasury yield hit 3% for the first time since 2014. This level touched off a steep stock market decline, as investors grew increasingly concerned about higher interest rates and inflation, and their subsequent effect on […]
Comcast is in The Advanced Stages of Preparing A ‘Superior’ All-Cash Bid For Fox Assets
(CNBC) Comcast said Wednesday it is in “advanced stages of preparing” a “superior” all-cash offer for the parts of Twenty-First Century Fox that Rupert Murdoch’s company has agreed to sell to Walt Disney…. To read this article:
Goldman Made a Staggering $200m in One Day as Markets Plunged
(CNBC) Boom times have returned on Wall Street, at least for one trading desk. To read this article:
Jon Corzine’s Wall Street Comeback in Jeopardy so Far as Hedge Fund Attracts Trickle
(Fox Business) Corzine’s plans to raise boatloads of investor cash have far from materialized, putting his Wall Street comeback in jeopardy…His new hedge fund, the JDC-JSC Opportunity Fund, has attracted just about $20 million in new money from about a […]
SEC Charges Brokerage Firms and AML Officer With Anti-Money Laundering Violations
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced charges against broker-dealers Chardan Capital Markets LLC and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services LLC (ICBCFS) for failing to report suspicious sales of billions of penny stock shares. Broker-dealers are […]
