Monthly Archives: May 2018

(Korean Times) As global activist hedge funds are increasingly threatening local businesses, entrepreneurs are demanding the government provide them with shields such as poison pills and golden parachutes. According to business information provider Chaebul.com Monday, owner families of the country’s […]

(Harvest) Global fixed income Portfolio Manager Jeff Klingelhofer, CFA, discusses his take on an inverted yield curve, potential resurgence of bond vigilantes, and talk of a Chinese sale of U.S. Treasuries. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) David Tepper, who won the bidding contest for the Carolina Panthers this week, has been beating most of his hedge fund rivals too. His Appaloosa Management returned about 7 percent this year through April for clients paying a 2 […]

(Hedgeweek) Apis Capital Management has launched the Apis Token which is designed to enable investors to profit from an actively managed investment strategy, which has returned over 70 per cent per year since inception, while benefiting from the liquid and […]

(CNBC) The value of the average NFL franchise more than doubled in the decade from 2007 to 2017, climbing to $2.52 billion from $957 million, according to Forbes…..Tepper’s deal – which remains subject to NFL approval – is reportedly worth […]

(Bloomberg) Bloomberg’s Katherine Greifeld discusses the three hedge fund managers who are going head-to-head with Wall Street’s top strategists over the fate of the U.S. dollar. To read this article:

(Opalesque) Man GLG, the discretionary investment management business of Man Group, today announces the appointments of Marvin Caze and Graham Stafford as portfolio managers. Marvin will focus on energy, based in New York, and Graham will focus on healthcare, based […]

(Dealbreaker) Four years ago, a trio of Highbridge Capital Management hotshots got together and founded a telecom, media, technology and consumer hedge fund that quickly garnered $100 million… To read this article:

(Reuters) Hedge fund Pagoda Asset Management is shutting down at the end of the month, becoming the latest casualty in the $3.2 trillion industry after a period of sluggish returns, a source with knowledge of the move said on Thursday. […]

(Bloomberg) Hedge fund returns increased 0.78 percent in April, reversing two consecutive monthly declines. The swing of 134 basis points was driven by gains in all seven tracked fund types as managers capitalized on plunging volatility and activist and special […]

(Bloomberg) Another 13F season is in the books, and everyone wants to know which stocks are getting more attention from the hedge-fund community. Lori Calvasina, head of U.S. equity strategy for Royal Bank of Canada, attempts to answer this in […]