Monthly Archives: May 2018
Charges Filed in Alleged $34-Million International Stock Manipulation Scheme
(HedgeCo.Net) Charges have been filed against four individuals for their roles in a fraudulent scheme that generated nearly $34 million from unlawful stock sales and caused significant harm to retail investors. According to the SEC’s complaint, the defendants manipulated the […]
U.S. hedge funds pile into health insurers, ignore Amazon threat
(Reuters) Prominent hedge fund managers appear to have wagered on U.S. health insurers whose shares tumbled after Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon unveiled plans in January for a joint venture aimed at slashing healthcare costs. To read this […]
Hedge funds chomped on FAANGs during first quarter tech turmoi
(Reuters) The following are some hot stocks including the so-called FAANG technology stocks – Facebook Inc (FB.O), Amazon.com (AMZN.O), Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) and Google parent Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) – as well as other companies in which hedge […]
Ray Dalio Joins Hedge Funds Buying Cliffs After Trump Tariffs
(Bloomberg) billionareCleveland-Cliffs Inc., the top U.S. iron-ore producer, is reaping the gains from U.S. President Donald Trump’s steel tariffs. Hedge funds including billionaire Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates LP have taken notice: To read this article:
Steve Cohen’s Point72 Hires Macro Team From Balyasny
(Bloomberg) Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management is beefing up macro investing by poaching a five-person team from Balyasny Asset Management. Portfolio managers Zorin Finkelsen, Dudley Hoskin, Jamie Pullen and two analysts recently joined Point72, said people familiar with the moves. […]
Investors Are Pouring Money Into Tech Stocks Once Again
(Bloomberg) Investors are once again warming up to the year’s hottest sector — technology. Even after regulatory and demand concerns cast a shadow over the industry, the S&P 500 Information Technology Index remains the best performer of 2018, gaining more […]
NYC Hedge Fund Eyes Its Next Distressed-Debt Target: Bahrain
(Bloomberg) Greylock Capital Management LLC, a hedge fund that holds the distressed bonds of Mozambique and Venezuela, says Bahrain is its next potential target. The cash-strapped Gulf nation has been slow to implement reforms compared with its richer neighbors, including […]
Why China’s First Steps Into MSCI Are Such a Big Deal
(Bloomberg) Some 234 of China’s large-cap domestic stocks are about to get a significant new inflow of investment. They are among the companies that MSCI Inc., the New York-based provider of financial tools, is adding to its major emerging-market indexes, […]
George Soros Gets Most of His $2 Billion Back From Bessent
(Bloomberg) Very few hedge fund managers start with $2 billion from investor George Soros. One who did, Scott Bessent, has returned much of it as part of a prearranged deal. The plan between the two men called for Bessent, who […]
eVestment: Activist Hedge Funds Strongest Performers In April
(Alpha-Week) Data shop eVestment published its monthly report this week, finding that activist hedge fund strategies brought in among the strongest returns in the hedge fund industry in April, while overall industry returns are being dragged down by some mediocre […]
Goldman Banker Waves Goodbye to Wall Street’s Security in Search of Crypto Riches
(CNBC) Two days after Chris Matta earned a prized promotion at storied investment bank Goldman Sachs, he shocked his bosses. He decided to walk away from it all… To read this article:
Xerox says it is ending Fujifilm deal, settles with Icahn, Deason
(Reuters) Xerox Corp said on Sunday it was ending a planned $6.1 billion deal with Fujifilm Holdings Corp (4901.T) and had reached a settlement with activist investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason…. To read this article:
