Monthly Archives: June 2015
Extended Bull Market Changing Hedge Fund Landscape
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Being famous for short selling stocks can be a tough game, especially when the market as a whole has been moving higher for over six years. Bill Ackman made a name for himself as a short […]
Asia Hedge Funds Hit Record On China Rally That’s Buckling
(Bloomberg) Asia’s hedge funds boosted their assets to a record $177 billion in May by riding a Chinese stocks rally that’s now starting to falter. Investments by funds with an Asia mandate exceeded the $176 billion in December 2007, before […]
Record Number Of Hedge Funds Operating Around the World
(Reuters) The hedge fund industry set a new record during the first quarter when an industry research group said 10,149 funds are operating around the world even after hundreds of existing funds shut their doors during the same time. During […]
Activist Hedge Fund Win In Private As Japan Tobacco Says No
(Bloomberg) For four years a hedge fund urged one of Japan’s oldest companies to raise its dividend, and each time the answer in public was no. Behind the scenes, something else was happening. Though it lost every proxy fight, the […]
Greece: Funds Were Smarter Than European Leaders
(CNBC) Ever since the Greek financial crisis broke out in October 2010, hedge funds have played it as a formidable money spinner. They were able to do that because they understood what most analysts could not fathom in an ill-tempered, […]
Manager Profile and Insights: Adam Savin and Jeffrey Roney, Maxwell Thacher
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Maxwell Thacher was founded in early 2014 by Jeffrey Roney and Adam Savin who serve as the firm’s general partners and acting co-portfolio managers. The firm currently manages over $100 million in assets through two investment vehicles, […]
Advisors, Brokers Plan To Maintain Allocations To Alternatives
New York (hedgeCo.Net) The alternative investment industry seems to be in good standing with broker-dealer representatives and registered investment advisors, at least based on a recent survey from Pershing and Beacon Strategies, LLC. The survey polled 1,200 advisors about alternative […]
Robo-Investing Craze Now Putting Vanguard Against Fidelity
(Bloomberg) Barraged by investment firms eager to manage their life savings, many Americans are making their choice—for nobody….So fund giants Vanguard Group and Fidelity Investments are trying to win them over—with robots. The rivals, which have a combined $5.4 trillion […]
Hedge Fund Giant Crispin Odey is About To Lose Battle For Plus 500
(Financial Insider) It looks like Playtech’s £459.6 million ($702.05 million) acquisition of troubled trading firm Plus500 is going to go ahead — despite Plus500’s biggest shareholder opposing the deal. Playtech just announced that it has bought 10.75 million shares in […]
Hedge Funds Are Beating The S & P 500; Here’s How
(CNBC) Stock-picking hedge funds are finally beating low-cost equity index funds this year thanks to bets like Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Microsoft and Yum Brands.The S&P 500 index (INDEX: .SPX) gained 1.29 percent from January through April this year, while the Absolute […]
US Hedge Fund Steps Up Campaign To Block $8-Billion Samsung Asset Shake-Up
(Reuters) U.S. hedge fund Elliott ramped up a campaign to block a proposed $8 billion merger of two Samsung Group firms on Thursday, laying out its case online a day before a court hearing on a deal seen key to […]
Advisors, Brokers Plan to Maintain Allocations To Alternatives
New York (HedgeCo.Net) The alternative investment industry seems to be in good standing with broker-dealer representatives and registered investment advisors, at least based on a recent survey from Pershing and Beacon Strategies, LLC. The survey polled 1,200 advisors about alternative […]