Monthly Archives: June 2018
Quant Funds Are Selling Stocks With Hidden Volatility Building
(Bloomberg) A record spike in equity volatility couldn’t get the quants to sell, but bubbling market stress below the surface has finally spurred them to offload. Quantitative hedge funds on Credit Suisse’s prime services platform have ended their 18-month streak […]
Fortum Set To Gain EU Antitrust Approval For Uniper Deal
(Reuters) Finnish utility Fortum (FORTUM.HE) is set to gain unconditional EU approval to acquire a 46.65 percent stake in German energy group Uniper (UN01.DE) from E.ON (EONGn.DE), three people familiar with the matter said on Monday. State-controlled Fortum’s bid has […]
Trade Risks Are Evident in Markets If You Look Hard Enough
(Bloomberg) Following the disastrous Group of Seven summit this weekend, where President Donald Trump upended a carefully crafted effort at unity among the world’s top economic powers, it’s safe to say that most investors were probably expecting equities to stumble […]
Elliott, Bluescape Recommend 6 New Directors For Sempra
(Reuters) Two shareholders of U.S. utility Sempra Energy – Elliott Management and Bluescape Resources Co – on Monday recommended six new directors for the company’s board and urged a strategic review of its business. The hedge funds said Sempra was […]
Hedge Funds Extended Gains In Early June
(Hedgeweek) Hedge funds delivered healthy performances last week, with beta-driven strategies outperforming…..Special Situations benefitted from both their higher market beta and some of their activist positions….. To read this article:
Has Legendary Fund Manager Lost His Touch?
(The Seattle Times) Bond funds shouldn’t lose 3 percent of their value in a day, especially when they are being run by a legendary manager. So when Janus Henderson Global Unconstrained Bond fund (JUCAX / JUCDX) dropped 3 percent on […]
eVestment’s Most Searched Hedge Funds In May: AQR, Capital Fund Management Lead The Way
eVestment’s Most Searched Hedge Funds In May: AQR, Capital Fund Management Lead The Way Alpha-Week posted on Mon 11 Jun 2018 Permalink Print Data shop eVestment tracks, amongst many things, the most popular hedge funds which its institutional investor clients […]
The Power Law And Hedge Funds – Power Law In Size May Not Equal Power Law In Returns
(Harvest) The four biggest hedge fund launches of 2018 have attracted more than $17bn, according to figures compiled by the FT. That compares with the $13.7bn investors have put in existing funds, according to data from eVestment. from FT Hedge […]
$1.85 trillion Japan behemoth to launch $1.5bn internal hedge fund
(Opalesque) In the week ending 19 January, 2018, Japan Post Bank is set to launch an in-house hedge fund later this year. The creation of the fund, targeted to raise US$1.5 billion, is a manifestation of a trend among Japan’s […]
Agecroft Partners Announces 4 Non-Profit Beneficiaries of Gaining the Edge – 2018 Hedge Fund Leadership Conference
(HedgeCo) Since 2013 Agecroft Partners has committed to improving the lives of children through donating 100% of the profits from its conferences. Through the end of 2018 Agecroft Partners expects to have contributed over $700,000 to non-profits that benefit children, […]
Bloomberg Markets: Anticipating Trump-Kim Meeting
(Bloomberg) White House Bloomberg News Discussing Trump-Kim meeting Singapore with Nisid Hajari, Bloomberg Opinion Editor. Alex Harris Bond Reporter Bloomberg News Discussing Fed’s Fight for Control of Its Key Interest Rate. To read this article:
AlphaCentric’s Income Opportunities Fund (IOFIX) has been awarded a five-star rating by Morningstar.
(Hedgeweek) The Fund celebrated its three-year anniversary on 05/28/2018, and generated a 12.34 per cent return rate for the three-year period ending 31 May 2018. This five-star rating is a reflection of IOFIX’s risk-adjusted performance for the period ending 31 […]