Monthly Archives: June 2017

(Reuters) New York-based hedge fund Paulson & Co on Monday reported a 6.3 percent stake in embattled Canadian drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (VRX.TO) (VRX.N).The disclosure comes a week after billionaire investor John Paulson, whose hedge fund firm is the […]

(Reuters) “All hope abandon, ye who enter here,” is the warning inscribed above the gate of Hell, according to the Italian poet Dante Aligheri (“The Divine Comedy”, Inferno, Canto III, 1308-1320).Hedge funds and other money managers appear to have entered […]

(Agrimoney) Hedge funds turned record bearish on soft commodities, raising ideas that prices are vulnerable to an upward spike from a change in sentiment, but continued to cut short bets on wheat, crystallising losses. Managed money, a proxy for speculators, […]

(Harvest) ESG investments have strong potential for mitigating risk by providing earnings stability. Highly rated ESG companies may do more than benefit society—they may benefit your portfolio too. To read this article:

(CNBC) The Co-operative Bank has cancelled plans to sell itself as talks with existing investors, which include several U.S. hedge funds, to recapitalize the troubled U.K. lender reach an advanced stage. To read this article:

(Harvest) A major theme at the 2017 Strategic Investment Conference was the shift in economic power from developed markets to emerging markets (EMs). For example, in 1960, the combined GDP of China and India made up only 5% of global […]

(Harvest) After more than seven years of expansion, the global economy faces several potential pivots in the direction and scale of monetary, fiscal, trade, geopolitical and exchange rate policies.One in particular will help determine the long-term outlook for China and […]

(FINalternatives) The alternative investment group of Pictet Group, Pictet Alternative Advisors (PAA), has appointed former Amundi Alternative Investments executive Heinrich Merz as head of hedge funds. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Another year, another disappointing start for hedge funds.But don’t despair — the hedgies have a plan to lift their fortunes: U.S. small-cap stocks. It’s been a long, long time since hedge funds outpaced the market. The HFRI Fund Weighted […]

(FINalternatives) More than eight out of ten institutional asset managers will wait until the fourth quarter of 2017 to comply with MiFID II rules concerning the unbundling of research, according to a new survey by research aggregator RSRCHXchange. To read […]