Monthly Archives: July 2015
Hedge Fund Withdrawl Requests Drop to 2-1/2 Year Low in July
(Reuters) Investors kept their money in hedge funds in July amid market volatility over Greece and China, data showed on Tuesday, with requests to take cash out dropping to their lowest levels in 2-1/2 years.The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator, […]
BlackRock Steps Up China Drive With New License To Raise Onshore Funds
(Reuters) – U.S. fund giant BlackRock Inc has won a special new licence that will allow it to raise funds in China directly for the first time, a senior executive told Reuters, paving the way for the world’s largest money […]
Are Investors Bailing Out On Active Strategies At The Wrong Time?
New York (HedgeCo.net) We have featured several articles arguing the merits of actively managed portfolios versus passive strategies. One of the things we continue to point out is that the passive strategies have benefitted from the second strongest bull market […]
ETFs Surpass Hedge Funds In Assets
New York (HedgeCo.net) – It finally happened. The assets under management in exchange traded funds has exceeded the assets under management in hedge funds. According to a report from ETFGI, a London based research firm, AUM in ETFs are estimated […]
Hedge Funds Bearish On Junk Bonds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The growth in ETFs and liquid alternatives are presenting hedge fund managers with what some see as their next great bearish trade. The target is the junk bond market. The idea is that due to the […]
Greek and Chinese Debacles Create Lockdown Fears For Hedge Funds
(Yahoo Finance) The Greek market has been shut down since June 29. As for China, 1,300 stocks announced halts in trading last week. This made investors lose access to assets in the stock market that are valued at an estimated […]
Hedge Fund-Like Mutual Funds Lose Appeal As Investors Pull Out
(Yahoo Finance)Following the 2008 global financial crisis, normal investors who had lost money investing in traditional funds developed an appetite for vehicles whose performance was agnostic to market conditions. This helped absolute-return funds and long-short equity funds attract deposits from […]
Hedge Fund Infuses $250M Into Debt-Laden California Hospital
(Law360.com) Hedge fund BlueMountain Capital Management LLC has provided $250 million to keep the Daughters of Charity Health System afloat, months after a deal to sell the debt-saddled California hospital operator to Prime Healthcare Services Inc. collapsed, DCHS said Friday. […]
SEC Charges Against NY Hedge Fund CFO Dismissed
(FA-Mag) A federal judge has dismissed charges that a New York man participated in a $1.5 million hedge fund fraud by passing falsified reports to prospective investors. George Palathinkal, general partner and chief financial officer of Aphelion Fund Manager LLC, […]
Markets and Hedge Funds Bounce Back In First Half of July
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The first half of July has been much better for hedge funds and world stock indices alike than was June. June saw most of the world’s major indices decline, but most of them have bounced back […]
Latest COT Report: Growing Bearish Sentiment Toward Oil
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Commitment of Traders report that was released on Friday showed that institutional investors have increased their bearish bets toward oil greatly in the last few weeks. From June 23 through July 14 when the data […]
Two Federal Judges Reject Bids To Enjoin SEC Administrative Proceedings Against Securities Fraud Defendants
U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams handed down an important decision affecting the SEC’s controversial practice of bringing insider trading enforcement actions in the form of in-house administrative proceedings instead of as civil court actions. In a 23-page opinion, Judge Abrams […]