Monthly Archives: July 2015
Greek Shock In June Helps Jolt Macro Hedge Fund Recovery
(Reuters) Hedge funds that make big bets on currencies, interest rates and commodities were hit hard in June as a worsening Greek debt crisis, concerns about China growth and U.S. rate rise uncertainty unsettled markets.The losses mark a reversal in […]
New Style of Hedge Fund Gaining in Popularity
New York (HedgeCo.Net) One of the hottest trends in the hedge fund industry is what is called a co-investment fund. Ironically, they are attributed to the hedge fund industry, but there isn’t anything about them that is hedged. A co-investment […]
Activist Funds Garnering Lots of Attention
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Activist hedge funds have garnered more than their fair share of media attention in recent months. “Activists Loeb, Meister Take Large Stake in Yum” “Study: In Activist Investing, Size Matters” “How you can invest with activists like […]
New Study Suggests Active Management Can Be Passive
New York (HedgeCo.Net) The study was released as a white paper from Invesco. The study looked at five different market cycles over the last 20 years and it included approximately 3,000 equity-oriented mutual funds. The study used active share as […]
Fund Manager Profile and Insights: Charlie Frumberg, Emancipation Management
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Emancipation Management, LLC is an SEC registered New York based investment manager, formed in June 2003. The company has a 10 year track record of identifying public companies within the technology sector that possess valuable franchises which […]
Alternative Investment Landscape Continues To Evolve
New York (HedgeCo.Net) The alternative investment industry continues to revolutionize the way many investors make allocations. From the early days of the original hedge fund to the current landscape where alternative mutual funds are seeing tremendous growth, the industry continues […]
Active Vs. Passive Vs. Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) As the prominence of low-cost mutual funds and ETFs has grown over the last 30 to 40 years, so has the debate over whether passive management is better than active management has heated up. Study after study […]
Fund Manager Profile and Insights: Trent May, Deer Creek Capital Partners
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Deer Creek Capital Partners (“DCCP”) was founded in October 2002 and is a Colorado Registered Investment Advisor. DCCP is the investment manager for Deer Creek Long / Short Model. Recently we were able to speak with the […]
A New Era For Hedge Funds?
(Valuewalk.com) Lyxor Research published a report titled A New Era for Hedge Funds? earlier this week. The report highlights that while hedge funds have underperformed traditional asset classes during the last few year, there is good reason to think the […]
This Billionaire Is Building His Own All Star Trading Team
(Bloomberg) Steven Schonfeld amassed a billion-dollar fortune by seizing on short-term market moves. Sitting in a Park Avenue office dressed in a black hoodie and white sneakers, the 55-year-old former stockbroker described a plan to compound his wealth by finding […]
IRS Cracks Down On Hedge Funds’ Tax Strategy
(Reuters) The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is cracking down on hedge funds, challenging a tax strategy called “basket options” that is used to claim billions of dollars in tax savings, the New York Times reported. Hedge funds using the options […]
Hedge Funds Return 2.4% in First Half Of Year, Topping U.S. Market
(Pension & Investments) Hedge fund returns ended the first half of the year positively, with the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite index returning 2.4% in the six months ended June 30. The index’s six-month return, calculated by Hedge Fund Research, topped […]