Monthly Archives: August 2015
N.J. Hedge Fund Manager Cleared of Insider Trading Charges
(Reuters) A retired New Jersey hedge fund founder was acquitted on Monday on charges that he illegally traded in shares of children’s apparel maker Carter’s Inc in a rare defense trial win in an insider trading case. A federal jury […]
Citigroup To Pay $180 Million to Settle Hedge Fund Charges
(Wall Street Journal Interactive) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Citigroup Inc. agreed to pay nearly $180 million to investors to settle accusations that it made false and misleading representations concerning the risks of two hedge funds that ultimately […]
Hedge Fund Trims Investment-Grade ETF if Favor of Junk Fund
(Bloomberg) Tudor Investment Corp., the hedge fund run by Paul Tudor Jones, is not among the investors fearing high-yield corporate bonds.During the second quarter, Tudor Investment Corp. trimmed its stake in the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF […]
Chinese Hedge Fund Sees Rally in Second Half
New York (HedgeCo.net) – All of the attention on the Chinese stock market as well as its currency and economy has some investors shying away from investing in the country. That isn’t the case with Marco Polo Pure Asset Management. […]
HedgeCoVest Managers and External Managers Bullish on Energy
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Just last week, we featured an article about the hedge fund managers on the HedgeCoVest platform and how they had become more bullish on oil and gas stocks in recent weeks. We pointed to evidence within […]
Institutional Investors Reversing Course on Gold
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The latest commitment of traders reports were released on Friday and they show that the sentiment toward gold and silver seem to have made a turn toward the upside. For gold, the large speculator group was […]
Rokos Expects To Raise $1Billion For Hedge Fund
(Bloomberg) Chris Rokos, a former top trader at Brevan Howard Asset Management, expects to raise about $1 billion for his hedge fund that’s set to start trading in the fourth quarter. Rokos Capital Management will initially have the capacity to […]
Here Are Some Of The Stocks Hedge Funds Have Been Buying and Selling
(The Business Insider) Hedge funds had to publish their 13F filings on Friday, there are a few standout investments: Tech-focused hedge fund Tiger Global took a big position in Netflix, while Jana Partners invested in Precision Castparts right before Warren […]
Sliced Investing Automates Private Investments For RIAs
(Daily Alts) Sliced Investing a 2014 graduate of the Y Combinator accelerator class, raised $2 million in seed funding to launch its online hedge-fund investing program, which debuted in November 2014. Nine months later, the firm has expanded its offerings […]
Business Korea
(Business Korea) According to Activist Insight, activist hedge funds intervened in the management of approximately 300 companies worldwide by purchasing treasury stocks or demanding more dividends or spinoffs in the first half of this year. The number increased by 23 […]
Billionaire George Soros Sells Alibaba Shares
(BBC News) Alibaba recently announced a deal with one of China’s largest physical retailers, Suning. The fund owned by the influential billionaire George Soros has sold most of its shares in the Chinese online retail firm Alibaba. Soros Fund Management […]
Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Index Increases in July
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index was up 1.38% in July which was a nice recovery from the 2.05% loss for the month of June. The index, which was designed to represent the overall hedge […]