Monthly Archives: August 2018
A $12 Billion Asset Manager Wants Out of the Hedge Fund ‘Fee Racket’
(Bloomberg) South African money manager Sygnia Ltd. closed all its hedge-fund products, ending a 13-year history with an investment strategy its chief executive officer now calls a ruse to pocket fees. To read this article:
CLOs Are the New Hedge Funds. Plan Accordingly.
(Bloomberg) A number of hedge fund firms have a hot product. It’s not their hedge funds. Och-Ziff Capital Management’s investors withdrew $418 million from its hedge funds in the second quarter. Total inflow of assets under management, however, were $1.2 […]
Barclay CTA Index up 0.21 per cent in July
(Hedgeweek) The flash estimate for the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, indicates a 0.21 per cent gain in July. Year to date, the Index has lost 1.98 per cent. To read this article:
Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index up 0.71 per cent in July
(Hedgeweek) The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.71 per cent in July, outperforming the -0.15 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. […]
Macro, Managed Futures Performance a Drag on Hedge Fund Biz
(Evestment) Given the broadly positive returns posted in July, the beginning of H2 2018 would appear to have been a positive one. However, the good performance is overshadowed at the aggregate level by underperformance from macro and managed futures products […]
Invest In Long-Only Equity Run By Hedge Fund Managers
(Forbes) The hedge fund industry is quietly innovating, particularly in the legacy area of equity. Long-only equity run by hedge fund managers is growing in popularity—and for good reason– early returns have surpassed expectations—with the added plus that much of […]
The Case For Investment Grade Bonds
(Harvest) Investors are demonstrating caution midway through 2018 by taking steps to help insulate their portfolios. That’s understandable on the heels of a nine-year bull market in U.S. stocks, given renewed volatility, uncertainty surrounding global trade policies and steadily rising […]
Unregistered Agent Charged With Improperly Soliciting Investments
(HedgeCo.Net) The SEC has filed a civil injunctive action against Chad Anthony Lewis, a Kentucky resident for unlawfully acting as an unregistered broker and selling unregistered investments in two oil and gas companies based in Texas. The SEC’s complaint, filed […]
SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index at 0.97 per cent for July
(Hedgeweek) The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for July 2018 measured 0.97 per cent To read this article:
Sterling traders prepare for Brexit meltdown
(Reuters) – Having sunk to 13-month lows, sterling could fall by up to another 10 percent in the coming months should Britain crash out of the European Union without a deal on future trade ties, luring more speculators to bet […]
Frothy oil market turns increasingly flat:
(Reuters) – Persistent hedge fund liquidation over the last four months has weighed heavily on the oil market, both spot prices and calendar spreads, ending the previous rally and putting the cyclical upswing into a prolonged pause. Hedge funds resumed […]