Monthly Archives: August 2017
Emerging-Market Hedge Funds See Inflows for First Time Since ’15
(Bloomberg) Money is pouring into emerging-market hedge funds for the first time in two years. Investors added a net $800 million to funds focused on the category in the second quarter, the first inflows since the second quarter of 2015, […]
Hedge fund inflows see a slowdown in Q2 2017
(Automated Trader) Hedge funds recorded positive net asset inflows totalling $5.0bn in Q2 2017, bringing total H1 2017 asset flows to $24.7bn. This marks a distinct contrast with 2016, which saw net industry outflows of $110bn across the year, although […]
Emerging Markets Hedge Fund Capital Extends Record as Global Growth Accelerates
(Opalesque) Total capital managed by Emerging Markets hedge funds increased to a record level for the fourth consecutive quarter through mid-year 2017, as a synchronized improvement in global growth and increased investor risk tolerance continued to drive gains across regional […]
BlackRock Finds $5 Trillion Industry Is Now Riskier Than in ’08
(Bloomberg) Insurers got burned badly in the 2008 financial crisis. So almost a decade later, BlackRock Inc. scoured the industry’s $5 trillion in U.S. investments to figure out how they would fare if markets crash so hard again. The answer: […]
U.S. Charges Ex-Radio Host Who Hoped ‘Spell’ Would Stop Fraud Probe
(Reuters) U.S. authorities on Monday charged Dawn Bennet, a former radio host, with fraudulently raising $20 million in a scam bearing the hallmarks of a Ponzi scheme, while hoping to cast a “spell” to silence lawyers trying to investigate her. […]
How Hedge Fund Managers Can Prepare for the Anticipated “End” of LIBOR
(Hedge Fund Law Report) The possibility of a significant change to, or discontinuation of, the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) has been discussed for some time. A recent speech by Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, […]
Hedge Funds: Game Of Thrones Location Spurs Rise of Business Empire
(The Guardian) When Stephen Gray noticed a dozen Game of Thrones fans, wearing helmets with torches, making their way in the darkness of a winter’s night along the road known as the Dark Hedges, the Northern Irish entrepreneur knew he […]
The Match King
(Harvest) I first jotted down a note to myself to read The Match King when famous short seller Jim Chanos recommended it as his number one book to read for students of the market. I agree and believe it to […]
Lyxor: Hedge Fund Index Gains As CTAs, L/S Equity Strategies Rebound
(FINalternatives) CTAs and long/short equity strategies recovered lost ground last week as conditions for quantitative strategies improved, according to a new issue of Lyxor Asset Management’s Weekly Brief, although investors continue to redeem from systematic managers. To read this article:
NYHFR Survey: Hedge Fund Industry Expects Republicans to Lose Control Of Congress Next Year
(FINalternatives) The deeply divided political landscape has focused the attention of alternative asset managers on whether sweeping reforms in such things as healthcare, taxes, carried interest, and the regulatory environment will actually take place, according to a new survey by […]
This Multitrillion-Dollar Suit Can’t Go Unnoticed
(New York Post) There was a major development in a lawsuit last week that every investor should know about — and worry about. But nobody is paying attention. A New York federal judge appointed three law firms to serve as […]
S&P 500 Futures Slip as Harvey’s Impact on Industries Is Eyed
(Bloomberg) Futures on American equity indexes slipped, paring gains from the biggest weekly advance of August, as investors waited to gauge consequences for stocks and industries from the strongest storm to hit the U.S. since 2004. September contracts on the […]