Monthly Archives: September 2015
Hedge Fund Trims Investment-Grade ETF in Favor of Junk Fund
(ETFtrends.com) 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 […]
Institutional Investors Reversing Course on Gold
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The latest commitment of traders reports were released last week 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 […]
Liquid Alts Perform As Advertised in Volatile Market
New York (HedgeCo.net) – While the market has been climbing for the last six years, the popularity of liquid alternatives has grown tremendously. After the last bear market in 2007-2009, investors were looking for investments that could withstand volatile or […]
Recent Rally In Oil Spurred By Hedge Fund Short Covering
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Oil has rallied 13.6% in the last two weeks after falling below the $40 per barrel price for a few days. Interestingly, the price of West Texas Intermediate Crude has not close a month below $40 […]
Tax Regulators Attack Hedge Fund Manager Efforts To Disguise Management Fees
(Hedge Fund Law Report) Tax regulators in the United States and United Kingdom are attacking arrangements in which hedge fund managers and other private investment fund managers receive interests in funds in exchange for waiving management fees – or otherwise […]
China Shock Boon For This Hedge Fund That Bets on Volatility
(Bloomberg) 36 South Capital Advisors, a London-based volatility hedge fund, profited from China’s surprise devaluation when it triggered a global market rout that spurred losses in an index of its peers. Three of 36 South’s strategies, which bet on rising […]
Ackman’s Pershing Square Hedge Fund Drops 9.2 Percent in August
(Reuters) Hedge fund mogul William Ackman, one of last year’s best performers, joined a string of high profile managers in reporting deep losses for August as global markets tumbled amid fears over slower growth in China. Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital […]
Ainslie’s Maverick Capital hedge fund off in August, up for year
(Reuters) Lee Ainslie’s hedge fund Maverick Capital lost 1.2 percent last month, performing far better than the broader stock market and still boasting a double-digit gain for the year, an investor source said on Thursday.The $9 billion fund, which mainly […]
Fortress Hedge Fund President Departs Amid Macro Losses
(Bloomberg) Stu Bohart, who oversaw Fortress Investment Group LLC’s hedge fund unit, left the firm after five years.Bohart, the president of Fortress’s liquid markets business, left on Tuesday, said Gordon Runte, a spokesman for the New York-based firm. The departure, […]
Julian Robertson’s Proteges Still Up YTD Despite August Losses
New York (HedgeCo.net) – As the returns for August continue to roll in from various hedge funds, there have only been a handful that actually gained ground in August, but some funds are still reporting substantial year to date gains […]
Several Former SAC Managers Performed Well in August
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Over the last couple of days, several well-known hedge fund managers have released their performance numbers and have shown sizable losses for the month of August. Even as the S&P lost 6.26% on the month, some […]
Manager Models Bounce Back Nicely in Mixed Week
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Last week was a mixed week with the market dropping sharply on Monday, dropping again on Tuesday and then it came roaring back on Wednesday and Thursday before breaking even on Friday. When all was said […]