Monthly Archives: September 2019

(Reuters) Scopia Capital last week promoted Joshua Cherney to head the hedge fund’s business development and investor relations group after Quinn Fionda, who had been with the firm for nearly 11 years, left, a source familiar with the moves said […]

(Hedgeweek) Fund managers may be unaware as to exactly where and how much money is being spent with brokers due to a failure to fully review all their relationships qualitatively and quantitatively. To read this article:

(Opalesque) Many investors are dissatisfied with the performance of the natural resources asset class in recent months and, for the second consecutive year, the proportion looking to invest more capital in the asset class over the next 12 months has […]

(Opalesque) M&A patterns are showing healthy dynamics and a healthy number of hostile deals (usually riskier but more profitable) tend to concentrate on smaller targets, said Lyxor in its weekly brief. Jumbo deals are increasingly funded by stock and cash […]

(Reuters) – Scopia Capital last week promoted Joshua Cherney to head the hedge fund’s business development and investor relations group after Quinn Fionda, who had been with the firm for nearly 11 years, left, a source familiar with the moves […]

(Reuters) – Hedge funds are becoming slightly more pessimistic about the outlook for oil and the economy, though position changes remain small owing to the holiday season in North America and Europe. Hedge funds and other money managers were small […]

(Reuters) – Two reinsurance firms backed by prominent hedge funds are considered good investments as their share price performance has yet to benefit from the sector’s improved pricing outlook, according to Barron’s. Both Greenlight Capital Re and Third Point Reinsurance, […]

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds and private-equity firms are signing up European distressed-debt experts at the fastest pace in at least five years as slowing growth drives up corporate defaults in the region. Investment firms hired 29 new analysts, traders and money […]

(Opalesque) OP Investment Management (OPIM), Asia’s leading emerging hedge fund platform, is partnering with Hong Kong-based Button Investment Management to launch Button Growth Fund, a long/short equity hedge fund that primarily invests in U.S., Hong Kong, and mainland China markets. […]

(Opalesque) In the week ending August 30th 2019, a report revealed that almost three quarters (74 percent) of investors in alternatives believe equity markets are at a peak – up from 61 percent at the end of 2018. It is […]