Monthly Archives: September 2017

(Evestment) After a tough run with performance and investor redemptions in the past few years, investors have come back to hedge funds in a big way, adding $13.4 billion to global hedge funds in August. Those new investments coupled with […]

(FINalternatives) Hedge funds posted mild gains last week as continued recovery in global macro and fixed income strategies outweighed renewed weakness in CTAs, according to Lyxor Asset Management’s most recent Weekly Brief. To read this article:

(Reuters) The largest corporate proxy fight in history, between Procter & Gamble Co (PG.N) and activist investor Nelson Peltz, may ultimately be decided by small shareholders like Tom Neubecker. The Cincinnati retiree is among the company’s vast army of individual […]

(Bloomberg) After hitting the $1 trillion milestone this month, the Norwegian wealth fund can expect even more scrutiny going forward. The government is currently looking at a proposal from a committee led by a former central bank governor to separate […]

(Reuters) The Bank of England just gave hedge funds a bloody nose. Warnings from BoE officials – as sudden as they were stark – that interest rates could soon go up have sparked the biggest ever reversal of hedge fund […]

(Bloomberg) Things are looking up for oil and it’s bringing hedge funds back. They haven’t been so bullish on Brent crude since March, and they increased their net wagers on rising West Texas Intermediate prices by the most since December. […]

(FINalternatives) Investment portfolios that include managed futures funds perform better and reduce more risk than those without them, according to new research from the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA). The new paper, entitled “Riding the Wave,” was published jointly by […]

(Reuters) Hedge funds have become strongly bullish on the outlook for all parts of the petroleum complex, amid signs global crude stocks are declining and fuels will be short supply after hurricane-related refinery outages. But with so many fund managers […]

(Nasdaq) David Perry plans to end the main operations of TeamCo Advisers LLC by early 2018 and ultimately shut the firm, he told Reuters in an interview, making his San Francisco-based business the latest casualty in the struggling fund of […]

(FINalternatives) Hedge fund redemptions rose slightly in September after accelerating in August, according to new data from fund administrator SS&C GlobeOp, although they were down from year-ago levels for the eighth consecutive month. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) The top-performing hedge fund focused on India isn’t scared by equity valuations that are the most expensive in 10 years and predicts Asia’s third-largest economy will have seven good years in the next decade. Rahul Khanna, chief investment officer […]