Monthly Archives: September 2017

(FINalternatives) Hedge funds rose broadly last week as risk-on sentiment remained in place, according to new research from Lyxor Asset Management, with all substrategies tracked by the firm ending the period in the green. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Pine River Capital Management is closing its master fund after a wave of client withdrawals that would bring assets below $300 million, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The fund, which started in 2002, had about $1 […]

(Bloomberg) Of all the hedge fund world’s secrets, few are more closely guarded than the inner workings of Bridgewater Associates Inc. Now, founder Ray Dalio plans to share his management system and corporate culture with the world. “We’re about to […]

(FINalternatives) As the dust settles from Anthony Scaramucci’s record-setting tenure as White House Communications Director, the sale of his alternative asset manager Skybridge Capital appears to still be on track. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) The post-Harvey buzz over fuels is making U.S. crude look like the poor stepchild of hedge funds. Since the storm battered the heart of America’s refining industry last month, bets on rising gasoline and diesel prices have surged for […]

(Harvest) Some characterize the current economic climate as one lacking demand-driven pricing power, but we think that is a misapprehension of dynamics at play today. Rather, we think we’re in the midst of one of the greatest supply-side-driven cost revolutions […]

(The Business Insider) Dirk Jeschke, a former portfolio manager at Paul Tudor Jones’ hedge fund firm, is prepping a hedge fund in London for early next year. Jeschke, 32, is planning a macro fund that will, among other things, emphasize […]

(CNBC) Emerging markets (EM) have continued to grow faster than developed markets and produced higher returns this year, but analysts have conflicting views about the sector’s growth outlook. EM gross domestic product growth is around 4.5 percent year on year […]

(Harvest) Let’s start with Europe, the world’s second-largest economy. The European Union is a collection of states that are vastly different from one another. They are separated by culture, language (which impedes labor mobility, resulting in semipermanent labor productivity disparity […]

(Reuters) Global debt may be under-reported by around $13 trillion because traditional accounting practices exclude foreign exchange derivatives used to hedge international trade and foreign currency bonds, the BIS said on Sunday. Bank for International Settlements researchers said it was […]