Monthly Archives: November 2016

(FinAlternatives) Alternative asset fund managers are broadly optimistic about the possible impacts of Trump’s presidency, according to a survey by industry data provider Preqin, but some concerns remain. To read this article:

(FinAlternatives) Some hedge fund managers have reason to cheer this holiday season even as investors in the space grouse about lackluster returns, according to industry search firm Glocap’s latest Hedge Fund Compensation Report, as wide return dispersions drive pay boosts […]

(FinAlternatives)Hedge fund performance is broadly mixed in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. presidential election, as U.S. equities gained sharply, the dollar surged and interest rates spiked in anticipation of massive infrastructure spending, fiscal stimulus efforts and reduced government regulation, […]

(Bloomberg) The post-election rally in pharmaceutical stocks has created an opportunity for drug-makers to raise money. Step forward Bayer AG. The German life sciences group needs to find $19 billion of equity to help fund its all-cash $66 billion takeover […]

(Business Insider) Hedge funds hopped out of healthcare ahead of the US presidential election – and may have missed on a big rebound in that sector in the wake of Donald Trump’s win. To read this article:

(Barron’s) Research firm Preqin surveyed 182 fund managers to gauge the likely impact of Trump’s victory in the presidential election on their own portfolios. It seems that the result show optimism, with 53% of those questioned saying the election will […]

(Harvest) A quarter of a million bucks is nothing to turn your nose up at. And that’s about how much I’d be out of pocket if I was to be so unfortunate as to have a home in Kaikoura, a […]

(Bloomberg) Donald Trump, the candidate, was blunt: “Hedge fund guys are getting away with murder.” But Donald Trump, the President-elect, is going a bit easier on the hedge funders — to huzzahs from the industry. In Trump, hedge-fund types are […]

(New York Post) Frank “Perk” Hixon, the former Evercore Partners senior managing director who pleaded guilty in 2014 to insider trading, shouldn’t expect a warm family reunion when he is released from a halfway house next month. His younger brother […]

(Bloomberg) Buying the losers of the past decade could pay off in a world where Donald Trump is in charge of the world’s biggest economy.Norwegian hedge fund firm Sector Asset Management, which manages about $1.7 billion, is turning its portfolios […]

(Valuewalk) Hedge funds’ shrinking returns and escalating investor demands. Downward pressure on fees and unrelenting requirements to have robust operating models. This year, competing forces came together to culminate in the perfect storm. In a year marked by lackluster performance […]