Monthly Archives: November 2015
Hedge Fund Investors Take Out Less Money In November
(Reuters) Investors took out less money from hedge funds month-on-month in November, data showed on Wednesday, as allocations steadied in the face of recent market volatility. The SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index, which calculates monthly hedge fund subscriptions minus redemptions. […]
Hedge Funds See Positive Return in Oct.; Activist Strategies Up; EM, Asia Funds Strong
(Evestment.Com) The hedge fund industry produced a slightly positive aggregate return of 1.19% in October, according to eVestment’s just-released October 2015 Hedge Fund Performance Report. This positive result, coming near the end of a tumultuous year for hedge funds, brings […]
Hedge Fund Assets Rise, But Some Managers are Getting More
(Pension and Investments) Significantly more hedge fund managers — 70% — reported their assets managed worldwide grew in a year-to-year comparison than did hedge funds-of-funds managers, data from Pensions & Investments’annual survey showed. By contrast, only 55% of hedge funds-of-funds […]
Investors Flee Toshiba as Hopes Fade for Quick Scandal Closure
(Reuters) Investors Flee Toshiba as Hopes Fade for Quick Scandal Closure Reuters posted on Fri 13 Nov 2015 Permalink Investors dumped shares in Japan’s Toshiba Corp on Friday, as closure on the company’s $1.3 billion accounting scandal appeared further out […]
Hedge Funds Up Euro Shorts Ahead Of Possible Fed Hike
(Valuewalk) As St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, along with a chorus of Fed speakers, said it was time to raise interest rates that have been held at emergency levels as a result of the 2008 financial crisis, comes a […]
This Is Where Hedge Funds, Mutual Funds, and Sell-Side Analysts Agree Everyone loves big banks right now and hates energy companies.
(Bloomberg) Investors seeking (or trying to avoid) the wisdom of crowds need look no further than the latest from Credit Suisse. A team led by U.S. Equity Strategist Lori Calvasina analyzed the current recommendations of sell-side analysts plus the positioning […]
SS&C GlobeOp Index Up Slightly in October
New York (HedgeCo.net) – SS&C GlobeOp released its Hedge Fund Performance Index results for October yesterday and they showed that the index gained 0.64% for the month. While it is encouraging to see the index gain ground again after a […]
Ackman’s Pershing Square Down 21.2% Year to Date
New York (HedgeCo.net) – So far, 2015 has been a year that Bill Ackman would very much like to forget, or at least he would like to forget the second half of the year.The high-profile hedge fund manager saw his […]
Hedge Fund Investors Take Out Less Money In November
(Reuters) Investors took out less money from hedge funds month-on-month in November, data showed on Wednesday, as allocations steadied in the face of recent market volatility. The SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index, which calculates monthly hedge fund subscriptions minus redemptions […]
Asia Hedge Fund Started by Ex-Alibaba’s Wu Is Bearish on China
(Bloomberg) F&H Fund Management, the asset manager co-founded by the former chief technology officer of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., is so bearish on stocks in China that it is opening its hedge fund to outside investors.The FengHe Asia Fund is […]
California Judge Rules Valeant And Ackman Must Face Insider Trading Suit
(Fox Business News) A California judge has declined a request from Valeant Pharmacueticals International Inc. and Bill Ackman to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of insider trading in Allergan Inc. shares before they unveiled a $51 billion takeover bid for […]
Former Societe Generale Traders Said to Start New Hedge Fund
(Bloomberg) Former Societe Generale SA traders led by Jong Beum Kim plan to start a new hedge fund that will employ several strategies seeking to profit from volatility in Asian markets and exploiting mispricing of related securities, according to people […]