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Hedge Funds Expose Argentina to $14 Billion Payment Risk
Business Week – The relative calm in Argentina’s debt markets since its default in July may be shattered as the risk increases that holders of $14 billion in bonds will ask for their money back immediately, according to Bank of […]
Hedge Fund RCB Launches Five New ETFs
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – RBC Global Asset Management is launching five new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) specifically designed to meet the needs of investors and advisors for income, access to international markets and reduced exposure to foreign currency risk. All […]
Hedge Funds Take Another Hit as Spinoff Stocks Fizzle
WSJ – U.S. companies looking to focus on their core businesses are spinning off or selling divisions at a record pace, moves that, in the past, have given shares a healthy boost. But lately, those efforts have been met with […]
Ugly October: ‘Hedge’ funds fail to protect
CNBC – Hedge funds designed to protect against falling and volatile markets have made a strong pitch to investors: Trust us with your money, and we’ll make lots of it for you when years of relatively smooth, positive stock returns […]
Third Point, Loeb’s Hedge Fund, Urges Amgen to Consider a Breakup
Dealbook – With corporate breakups on Wall Street’s mind, one of the biggest activist hedge fund managers around thinks the maneuver could prove helpful for the drug giant Amgen. Third Point, the hedge fund run by Daniel S. Loeb, suggested […]
Billionaire Hedge Fund Chief Jones Sees U.S. Stocks Beating Globe for Rest of 2014
Bloomberg – Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones, one of the most successful hedge-fund managers, said U.S. stocks will outperform other equity markets for the rest of the year. Jones, founder of the $13 billion Tudor Investment Corp., made the comments yesterday […]
The JOBS Act, Hedge Funds, Linkedin, And Twitter
Valuewalk – A recent report from research and strategic communications firm Peppercomm argues that the 2012 JOBS Act is having a significant impact on the evolving changes in hedge fund communication practices over the last couple of years. The Peppercomm report highlights […]
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Invests In NY Hedge Fund
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, the largest single-profession pension plan in Canada with C$140.8 billion of net assets, has agreed to acquire a 29.7% interest in USD 10 billion hedge fund Pamplona Capital Management’s CSC ServiceWorks. […]
Q3: Investors Allocate $11.4 Billion To Event-Driven Strategies
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Total hedge fund capital increased to a record level in the third quarter as financial market volatility increased into quarter-end, with inflows concentrated in Event Driven and Fixed Income-based Relative Value Arbitrage strategies, according to the latest HFR Global […]
Hedge Fund Management Fees Are Subject to Social Security Taxes
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Eurekahedge reports in an article by Mark Leeds and Mayer Brown that a recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audit ruling highlights planning traps that can dramatically affect when Social Security taxes can be imposed. On September 5, […]
Hedge Funds Up 3.82% With Net Inflows Of $60.7 Billion In 2014
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge funds are up 3.82% year-to-date, registering performance-based gains of $56.4 billion while witnessing net asset inflows of $60.7 billion in 2014, according to October’s issue of The Eurekahedge Report. North American hedge funds and funds […]
Misery Widespread at Hedge Funds
WSJ – This month’s turmoil in financial markets has been a “bloodbath” for hedge funds, inflicting large losses at an array of multibillion-dollar firms in the industry’s worst stretch since late 2011. It isn’t unusual for one segment of the […]