Category Archives: Activist Funds
Portfolio Mix Rebalancing: Alternatives Move to the Core of Asset Allocation
(HedgeCo.Net) The classic stock?bond mix (often 60/40 or 70/30) is under scrutiny. Rising market volatility, inflation concerns, and changes in interest?rate expectations are pushing investors to rethink what “core” in a portfolio really means. Increasingly, alternative investments (private equity, real […]
Private Credit ETFs: A New Frontier in Liquid Alts Raises Regulatory Questions
(HedgeCo.Net) One of the most closely watched developments this week in liquid alternatives is the rise of private?credit ETFs—vehicles that aim to bring exposure to the traditionally illiquid private lending space into publicly traded, more liquid wrappers. MarketWatch These ETFs […]
Cliff Asness Accelerates AI Push at AQR as Market Widens
(HedgeCo.Net) Cliff Asness, longtime quant investing luminary and co?founder of AQR Capital Management, is steering his firm ever deeper into algorithmic territory — a shift that could redefine the role of human discretion in quantitative asset management. Meanwhile, AR Capital […]
Whistleblower Earns $3.5 Million Award for Bolstering Ongoing Investigation
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a whistleblower award of more than $3.5 million to a company employee whose tip bolstered an ongoing investigation with additional evidence of wrongdoing that strengthened the SEC’s case. The SEC noted that […]
Hedge Funds and their Role in Investment Portfolios: View Live Web Streaming Conference
Over 400 investment professionals from 34-different countries are currently on line viewing today’s “Idea Generating Conference” via web streaming. HedgeCoVest and Investopedia are sponsoring the one day “Idea Generating Conference” to hear from hedge fund managers about their strategies, best […]
Google Chairman Invests In Hedge Fund D. E. Shaw
New York, HedgeCo.Net – Google chairman Eric Schmidt, has bought a 20% equity share in the D. E. Shaw group, a global hedge fund investment and technology development firm with more than $36 billion in aggregate investment capital. “I’ve always […]
Activist Hedge Funds: H Partners Wins Mattress Wars
New York (Hedgeco.Net) – The world’s largest bedding provider, Tempur Sealy, has acquiesced to pressure from Rehan Jaffer’s hedge fund, to remove Mark Sarvary as the Company’s President and CEO. Tempur Sealy also appointed one of Jaffer’s senior partners, Usman […]
