Category Archives: Hedge Fund Performance
Hedge Funds Who Invested In BP Partner Are Suing For Oil Spill Damages
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, a BP partner, is being sued by investors for its role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill at the Macondo well. Anadarko has over 100 hedge fund shareholders. Reuters reports: “The investors […]
Businessweek’s Visually Striking Hedge Fund Cover
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The most recent BusinessWeek cover has a provocative take on what it calls “The Hedge Fund Myth.” Bloomberg’s cover story “Hedge Funds Are For Suckers” delves into the reasons one should avoid hedge funds. “Hedge funds may […]
EU Hedge Funds And Risk Parity
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – UK and European institutional hedge fund investors reveal a growing, but in some cases limited familiarity of Risk Parity strategies according to an independent Europewide study, commissioned by Aquila Capital, one of Europe´s leading alternative investment managers. […]
Romney’s Hedge Fund: The Bain Bane & Binders Of Women
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – President hopeful Mitt Romney came close to admitting to a form of affirmative action when he referred to women he had scanned for placement under his governorship in Massachusetts. During the debates with President Obama, Mitt Romney referred to “binders of […]
Ultra High Net Worth Individuals’ Wealth Surpasses Combined GDP of US and China
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge fund research resource Wealth-X has launched the latest edition of its World Ultra Wealth Report. Highlights include: The world’s ultra wealthy population grew by 0.6% to reach 187,380 and their combined wealth shrank by 1.8% to reach […]
Major hedge fund dumps Best Buy
Hedge fund manager extraordinaire David Einhorn bet big on Best Buy stock. Then he lost big on Best Buy stock. In a letter to investors Monday, Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital said it sold off its 2.27 percent stake, or 7.7 million […]
Despite Hedge Fund loss of 0.9% for the month of June Inflows Remain Strong
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Morningstar reports that the Morningstar MSCI Composite Hedge Fund Index dropped 0.9% in June, the MSCI World Stock Index soared 5.1% during the same period. “Hedge fund strategies came up short in June despite strong overall […]
