Category Archives: Hedge Fund Strategies
Man Group: Funds Under Management Down 9%
Man Group PLC reports new highlights for 6 months (ending 30 June 2013) ? Total tangible assets at 30 June 2013 of $2.2bn ? Net tangible assets at 30 June 2013 of $1.3bn, 72 cents or 47 pence per share […]
Hedge Funds, Super-Wealthy Leaving France
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Following President Francois Hollande’s pledge to raise a top income tax rate of 75% last year, a number of ultra wealthy individuals have already reportedly exited the country to more liberal tax regimes, according to a […]
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 […]
SEC Fact Sheet: Restrictions For Hedge Funds Under The JOBS Act
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The SEC has released more details on some of the restrictions hedge funds and others will face in light of the new, looser rules on general advertising. “As we fulfill our mission to facilitate capital formation […]
Largest building in the world opens in China – complete with indoor seaside
Guardian – Beneath smoggy clouds in the Chinese mega-city of Chengdu, waves lap against sandy shores and a salty breeze blows across the beach. 6,000 holidaymakers look out on a glowing sunset, dining on platters of “the rarest oceanic fish […]
Man’s Fund Of Hedge Fund Arm Seeds AI Company
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Man Group plc’s fund of hedge fund division, FRM, has made a seed allocation to Norwegian applied mathematics, economics, computer linguistics, and software development company CommEq Asset Management. Man is also helping CommEq launch an institutional […]
Gibraltar Campaigns To Attract Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Gibraltar has launched a campaign to bring London hedge funds to “the Rock,” the Guardian reports. Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has made attracting hedge funds one of the main goals of his administration, last week […]
Hedge Funds Investing In Junk Mortgage Bonds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Hedge funds are speculating that some of the mortgage insurers hit the worst by the U.S. housing crisis will big winners in the rebound. Hedge funds Paulson & Co. and Maverick Capital have both made serious investments into the struggling sector. ‘Maverick, […]
Goldman Launches Access To Hedge Funds For Only $1000
New York (HedgeCo.)net) – Goldman Sachs has plans to bring the trading strategies of Wall Street hedge funds to investors with as little as $1000, financial news source The Street Reports. “The bank’s investment management unit, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, […]
AllianceBernstein’s Global Funds Win Top Industry Honors at Lipper Awards
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – AllianceBernstein announced today that nine of its funds spanning the fixed income, equities, emerging markets and technology sectors won a total of 35 top honors in Europe, Asia and the U.S. at this year’s Lipper awards. […]
Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Wants A Sony Spin-Off
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Bloomberg reports that the founder of hedge fund Third Point is looking to breakup Sony Corp., after acquiring a 6.5 percent stake in the company. Daniel Loeb wants Sony to spin off part of its entertainment arm […]
Volatility Hedge Funds Down In 2013
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Volatility funds such as $600 million Saiers Capital fund, use strategies that take advantage of pricing discrepancies caused by gyrations in global financial markets. “These funds flourished in the years after the financial crisis, when volatility was running hot, […]