Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Fall In Healthcare Blamed for Huge Dispersion Among Long/Short Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The healthcare sector has been on a true roller coaster ride this year with the sector gaining almost 14 percent through the first six and a half months of the year, but then it fell over […]
Investors Increasing Use of Non-Traditional Portfolio Tools
New York (HedgeCo.net) There is a new generation of investors operating in the market these days and this new generation isn’t afraid to try new or different things. They are increasingly using robo-advisers, liquid alternatives, smart or strategic beta funds […]
New Quant Fund Attracts Assets from Canadian Pension Fund
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Quant-based hedge funds have been among the top performing strategies in what is turning out to be a tough year for the hedge fund industry as a whole. According to research group HFR and the HFRI […]
Einhorn Proven Correct by SEC
New York (HedgeCo.net) – It may have taken ten years for it to fully play out, but David Einhorn and his fund Greenlight Capital got what they wanted: admission that St Joe Co. used accounting practices to overstate its earnings […]
Ackman to Host Conference Call Concerning Valeant Stake
New York (HedgeCo.net) – With one of his largest stakes suffering through an incredible decline over the last three months, Pershing Square Capital’s Bill Ackman will host a conference call for investors this Friday morning. Valeant is Pershing Square’s largest […]
Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index Shows a Loss of 1.41% in September
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The last of the major hedge fund indices released results yesterday and the Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index (CSHFI) showed a loss of 1.41% for the industry as a whole. The loss in September took the […]
Hedge Funds and Politics Making News
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Politics and hedge funds seem to be colliding in every corner of the world right now. With the Presidential campaigning in the United States just getting started for the 2016 election, several hedge fund managers are […]
Hedge Fund Focused on Marijuana Industry Looks to Canada
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The ETF industry has exploded over the last 16 years and there is a fund that focuses on just about every market in the world and one very almost every industry imaginable. The hedge fund industry […]
Last Week Was a Rough One for Bill Ackman
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The overall market may have moved higher last week, but Bill Ackman didn’t have a good week at all as two of his largest holdings fell sharply during the week. Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: VRX) is Ackman’s […]
Icahn Forms PAC to Use Activist Approach On Members of Congress
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund manager and activist investor Carl Icahn has announced that he is forming a political action committee in order to fix Congress. Icahn made the announcement with a tweet that simply said, “I am starting […]
Einhorn Makes Changes to Portfolio
New York (HedgeCo.net) – With his Greenlight Capital fund suffering through a 17% loss so far in 2015, David Einhorn has made a number of changes to the holdings in the portfolio. According to separate reports from Reuters and CNBC, […]
Valeant’s Fall Continues, Hedge Funds Among Major Holders
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: VRX) tumbled almost 28% in yesterday’s trading action and that extended the drop in the stock price by almost 60% since its peak in early August. Yesterday’s decline came about as the result […]