Category Archives: HedgeCo News
StoneCastle Financial Brings Back CDOs, Could Be Tough Sale
New York (HedgeCo.net) – During the financial crisis in 2008, most of the world learned about collateralized debt obligations or CDOs for the first time. Unfortunately, CDOs were not seen in a positive light as they were at the root […]
Energy Industry Debt Hurting Some Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – It appears as though a very popular trade heading in to 2015 isn’t working out the way some hedge fund managers thought it would. The strategy was buying the debt of energy companies after oil prices […]
Hedge Funds Are Fleeing Stocks: One Chart Tells The Story
(Benzinga) Evercore ISI’s recent hedge fund survey indicated that funds have their lowest net-long exposure to stocks in two years.Net-long exposure to stocks peaked in September of 2014.Analyst James Walsh said that funds’ net exposure has been a good contrary […]
China’s Crackdown on Stock Trading Impacts Copper Trading
New York (HedgeCo.net) – While regulators in China have been cracking down and restricting stock trading on its exchanges, there has been an unintended consequence on copper trading. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, trading in stock […]
Buffett and Gross Both Take Jabs at Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In the past few days, both Warren Buffett and Bill Gross have taken jabs at the hedge fund industry. Speaking at Fortune Magazine’s Most Powerful Women Summit on Tuesday, Buffett criticized the fee structure of hedge […]
Third Quarter Ends as the Worst Quarter in Four Years
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The third quarter came to a close and most investors are probably happy to see it go as it was the worst quarter for the overall market since the third quarter of 2011. The final tally […]
Hedge Fund Helps BlackRock Increase Revenue
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Investment management firm BlackRock Inc reported earnings yesterday and while the earnings came up short of last year’s numbers, they did beat analyst earnings per share and revenue estimates. BlackRock, the largest asset manager in the […]
Investment Ideas from the Sohn Investment Conference in Tel Aviv
New York (HedgeCo.net) – At the Sohn Investment Conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, noted hedge fund managers offered up their thoughts on where to invest right now. Among the ideas were several blue-chip stocks as well as several banks. […]
Latest Performance Report from SS&C has Hedge Funds Down in September
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The latest report from investment software provider SS&C shows that the average hedge fund lost 1.56% in September which is better than the 2.64% the S&P 500 lost. The SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index shows […]
More Bad News Expected For Fortress
New York (HedgeCo.net) – After announcing last month that it was selling off its investments in other hedge funds, alternative investment Fortress Investment group is expected to announce the closure of its macro fund. The fund has been struggling almost […]
Emerging Market Investments Could See Outflows for First Time in 27 Years
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Developed countries have poured money in to emerging markets in recent years as low interest rates and the need for greater diversification have led to an increased appetite for emerging market equities and debt instruments. However, […]
Chanos Bearish on Commodities
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In an interview with Bloomberg TV on Monday, noted short-seller Jim Chanos laid out a pretty bearish case for the commodities sector. Chanos is the founder of Kynikos Associates, a short-biased hedge fund, and he thinks […]