Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Wealth Managers Are Facing New Challenges
New York (HedgeCo.Net) One of the iconic lines from the movie Moneyball comes when Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) is being confronted by old-school scout Grady Fuson (Ken Medlock). Fuson is unhappy that the Oakland A’s are taking a new approach […]
Manager Profile and Insights: Adam Savin and Jeffrey Roney, Maxwell Thacher
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Maxwell Thacher was founded in early 2014 by Jeffrey Roney and Adam Savin who serve as the firm’s general partners and acting co-portfolio managers. The firm currently manages over $100 million in assets through two investment vehicles, […]
Not All Chinese Stocks Are Rallying
New York (HedgeCo.Net)The Chinese stock market has been all the rage for several months now and with good reason. Over the last year, the Shanghai Composite Index (SSEC) is up almost 150% over the last 12 months. This information is […]
Financial Advisors At Wirehouses Slowly Increasing Alternative Allocations
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – It may be at a snail’s pace, but the latest data suggests that financial advisors at wirehouse firms are slowly increasing their client allocations to alternative investments. In a report from the Money Management Institute and […]
Fund Manager Profile and Insights: Ron Breitigam, Lake Austin Advisors
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Lake Austin Advisors is an alternative investment manager located in Austin, Texas. Founded and seeded by successful technology entrepreneur Joel Trammel, the firm runs actively managed trading strategies available to both institutional, family office and high net […]
Annual Barron’s Hedge Fund List Released
New York (HedgeCo.net)- The annual Barron’s Hedge Fund List was released over the weekend and for the second straight year, Glenview Offshore Opportunity Fund came in at number one. The fund managed by Larry Robbins accumulated a three-year annualized gain […]
Tough June For Big Name Hedge Funds, Not Our Composite Models
New York (HedgeCo.Net) June was a tough month for the overall market with the S&P 500 losing 2.1% over the course of the month as the debt crisis in June spooked investors in the last week and that drop was […]
Industry Survey Suggests Blended Portfolios On The RIse
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Citigroup recently released its sixth annual Industry Evolution Survey and the results showed that investment managers are working on portfolios that make use of new products and attempt to build dynamic portfolios that blend different asset […]
Legislation Proposed To End Tax Break For Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – With all the political rhetoric from the Democratic Party, you knew it was coming. Senator Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis. and House Ways and Means Committee ranking member Sander Levin, D-Mich, have introduced legislation that would end the […]
Thoughts From Julian Robertson On Greece
New York (HedgeCo.net) – While most people were dealing with chaos on Monday with many world indices losing two percent or more, Julian Robertson was profiting from a bet against the Euro. In an interview with CNBC on Tuesday, Robertson […]
Hedge Funds Betting On A Canadian Real Estate Bubble
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The hedge funds that made ridiculous returns by betting on the U.S. housing market implosion in 2007 have now selected their next target. These hedge funds are now betting on a similar implosion in Canada and […]
The Added Value Active Management Is Providing
New York (HedgeCo.Net) In preparation for the mid-year and second quarter report card for the sectors and for the HedgeCoVest models which we will produce next week, we started looking at some of the sector information and how our composite […]