Category Archives: Syndicated
YieldStreet acquires WealthFlex
(Opalesque) YieldStreet, the digital wealth management platform, today announced the acquisition of WealthFlex-a first-of-its-kind digital IRA platform providing investors with fast, easy, and cost-effective access to private investment opportunities through self-directed IRAs. To read this article:
The best year financial markets have ever had?
(Reuters) – For all the angst about trade wars, geopolitics and a sputtering and overly indebted global economy, 2019 might just be the best year investors have ever had. To read this article:
Dollar buoyed by signs of solid U.S. economy, pound ticks up
(Reuters) – The dollar held firm at the start of a holiday-thinned week on Monday, as U.S. data pointed to solid economic growth while the British pound bounced slightly after having suffered its biggest weekly fall in three years. To […]
Ray Dalio founded the world’s most profitable hedge fund–here’s who he looks up to
(CNBC) Ray Dalio built the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, which currently has about $150 billion in assets under management. He founded Bridgewater out of his apartment in New York City in 1975, and since then, it has “delivered […]
Viral video of hedge fund billionaire bragging about wealth could be a Warren campaign ad
(CNBC) A video making the rounds on Wall Street of a hedge fund billionaire bragging about his wealth in the backseat of a New York City taxicab might as well be a Sen. Elizabeth Warren presidential campaign ad, CNBC’s Jim […]
SBAI publishes memo on co-investments
(Hedgeweek) The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) has published a memo on co-investments which was developed by the Standards Board’s Governance Working Group. To read this article:
Flat World Partners expands into hedge fund market through partnership with Titan Advisors
(Opalesque) Flat World Partners, an institutional advisory and asset management firm 100% focused on sustainable investments, today announced a partnership with hedge fund solutions business Titan Advisors, aimed at filling an ESG gap in the hedge fund market. To read […]
YieldStreet acquires WealthFlex
(Opalesque) YieldStreet, the digital wealth management platform, today announced the acquisition of WealthFlex-a first-of-its-kind digital IRA platform providing investors with fast, easy, and cost-effective access to private investment opportunities through self-directed IRAs. To read this article:
NAIC and Aon form partnership to support diverse-owned private equity firms
(Opalesque) The National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC), the largest network of diverse-owned private equity firms and hedge funds, and Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, announced a […]
Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Funds benchmark returns +1.29% in November
(Opalesque) The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark returned +1.29% in November. This builds on gains of 0.88% in October and pushes the 2019 YTD and 12-month returns to +9.66% and +7.27% respectively. All but one of the top-level strategies made […]
Värde Partners raises $2.47bn for its 13th alternative investment fund
(Opalesque) The global alternative investment firm Varde Partners closed its latest distressed debt fund, Varde Fund XIII, with $2.5 billion in commitments, above its $2 billion target. The Fund will have the flexibility to invest in a range of credit […]
Why are Singapore Hedge Funds so Successful?
(AlternativeSoft) Singapore is home to two of the top ten HF in 2019 Vanda Global Fund a small but well-run hedge fund in Singapore is the best performing hedge fund of 2019 with 300% returns. Quantedge Capital who manage $2.1B […]