Category Archives: Syndicated
Schroders expands access to private equity with new fund
(Opalesque) Schroders has launched a new private equity fund that is designed to be open to more investors. The Schroder GAIA II Specialist Private Equity Fund offers monthly subscriptions and quarterly redemptions. Investors can also gain exposure with a minimum […]
Responsible investing rapidly becoming critical to institutional investors, according to new Aon survey
(Opalesque) Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, today released the results of its 2019 Global Perspectives on Responsible Investing survey and found an enormous uptick in the importance […]
HC Private Investments and Landon family office launch platform for emerging private equity managers
(Opalesque) HC Private Investments, a Chicago-based private investment firm, and Landon Capital Partners, a Boston-based family office, today announced the formation of Evolution Managers Capital, a platform for emerging private equity managers to launch their own investment efforts. Evolution will […]
Kyle Bass says investments in Chinese firms are not safe
(CNBC) Chinese companies do not deserve to be listed on U.S. stock exchanges if they don’t adhere to the same standards as every American company, said hedge fund manager and Hayman Capital Management founder Kyle Bass. With about $1 trillion […]
Siebert Financial Corp to acquire Weeden Prime Services
(Hedgeweek) Financial services provider Siebert Financial Corp is to purchase Weeden Prime Services (Weeden Prime), a prime brokerage services provider. To read this article:
Trump administration may be ‘inching toward bigger moves’ against China, Ray Dalio says
(CNBC) Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio said the White House’s deliberation on a block on U.S. investments in China made him wonder if bigger moves are on the way. Dalio, founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, said in […]
Everything Is Private Equity Now
(Bloomberg) Private equity managers won the financial crisis. A decade since the world economy almost came apart, big banks are more heavily regulated and scrutinized. Hedge funds, which live on the volatility central banks have worked so hard to quash, […]
There’s a New Hedge Fund for Badly Governed Companies in Japan
(Bloomberg) The yet-to-be-named long-short fund will seek out about 30 undervalued companies with good governance, while shorting roughly 60 richly valued businesses with weak oversight, said Khan, 50, who recently left his position as head of research at Jefferies Japan […]
OKEx launches initiative to develop global compliance standards for cryptocurrency exchanges
(Hedgeweek) OKEx, a spot and futures digital asset exchange, has launched an initiative to create a Self-Regulated Organisation (SRO) aimed at standardising exchange practices and policies. To read this article:
Ex-Societe Generale Traders’ Hedge Fund to Shut Down
(Bloomberg) An ex-Societe Generale SA trader is shutting his less than four-year-old multistrategy hedge fund because of high running costs and difficult capital-raising environment. Three Stones Capital Ltd. plans to return money to investors by the end of the year, […]
To Hedge Or Not To Hedge? With Currency, It’s a Vital Question
(Harvest) With global markets growing more volatile, we’re often asked what we think are the most underappreciated risks that investors face today. One in particular stands out: currency risk—especially for non-US dollar–based investors. To see what we mean, let’s consider […]
AI Isn’t Ready to Take Fund Manager Jobs Yet
(Bloomberg) How good is artificial intelligence at managing money? To judge by the recent performance of some AI-driven strategies, it doesn’t look like the robots are going to take over from the humans anytime soon. To read this article: