Category Archives: Syndicated

Hedge Funds Reverse Two-Month Redemption Trend in May

(Opalesque) Hedge funds reversed a brief two-month redemption trend in May with $800 million in industry inflows, a turnaround from April’s $9.4 billion in redemptions. While the fund flow needle turned upward in May, the month’s inflows represented a negligible […]

Hedge Funds Are $200 Million Richer After Mounting Ambu Attack

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds betting against Ambu A/S have made more than $200 million since embarking on the year’s most aggressive short-selling campaign to target a Danish company. To read this article:

Barclay CTA Index gains 1.59 per cent in June

(Hedgeweek) CTA funds posted a 1.59 per cent return in June, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year-to-date, the Index has gained 3.84 per cent through June. To read this article:

Hedge funds reverse two-month redemption trend in May

(Opalesque) Hedge funds reversed a brief two-month redemption trend in May with $800 million in industry inflows, a turnaround from April’s $9.4 billion in redemptions. While the fund flow needle turned upward in May, the month’s inflows represented a negligible […]

CTAs give back some of their gains from bonds

(Opalesque) CTAs which hold large long bond and USD positions gave back some of their earlier gains, Lyxor said in its weekly brief. Most other hedge fund strategies were about flat this week. With only about 12% of the distressed […]

Activist hedge fund Elliott takes stake in UK’s Saga

(Reuters) – Activist investor Elliott has disclosed a stake in Saga Plc (SAGAG.L) less than a month after the specialist tourism and insurance firm warned discounting was hurting its tours business. Saga has been trying to shake off its image […]

Deutsche Bank, BNP Face Reality of $168 Billion Hedge-Fund Deal

(Bloomberg) When Deutsche Bank AG said it was exiting the business of servicing hedge funds as part of its historic retreat, French rival BNP Paribas SA seemed poised to benefit. The reality is more complicated. The two European banking giants […]

Alternative Investment Team Views Sustainability Reporting as Increasingly Important

(Opalesque) The importance of sustainability remains front and center both on the world stage and social media -from images of countless marine animals washing up dead after ingesting large quantities of plastic, to ongoing fights over the pollution caused by […]

CTA funds up in June, led by crypto

(Opalesque) CTA funds posted a 1.59% return in June, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. Year-to-date, the Index has gained 3.84% through June.”Recession fears coupled with market anticipation of Fed loosening rallied […]

Natixis – Investors remain perplexed by volatility

(Opalesque) Market volatility has been a wake-up call for many US investors whose high return expectations don’t accurately reflect their appetite and understanding of risk, particularly when it comes to active and passive investing. According to a new survey released […]

LPs have a more positive view of the economy than Wall Street

(Opalesque) Institutional investors are more positive about the state of the economy than much of Wall Street is, according to a new survey from placement agent Eaton Partners. 50 percent of investors surveyed say that even though the economy is […]

Making sense of chaos? Algos scour social media for clues to crypto moves

(Reuters) – After months of relative calm in cryptocurrency markets, bitcoin exploded back into life in April with its sharpest price jump in over a year – but few people could convincingly explain why. To read this article: