Category Archives: Syndicated
Hedge funds stick to the sidelines in oil
(Reuters) – Hedge funds and other money managers left their petroleum positions essentially unchanged last week as the poor outlook for consumption offset production concerns stemming from tensions in the Middle East. The net long position in petroleum futures and […]
Balyasny Gains in First Half After Losses Prompted Reorganization in 2018
(Reuters) Balyasny Asset Management, a Chicago-based hedge fund that shed $4 billion in assets last year and cut 20% of its staff, was back in positive territory for the first half of this year, suggesting its massive overhaul might be […]
Why Is India Trying to Kill Off Hedge Funds?
(Bloomberg) India is killing off the one industry that can bring badly behaving tycoons into line while nudging savers away from an unproductive lust for gold. That industry is domestic hedge funds, which have taken seven years to reach $6 […]
Corzine Accepts Prop Trading Ban in His Wall Street Resurrection
(Bloomberg) Jon Corzine’s commodities firm blew up the last time he was trading on Wall Street. Now regulators want to make sure his new hedge fund doesn’t suffer the same fate. The Securities and Exchange Commission will place a series […]
Hedge Funds Report Strongest First Half of a Calendar Year
(Opalesque) In the week ending July 12th 2019, HFR reported that hedge funds rose 5.7% from January through June, according to Hedge Fund Research Inc.’s asset-weighted index of managers. Funds posted broad gains “to conclude the strongest first half of […]
JPMorgan Says Investor Positioning Signals Limited Stocks Upside
(Bloomberg) Stocks may not have more room to run going by the way investors are placing their bets, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. To read this article:
Accused child sex trafficker has $56.4 million cash, even more in hedge funds, real estate, stocks
(CNBC) Jeffrey Epstein has a ton of cash on hand — but the accused child sex trafficker has even more more money tied up in hedge funds, private equity plays and real estate, a newly unsealed court document reveals. The […]
Hedge fund industry posting best H1 returns since 2009
(Opalesque) Hedge funds’ monthly results returned to the black in June. For the month, the hedge fund industry posted a 1.94% return, a turnaround from May’s 1.66% decline, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division […]
MJ Hudson acquires ESG consultancy from Spring Associates
(Hedgeweek) MJ Hudson, an asset management consultancy, has acquired Spring Associates Responsible Investment Service, an ESG (environmental, social and governance) consultancy and reporting business, based in Amsterdam. To read this article:
Palladium Equity Partners raises $1.56bn for fifth buy-out fund
(Opalesque) The New York-based Hispanic-Focused Palladium Equity Raises has raised just over $1.5bn for its newest and largest fund. The middle market private equity firm with over $3bn in assets under management raised about $1.56bn at the close of its […]
The unlisted natural resources market remains very crowded as managers bring new funds to market
(Opalesque) The unlisted natural resources market remains very crowded, with managers bringing new funds to market more quickly than they are being closed. At the start of Q3 2019 there are 307 funds seeking a total of $208bn from investors […]
Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index Gains 1.62% in June
(Opalesque) The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 1.62% in June, barely outperforming the 1.61% monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. To read this […]