Category Archives: Syndicated

Harvard Endowment Needs to Lower Fees, Not Pay

(Bloomberg) The battle over investment fees is coming to a college campus near you.A group of Harvard University alumni known as the Class of 1969 Ad Hoc Committee on Harvard’s Endowment Management recently complained in a letter to Harvard President […]

Mifid II drives race for research alternatives

(Hedgeweek) How are hedge funds changing their research methods in the wake of MiFID II? Joe McGrath investigates… To read this article:

Rising global risks cause investor flight to safety, but UK equity funds buck the trend

(Hedgeweek) A bad month for share prices made relatively little impact on investors in May, according to the latest Fund Flow Index (FFI) from global funds transaction network Calastone, but mainly because buyers have been on strike now for months. […]

Ray Dalio, David Rubenstein and Marc Lasry to headline second annual Greenwich Economic Forum

(Opalesque) The Greenwich Economic Forum (GEF) announced that its annual event will be taking place at the Delamar Greenwich Harbor Hotel on November 5-6, 2019. GEF will once again gather an elite group of leaders from global finance, business, government, […]

Elliott Management in talks to buy Barnes & Noble

(Reuters) Hedge fund Elliott Management Corp is in talks to acquire Barnes & Noble Inc, in a deal that would mark the end of the once-dominant U.S. book retailer as a publicly listed company, a source familiar with the matter […]

U.S. regulators probe embattled hedge fund firm City Financial

(Reuters) (Reuters) – U.S. regulators are investigating City Financial Investment Company, a London-based hedge fund firm that entered administration three months ago, according to a notice. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) watchdog started an inquiry before two administrators […]

Fortress Billionaire Wes Edens Bets on ‘Freedom Gas’ Exports

(Bloomberg) Wes Edens is an unlikely evangelist for the benefits of U.S. natural gas exports — or “freedom gas,” as the Department of Energy likes to call it. The 57-year-old billionaire is a creature of Wall Street. After stints at […]

U.S. regulators probe embattled hedge fund firm City Financial

(Reuters) – U.S. regulators are investigating City Financial Investment Company, a London-based hedge fund firm that entered administration three months ago, according to a notice published at UK companies registrar Companies House on Tuesday. To read this article:

Activist hedge fund CIAM will ‘strongly oppose’ FCA-Renault deal

(Reuters) (Reuters) – Activist hedge fund CIAM has written to the board of French automaker Renault to say it “strongly opposed” a planned $35 billion merger with Fiat Chrysler. To read this article:

Short-Seller Pain That Began Monday Just Became a Bloodbath

(Bloomberg) A drubbing for short sellers that went under the radar Monday snowballed as dovish indications from the Federal Reserve handed bearish traders their worst back-to-back losses in five months. To read this article:

Goldman Says to Pick Darlings of Both Mutual and Hedge Funds

(Bloomberg) It’s good to be a beloved stock. And even better if you’re loved by a couple of key investor groups, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Stocks fancied by both mutual and hedge funds have enjoyed higher annualized returns […]

Key considerations when choosing an outsourced trading partner

(Hedgeweek) Outsourcing the trading function has become an important trend within the hedge fund industry as managers, both large and small, look to generate marginal gains by reducing the cost of operations. To read this article: