Category Archives: Syndicated
SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index down 1.32 per cent in November
(Hedgeweek) The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for November 2018 measured -1.32 per cent. To read this article:
Quant funds are 27 per cent cheaper to manage, says Fitz Partners
(Hedgeweek) Fitz Partners Fund Charges databases will now include new criteria intended to allow an even more precise fee benchmarking of funds falling in between active and passive management. To read this article:
‘Cryptocurrency will put individuals in control of their wealth’
(HedgeWeek) It is very easy to look at the price of bitcoin and assume that it is way too volatile, perhaps even worthless, and unworthy of wasting one’s investment dollars on. At USD3,236 the price is way off the heights […]
Hedge Fund Moves At Short End of U.S. Curve Show Fed Cuts Not Too Far Away
(Reuters) The Federal Reserve will raise interest rates later this week and probably again early next year, but that will be the end of tightening cycle and it won’t be long before rate cuts are on the table. That’s the […]
Inside The Steady Rise of Hedge Fund Investor William Heard
(Forbes) For the $3 trillion hedge fund industry, this year is all but assured to be one of the worst on record. Big funds are shuttering on an almost weekly basis….For William Heard, a 36-year old Chicago-based manager, however, the […]
Goldman Buys Fund-of-Hedge Funds Manager
(Institutional Investor) Goldman Sachs Group’s asset management unit said Thursday that it’s buying Aptitude Investment Management, a fund-of-hedge funds manager on North America’s west coast….Aptitude, which has offices in Seattle and Vancouver, oversaw $3.5 billion in discretionary assets. To read […]
Multifamily office assets jump up more than 50% to $1.2tn in U.S. over the last five years
(Opalesque) Multifamily office assets – and marketplace acceptance of their client-centric model – are both up sharply, increasing more than fifty percent to an estimated $1.2tn in the U.S. over the last five years, said an industry report. Multifamily offices […]
Hedge fund Tradex Global Advisors acquires JCL Capital Partners
(Hedgeweek) Tradex Global Advisors, a privately held hedge fund, has acquired JCL Capital Partners and launched Tradex Realty Partners, a real estate finance company that originates and/or acquires senior loans collateralised by institutional quality real estate in well-located, supply constrained […]
GTS acquires stake in systematic investment firm Wavelength Capital Management
(Hedgeweek) GTS, an electronic market maker across global financial instruments, has acquired an ownership stake in Wavelength Capital Management, a New York-based systematic investment firm. To read this areticle:
Hedge Fund Triada Says Now is Best Time to Buy Asian Credit
(Bloomberg) For Triada Capital Ltd., a Hong Kong-based hedge fund focusing on pan-Asian corporate credit, 2019 offers abundant buying opportunities following the region’s worst bond sell-off in a decade this year. “There’s a wealth of opportunities for good trades next […]
China Development Bank Supervising HNA Asset Sales
(Reuters) China Development Bank (CDB) is leading a team to supervise HNA Group’s asset disposals as the heavily indebted conglomerate scales back operations to a point that will leave it holding only core assets, people familiar with the situation said. […]
Barclays, a Hedge Fund and Two Traders’ Hidden $400 Million Loss
(Bloomberg) A hedge fund’s lawsuit has unearthed some trading losses that Barclays Plc might have preferred to forget. Two metals traders at Barclays were dismissed seven years ago after racking up losses of $396 million, according to documents disclosed in […]