Category Archives: Syndicated
Cayman Funds – Meeting the new anti-money laundering rules, deadline approaching
(Hedgeweek) While New Year is generally a time of celebration, recent history has shown that it can also ring in a regulatory deadline or two. As the world welcomed in 2018, Europe saw the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID […]
Bullish Signal for Crude
(The Technical Analyst) James Dima, technical analyst at Marex Spectron, compares today’s crude market with that of 2012 and finds good reason to think a significant recovery will unfold. After the RSI broke above 30 on 19 June, two weeks […]
Mass Job Cuts At The High Paying Hedge Fund That Poached Junior Bankers.
(eFinancial Careers) When blue-chip hedge funds start making offers to junior bankers, there’s a clear trade off between risk and return. On the one hand, it’s the buy-side and hedge funds can pay very well indeed. On the other, hedge […]
Hedge Fund Oasis Seen Thwarted by Elliott on Alps-Alpine Deal
Hedge Fund Oasis Seen Thwarted by Elliott on Alps-Alpine Deal The Star posted on Tue 4 Dec 2018 Permalink Print Oasis Management Co. may be set to lose its battle to block a Japanese takeover after another hedge fund, Elliott […]
The Hedge Fund Barbarians Are Targeting European Telecoms
(Bloomberg) Telecommunications companies have long been the unglamorous workhorses of the stock market, favored by investors who appreciate the generous dividends thrown off by their utility-like business and, until recently, the relative lack of volatility in their share prices. But […]
Moelis Hires From Blackrock, Hedge Fund for Activist Defense Team
(Reuters) Investment bank Moelis & Co said on Monday it has hired an executive from the world’s largest index fund manager, BlackRock Inc, as well as a hedge fund professional, for its team advising companies facing activist shareholders. Ted Moon, […]
‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Jordan Belfort to surrender more profits to victims, judge rules
(HITC Business) Jordan Belfort, also known as the Wolf of Wall Street, is being ordered by a Brooklyn judge to hand over his entire equity interest in a private company…. To read this article:
Hedge Funds Are Ditching Big Tech Names As Sector Gets Slammed
(CNBC) Hedge funds bailed on tech stocks just in time, getting out of the battered sector and into a more defensive stance just as the market started its fourth-quarter slide. Managers rotated out of both information technology and its new […]
Hedge Fund Dream Job Is Vanishing
(Bloomberg) After 30 years in finance, David Goldburg’s dream was fading….His resume was good. Goldman Sachs prop desk. Managing money for Michael Milken. He tried to start his own hedge fund. His timing was bad. It didn’t work. To read […]
How Do We Solve The Public Pension Fund Crisis in the US? Are Hedge Funds to Blame?
(Opalesque) An article recently published about the grossly underfunded Kentucky State Retirement System suggests that gambling on high fee hedge funds and private equity funds, and the use of placement agents, were primarily to blame. For many readers, it was […]
U.S. Bank Regulator Airs Caution On Leveraged Loan Market
(Reuters) – A U.S. bank regulator believes that banks should be increasingly aware of activity in the leveraged lending market, cautioning rapid growth in that sector by nonbanks could pose future risks to the financial sector. To read this article:
Moelis Hires From BlackRock, Hedge Fund For Activist Defense Team
(Reuters) – Investment bank Moelis & Co said on Monday it has hired an executive from the world’s largest index fund manager, BlackRock Inc, as well as a hedge fund professional, for its team advising companies facing activist shareholders. To […]