Category Archives: Syndicated

Hedge Fund Three Bays to Close After Poor Performance

(Bloomberg) Hedge fund Three Bays Capital plans to shutter after years of weak performance, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The company, which was started in 2013 by former Highfields Capital Management money manager Matthew Sidman, will return […]

Equity and Quant Hedge Funds Hit Hardest by Stock Market Rout

(Bloomberg) October’s stock rout is inflicting the most pain on equity and quant hedge funds. As the U.S. stock market headed for its worst month in seven years, equity funds have slumped 6.8 percent through Monday, Morgan Stanley’s prime brokerage […]

Hedge funds to increase assets by 31% to $4.7 tn by 2023: Preqin

(Opalesque) The alternative assets industry is set to expand across all asset classes over the next five years and alternative investment assets will increase by 59% to $14 tn by 2023, said a study. To read this article:

HiddenLevers wants more granular data from SMA providers

(Hedgeweek) HiddenLevers, a risk tech provider serving sophisticated RIAs, wants to see more detailed data from asset managers dealing in separately managed accounts. To read this article:

Ex-BlackRock credit chief eyes 2019 hedge fund launch:

(Reuters) – BlackRock’s former head of European fundamental credit is preparing to launch his own hedge fund next year in what is likely to be one of the year’s biggest debuts, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. […]

Short-seller Left to seek investor money for fund

(Reuters) – Andrew Left, the founder of Citron Research whose bets against companies from electric car maker Tesla Inc to drug maker Valeant Pharmaceuticals made him one of Wall Street’s most prominent short-sellers, is ready to put investors’ money where […]

Hedge Fund Frontlight Capital to Close Doors

(Wall Street Journal) Another hedge-fund firm is closing its doors. Boston-based hedge fund Frontlight Capital LP is shutting after fewer than three years in operation, people familiar with the matter said. Four other hedge funds earlier this month announced they […]

Where the Money Goes: Private Capital Gets It, Hedge Funds Don’t

(Bloomberg) As trade wars and rising interest rates rattle markets, investors are shifting capital. Three-quarters of the way through 2018, money flowing into private funds dedicated to credit, property and other real assets is on track to top last year. […]

Hedge Funds May Finally Be Turning On Tech Stocks

(Valuewalk) Hedge Fund managers and market watchers have been saying it for months. Tech stocks are done; it’s time to ditch the pricey momentum names in favor of value stocks. Unfortunately it seems like every time we hear that, the […]

Here are the Stock Picks From the Rising Hedge Fund Stars at Sohn

(CNBC) A slew of Wall Street’s top hedge funds managers offered insights into their latest bets on Monday at the annual Sohn San Francisco Investment Conference. The conference is best known for hedge-fund managers making market-moving presentations, and began this […]

Einhorn’s Greenlight scores small gain in October

(Reuters) – Billionaire investor David Einhorn’s hedge fund Greenlight Capital posted a small gain in October, when stocks tumbled, but is still nursing some of the industry’s biggest losses for the year, an investor said on Wednesday. To read this […]

Manulife Finds Regulatory Ally in Legal Hedge Fund Battle

(Bloomberg) Manulife Financial Corp. got help from insurance regulators in Saskatchewan in its battle with Mosten Investment LP over how much the hedge fund could deposit into the insurer’s high-yielding investment policies. To read this article: