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Greenlight Capital to take a board seat at SunEdison:
(Reuters) – SunEdison Inc will give hedge fund Greenlight Capital a board seat after a decline in the solar company’s stock price and the departure of some senior officials, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with […]
Hedge Funds Suffer First Quarterly Net Outflows in 4 Years
(Bloomberg) Investors withdrew more money from hedge funds than they added between October and December in the industry’s first quarterly net outflow in four years, according to a research report.Investors pulled a net $1.52 billion from the $2.9 trillion industry […]
SEC: Equinox Fund Management Overcharged Investors, Must Repay $6 Million
(Barron’s) Denver-based managed futures specialist Equinox Fund Management must repay investors about $6 million to settle an investigation that found it overcharged investors and deviated from its valuation methodology for derivatives, the Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday.Equinox has […]
Hedge Funds Stars Join Losers’ Club For First Time
(Reuters) An elite group of hedge fund managers must have awakened on Jan. 1 with an unusual type of hangover: their first annual loss.Large funds managed by King Street Capital Management, CQS, Pine River Capital Management, Metacapital Management, DW Partners […]
Goldman Sachs Strategists See U.S. Bull Market in Last Innings
(Bloomberg) U.S. stocks are nearing the end of a long bull market, according to investment strategists at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. who cater to the bank’s wealthy individual clients. “We expect a few more innings and are cautiously optimistic,” according […]
These Three Trading Themes Dominated 2015: What’s Big In 2016?
(Benzinga) The year 2015 saw three major themes dominate: 1) Falling Commodity and Forex Prices, 2) China, Europe and Emerging Markets Slowdown and 3) Fed Rate Hike. No. 1 Falling Commodity And Forex Prices The year started with extreme volatility […]
Former LTCM Managers Start Firm to Tap China Hedge-Fund Demand
(Bloomberg) Former Long-Term Capital Management executives have started a firm that will connect Chinese investors with international hedge funds, as turmoil in the world’s second-largest equities market spurs demand for overseas assets. John Meriwether is an early financial backer of […]
These hedge funders are the few who are killing it
(CNBC) For the average hedge fund, 2015 was nothing to brag about, and even may have proved humiliating. But a handful of portfolio managers outperformed their peers by a big margin, largely thanks to smart stock picking and shorting in […]
Time For Worried Investors To Start Betting On Hedge Funds?
(CNBC) Money spent on the high fees that come with investing in hedge funds might seem to have been a waste over the last six years, considering the performance of traditional assets. But with the bull market in stocks now […]
KYLE BASS: There’s a ‘massive opportunity’ in energy
(Business Insider) Texan hedge fund manager J. Kyle Bass, founder of the $1.6 billion Dallas-based Hayman Capital, says there’s a “massive opportunity in energy.”Like many investors last year, Bass had been predicting a rebound in oil prices in 2015. That […]
This Hedge Fund Manager’s Worst Ideas For 2016 May Surprise You
(Seeking Alpha) In a new piece for Seeking Alpha, hedge fund manager Chris DeMuth, Jr. wrote a tongue-in-cheek piece spelling out some popular trading ideas for 2016 that he believes are among the worst trades to make. Here’s a look […]
SEC: Traders Agree To Pay More Than $920,000 To Settle Insider Trading Case
(HITC Business) The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that two traders in China and Hong Kong have agreed to pay more than$920,000 to settle an insider trading case against them. Cousins and business associates Zhichen Zhou and Yannan Liu, […]
