HedgeCo Insights

(Bloomberg) The main investment pool managed by Chris Hohn, the London-based founder of The Children’s Investment Fund Management UK LLP, gained 14 percent in the 11 months through November, according to a person familiar with the matter.The Children’s Investment Fund, […]

(Reuters) Almost half of hedge fund firms plan to roll out a new hedge fund by the end of next year despite regulations challenging how they market, the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) said on Monday.The hedge fund trade body’s […]

(Harvest) In general, I find reading short reports to be a very valuable exercise. I don’t do much shorting in my accounts for clients, but I find that for the most part, short sellers provide a useful service to the […]

(CNBC) Just as it seemed as if 2015 would be a total wipeout for hedge funds, October brought the industry some life.As a whole, the $2.8 trillion industry rebounded to a 1.8 percent gain in October, according to numbers released […]

(Variety.com) Filmmakers who would like to make the submarine action thriller “Hunter Killer,” attempting to extricate their film project from bankrupt Relativity Studios, accused the company and its founder Ryan Kavanaugh of operating a massive “sham,” which hedge funds continue […]

(ABC News)A forensic psychologist hired by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office says a man accused of killing his hedge-fund founder father over a cut in his allowance is fit to stand trial. The New York Times reported that Stuart Kirschner […]

(Reuters)BNP Paribas may make significant middle and back office job cuts as part of a plan to cut costs in its investment bank that includes using ‘big data’ technology to identify client needs, a person familiar with the matter said. […]

(Reuters) Hedge funds cut their bullish wagers on U.S. oil by the most since July this week, trade data showed on Friday, after a tumble in gasoline prices, slower growth in China and worries about an impending return in Iranian […]

(Yahoo Finance) Blackstone (BX) reported a 38% fall in its hedge fund solutions segment’s total 3Q15 revenues to $98 million as compared to $158 million in 3Q14. Economic income for hedge fund solutions also fell by 52% during the third […]

(Harvest) It seems that since the recovery from the finical crisis of 2008, hedge funds have had a string of reasons for their persistent underperformance. First it was the fact that they were “defensively positioned” and did not capture the […]

(Reuters) The departure of DuPont’s chairwoman and chief executive Ellen Kullman has bought the U.S. chemical manufacturer a few months’ grace to boost its stock price and appease activist investor Nelson Peltz.Before Kullman’s surprise retirement announcement, the billionaire fund manager […]