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Singer and Ackman Are Concerned About China–Goldman Isn’t
(Bloomberg) Hedge fund managers including Paul Singer and Bill Ackman who’ve been concerned about the slump in China’s stock markets may feel better if they listened to the country’s best economists. Singer, whose hedge fund Elliott Management has been locked […]
Award Winning HedgeCoVest Platform Unveils New Products For Advisors and Investors
New York (HedgeCo.net) HedgeCoVest, a real-time hedge fund replication platform, unveiled the HedgeCoVest Composite Models. Derived from actual hedge fund manager trades, these 15 sector-specific investment products encompass long and short positions, enabling investors to access the highest conviction investment […]
Greek Bailout Rests On Asset Sale Plan That’s Already Failed
(Bloomberg) Greece’s last-ditch bailout requires the country to sell 50 billion euros ($55 billion) of assets, an ambition it hasn’t come close to achieving under previous restructuring plans. The government of then-Prime Minister George Papandreou in 2011 set the same […]
Hedge Funds Cut Bullish Exposure To US Oil By Most Since 2012
(Reuters) Hedge funds and other speculators have made their sharpest cut in more than two and a half years to their bullish exposure toward U.S. crude oil, trade data showed Friday, a further sign that investor confidence in the oil […]
Paulson Said To Build Stake In Syngenta To Support Monsanto
(Bloomberg) Paulson & Co. has amassed a large number of shares in the Swiss pesticide company that’s trying to fend off a $45 billion takeover offer from U.S. rival Monsanto Co. and is supportive of a deal between the two, […]
Einhorn Says Europe Letting Greece Collapse To Stop Populism
(Bloomberg) David Einhorn, founder of Greenlight Capital, said Europe’s leaders are prepared to let Greece fail to discourage other countries from electing populists. “Europe is unwilling to allow Syriza a face-saving compromise, even if that means Greece collapses and the […]
Puerto Rico Journalists Sue Government To Reveal Hedge Fund Names
(Reuters) Journalists in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory negotiating with bondholders to restructure up to $72 billion of debt, are suing the government to release the names of hedge funds that hold bonds issued by the Caribbean island. “The information […]
Hedge Fund Outflows Hit Six-Month High
(Reuters) Investors cut their bets on hedge funds at the fastest pace for six months in July, data showed on Tuesday, as the Greek debt crisis, concerns over Chinese economic growth and U.S. interest rate uncertainty made for volatile global […]
New Style of Hedge Fund Gaining in Popularity
New York (HedgeCo.Net) One of the hottest trends in the hedge fund industry is what is called a co-investment fund. Ironically, they are attributed to the hedge fund industry, but there isn’t anything about them that is hedged. A co-investment […]
Are Investors Too Prepared For a Market Correction?
New York (HedgeCo.Net) A recent Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey of the company’s money management clients indicates that fund managers are optimistic, but they are also the most cautious they have been in years. • 31% of those surveyed […]
Panic Sets In Among Hedge Fund Investors Remaining in Greece
(New York Times) For investors around the world looking at Greece, there was but one question Sunday: What is going to happen when the markets open? On Sunday night, the prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, said in a televised address that […]
Why A Hedge Fund Manager Is Betting Big On Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac
(Motley Fool) Over the past year and a half, famed activist investor Bill Ackman has built a massive long position in two of the most derided companies in the U.S.: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac . These two government-sponsored entities […]
