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Are Wealth Managers Facing An Adapt Or Die Scenario?
New York (HedgeCo.Net) One of the iconic lines from the movie Moneyball comes when Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) is being confronted by old-school scout Grady Fuson (Ken Medlock). Fuson is unhappy that the Oakland A’s are taking a new approach […]
HedgeCoVest Models Favorite and Least-Favorite Sectors
New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) – One of the advantages of having access to the hedge fund managers on the HedgeCoVest platform and the models they run on the platform is that we get to see look over their shoulders to see […]
Manager Profile & Insights: Stephen Fauer Pinnacle Capital
New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) Pinnacle Capital Management (PCM) was founded in 2006 and is an investment-management firm catering to individual and institutional investors. Headquartered in Fayetteville, New York, PCM is registered with the US Securities & Exchange Commission. In 2012, PCM […]
China IPO Market Heating Up
New York (HedgeCo.NET) Late last Friday, securities regulators in China approved the IPOs for 20 companies and those IPOs will debut next week. The filings for the companies show that they only intend to raise around 200 million Yuan, but […]
Obama Administration Warns Hedge Fund Industry
New York (HedgeCo.NET) Most of the time when you hear that the Obama administration has warned the hedge fund industry about a topic, you automatically think it is in regards to legislation about practices. That wasn’t the case at last […]
Popular Question At Salt Conference: Are Fee’s Too High?
New York (HedgeCo.NET) The annual SALT Conference is taking place this week in Las Vegas and among the more prominent topics is whether hedge fund fees are too high. The conference hosted by SkyBridge Capital is considered to be one […]
Hayman Capital Bearish On Pharma, But Not All Pharma
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – In what seems like a strategy that would be employed during a political campaign, Hayman Capital and fund manager J. Kyle Bass are employing a tactic in their pharmaceutical investments. The fund has taken a substantial […]
Alternative Investment Landscape Continues to Evolve
New York (HedgeCo.Net) The alternative investment industry continues to revolutionize the way many investors make allocations. From the early days of the original hedge fund to the current landscape where alternative mutual funds are seeing tremendous growth, the industry continues […]
Top Hedge Fund Manager Pay Dips To 2008 Levels
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – When you state that 25 managers earned $11.6 billion last year it would seem like an incredible year, but not when you are talking about the top 25 hedge fund managers. The annual report from Institutional […]
Commodities Fund Astenbeck Bullish On Oil
New York (HedgeCo.Net) In a letter to investors in Astenbeck Capital Management, fund manager Andrew Hall laid out his arguments for being very bullish on oil. Hall cited growing demand and a decline in supplies as the main drivers behind […]
Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index Down in April
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta (CSLAB) was down 0.67% for the month of April. The index attempts to reflect the performance of the overall hedge fund industry. Among the different strategies tracked, the Merger Arbitrage […]
Eurekahedge: Hedge Funds Return $54.1 Billion In Q1
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge funds returned $54.1 billion in performance-based gains for the first quarter of 2015; their highest Q1 gains on record since 2006 which brings the total industry AUM to a record high of nearly $2.2 trillion. […]
