Tag Archives: arbitrage
Bobby Jain’s “Green Shoot” in a Red Market:
Jain Global Emerges as Rare Multi-Strategy Outperformer During Industry Drawdown: By HedgeCo Insights / Editorial Team (HedgeCo.Net) Periods of market turbulence often expose the true strengths—and weaknesses—of the hedge fund industry’s most sophisticated investment strategies. During calm markets, many large […]
The Hedge Fund Profit Explosion-What CEOs are Earning:
The Rise of Hedge-Fund BillionairesExecutive Summary: (HedgeCo.Net) Over the past decade, the global hedge-fund industry has undergone a dramatic transformation. Once a relatively niche corner of the financial world dominated by a handful of aggressive traders and macro speculators, hedge […]
They Built One of the Largest Hedge Funds on Wall Street…Now They Have to Save It:
The Rise of Private Credit Titans and the “Liquidity Reckoning” Managers are Facing: (HedgeCo.Net) Over the past decade, a new class of financial institutions has risen to dominate Wall Street. These firms—often referred to as alternative asset managers or private credit […]
The Dominance of Multi-Strategy “Pod Shop” Hedge Funds:
(HedgeCo.Net) At the center of this transformation are multi-strategy hedge funds, often referred to on Wall Street as “pod shops.”Firms such as Citadel LLC, Millennium Management, and Point72 Asset Management have pioneered a model that combines hundreds of independent portfolio managers operating within a centralized risk-controlled […]
Global Hedge Fund Assets Surpass $5 Trillion for the First Time:
(HedgeCo.Net). For more than a decade, the hedge fund industry has lived in a paradox: indispensable to institutional portfolios, yet perpetually questioned in public markets. Fees were debated, “alpha drought” narratives came and went, and investors periodically swung between love […]
Hedging back in vogue among lucrative convertibles
Reuters – Hedge funds stand to make gains from convertible bonds arbitrage again after last year’s huge losses decimated the sector, though improving markets have made the job more complicated. Managers have been using a simple "buy and hold" strategy […]
Meriwether Said to Shut JWM Hedge Fund After Losses
Bloomberg – John Meriwether, who roiled global markets when Long-Term Capital Management LP collapsed in 1998, plans to shut his current hedge fund, according to a person familiar with the matter. JWM Partners LLC is closing its main Relative Value […]
Hedge-Fund Startups Sprout as Roc Gathers $1 Billion
June 16 (Bloomberg) — Arvind Raghunathan , former head of Deutsche Bank AG’s global arbitrage business, will open his new hedge-fund firm next month with more than $1 billion, a sign that investors are trickling back after record losses last […]
SEC has about 150 hedge fund probes
Reuters – U.S. securities regulators have about 150 active hedge fund investigations and more than 50 probes involving credit default swaps and other derivatives, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro said on Monday. The SEC also has about two […]
Hedge Fund Elliott Management’s Market Commentary
Seeking Alpha – Very in-depth and analytical commentary out of Elliott Management in their recent second quarter 2009 letter to investors. The hedge fund has penned a 24 page letter covering topics of risk management, the automotive industry, regulation, distressed […]