Tag Archives: futures-and-options
Man Group sells remaining MF Global stake
Forbes – British hedge fund manager Man Group on Friday said it had agreed to sell its remaining stake in futures and options broker MF Global to Japanese bank Nomura. Man, the world’s biggest listed hedge fund manager, said it […]
Texas Resident to Pay $71 Million to Defrauded Investors
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Texas Resident George D. Hudgins must pay $71 million following a federal court order obtained by the CFTC, to pay back victims of his Ponzi scheme and to settle a $15 million penalty. According to the […]
Hedge Funds Take Bullish Position On Gold
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – In the last week leading up to today, (Tuesday) hedge funds and other "large speculators" took their largest bullish position (when compared with the number of bearish bets) since early August. Commercial traders such as […]
How hedge funds could hurt Apple
There’s an interesting and timely paragraph about Apple buried in the middle of Scott (”The Finance Professor”) Rothbort’s latest primer on hedge funds (Hedge Fund Liquidations: Five Things You Need to Know). He’s explaining how hedge fund investors — technically, […]
Investors are betting $1tn on collapse in global stock prices
Gulf Times- Managers from William Ackman to Jim Rogers made a total of at least $1.4bn in July with wagers against US mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Harbinger Capital Partners staked $665mn […]
