Tag Archives: leverage


Eveillard and Englander Shun Leverage, Beat Rivals

January 13, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Jean-Marie Eveillard, who beat 99 percent of rival equity fund managers last year by hoarding cash instead of borrowing it, is loading up on Japanese insurers and Hong Kong developers. “Leverage eliminates your staying power,” said Eveillard, whose $16.8 […]

New Year to Change Hedge Funds

January 2, 2009 : Permalink

Markets Media News – The New Year is likely to see several important shifts in alternative investing, according to Don Steinbrugge, managing partner of Agecroft Partners, a global consulting and third-party marketing firm for hedge funds. Steinbrugge said during the […]

For investors, now what?

December 29, 2008 : Permalink

Minneapolis Star Tribune – Like most market watchers, last year’s participants in the Star Tribune Investor Roundtable failed to predict that 2008 would be a year of stomach-churning stock market declines, failed financial institutions, multibillion-dollar bailouts and credit markets as […]

Hedge funds gloomy on oil, CFTC data show

August 5, 2008 : Permalink

MarketWatch – For the first time in 17 months, hedge funds in July made more bets on oil prices falling than rising, according to the latest government data.   Short positions from noncommercial investors, hedge funds and other large investors […]

VCM Preps Trio of Hedge Funds

July 22, 2008 : Permalink

FINalternatives- London-based VCM Fund Management is prepping a trio of hedge funds to invest in alternative energy, macro futures and emerging hedge fund managers.  The firm next month will launch two hedge funds in partnership with K2 Capital, the alternative […]