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Hedge Fund Assets Approach $3 Trillion
A new report released Monday by HedgeFund.net estimates the assets under management by hedge funds have reached nearly $3 trillion. According to the report, hedge fund assets increased 4.41 percent last quarter, in spite of rough equity markets, to reach […]
Living on the hedge
Business24-7 – With the UAE stock markets in turmoil it is vital investors re-examine their portfolios. This week the Abu Dhabi and Dubai stock exchanges suffered their worst trading sessions for almost seven months while Dh65 billion has been wiped […]
Index eyes bargains in biotech
Reuters UK – Bombed-out valuations present an unprecedented buying opportunity in the European biotech sector, according to venture capital firm Index Ventures, which is eyeing both early and late-stage opportunities. "It’s like being in a candy shop," partner Francesco De […]
CDS counterparty risks serious threat to global financial markets
Hedge Funds Review Magazine – Greenwich Associates conducted a study of 146 institutions in North America and Europe to determine how fears of counterparty risk were affecting institutional investment and trading strategies. The study revealed that 37% of participating institutions […]
Stanley Shopkorn, Ex-Moore Equities Chief, to Start Hedge Fund
Bloomberg – Stanley Shopkorn, a former head of equities trading at Louis Bacon’s Moore Capital Management LLC, plans to open a global stocks hedge fund, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. Hilltop Park Fund LP, based […]
Ichan’t Win Them All
New York Post – Corporate raider turned activist investor Carl Icahn is having a tough year. The Far Rockaway, Queens native’s hedge funds are suffering their first losses since the 72-year-old opened them in 2004. The losing streak, which started […]
Medallion Fund Hits a Jackpot
New York Post – Jim Simons, a man known for running one of the world’s most secretive, expensive and successful hedge funds, is on track to wow investors with another year of double-digit returns. Simons’ $8 billion Medallion fund, the […]
Hedge funds gloomy on oil, CFTC data show
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 […]
JPMorgan plans $1 bln Asia property spree
Reuters – JPMorgan plans to invest more than $1 billion in Asian real estate over the next three years, hoping to fill a gap as Indian and Chinese developers crave funds and rival investors recoil from property markets. The investment […]
Investments in Asia hedge funds halved
Reuters Singapore – Investors almost halved the money they put into Asia-focused hedge funds in the second quarter compared to the first three months of the year as a selloff in stocks hurt appetite for risky assets, data showed. Asia-focused […]
Daimler informed of foreign hedge fund’s large share buying in company
Forbes – Daimler AG. was told last week that a foreign hedge fund is buying a large number of shares in the car maker after its share price slumped on the back of a profit warning barely two weeks ago, […]
Dollar near 1-mth high vs euro before US jobs
Forbes – The dollar edged up towards a one-month high against the euro on Friday before monthly U.S. jobs data later in the day, with investors viewing the report as a key hurdle for whether the U.S. currency can sustain […]
