Monthly Archives: April 2014
Hedge Fund Gains on Distressed Debt Decline to Seven-Month Low
Bloomberg – The performance of global hedge funds investing in distressed debt dropped to its weakest level in seven months in March as Treasury yields increased and emerging-market concerns mounted, according to Eurekahedge Pte. Returns slid to 0.62 percent last […]
Here’s How Hedge Funds Drove The Brutal NASDAQ Selloff
Business insider – Volatility has returned to the markets, and growth stocks in information technology and health care have led the way down. The chart above, from Deutsche Bank strategist Keith Parker, shows the extent to which fund positioning has […]
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform To Focus On Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Reuters is reporting that because of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act the SEC is putting together a team specifically to investigate private equity and hedge funds. The Dodd-Frank Act contains more than […]
Evanston Capital Management Issues Report on Hedge Fund Replication
Evanston Capital Management, LLC, an alternative investment firm, today published a report examining the intricacies of hedge fund replication strategies. The white paper, Hedge Fund Replication: Is It Appropriate For You?, is available at www.evanstoncap.com. “While there are a limited number of top […]
Hedge fund manager ‘in £42,550 train fare dodge’
BBC – A city executive is believed to have dodged paying £42,550 in train fares by exploiting a loophole which meant he only paid a third of the journey cost. The hedge fund manager from Stonegate, in East Sussex, who […]
Hedge Fund Law Specialists Join Bloomberg BNA
New York (Hedge Co.Net) – The Bloomberg BNA Banking Report Advisory Board is adding hedge fund law firms and specialists to its panel of practitioners and policy experts from across the spectrum of banking law. The Advisory Board will provide guidance […]
Hedge Fund People: FORT Opens NY Office
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge fund FORT Management, founded in 1993 by Yves Balcer and Sanjiv Kumar, who formerly worked together as senior fund managers at the World Bank, has expanded its operations and opened an office in New York. […]
Days of Market Calm Seen Ending in Hedge Fund VIX Bets
Bloomberg – Hedge funds are saying goodbye to the calm that blanketed U.S. stocks for the past two years. Large speculators have reduced bets on lower volatility and were net short about 1,000 contracts on VIX (VIX) futures last month, the fewest since 2011, […]
Finding wisdom in a warning from bearish hedge fund manager
Dallas News – I’m generally bullish on the U.S. stock market if for no other reason than it’s about the only game in town. I mean banks pay depositors next to nothing, and who wants to invest in the economic […]
What A Hedge Fund Failure Looks Like
Investing.com – The Twittersphere couldn’t get enough of the news last week that hedge fund legend Paul Tudor Jones was shutting down one of his eponymous funds, the Tudor Tensor Fund (try saying Tudor Tensor 10 times fast). And critics […]
S&P 500 Posts Worst Week Since 2012 as Hedge-Fund Favorites Sink
Bloomberg – The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and Nasdaq Composite Index capped their worst week since 2012, with stocks most beloved by hedge funds plunging amid concern valuations have climbed too high as earnings season starts. Allegion Plc (ALLE:US), […]
Oldest and biggest hedge funds have the most assets
Opalesque – In the week ending 11 April, 2014, the oldest and biggest hedge funds have the most assets according to the latest data from eVestment; Capstone Investment Advisors’ Paul Britton predicted that his current $2.5bn assets will grow to $10bn within five years; […]