Monthly Archives: May 2017
Managers Turning To Alternatives To Add Alpha And Diversify Portfolio Risk
(FINalternatives) The majority of professional managers favor active management and alternative investments for alpha generation as they anticipate greater volatility and lower yields throughout the remainder of this year, according to a new survey by Natixis Global Asset Management. To […]
Elliott Management Raises $5B In Fresh Capital For ‘Potentially Large Opportunity Set’
(FINalternatives) Paul Singer’s Elliott Management has raised more than $5 billion in fresh capital in less than a week as the famed activist investor readies dry powder for opportunities that could arise from what he describes as “potential disruptions in […]
Tycoons From China Plant Money Management Flags on Wall Street
(Bloomberg) When a new hedge fund opened in Mountainside, New Jersey, a leafy suburb that still holds an annual little-league parade, few would have guessed where much of its funding came from: Chinese billionaire Cai Kui. The credit hedge fund, […]
Man Group Shareholders Balk (Again) at Remuneration Package
(FINalternatives) Man Group’s board of directors faced continued pressure over executive pay Friday as more than a quarter of the public company’s shareholders objected to suggested 2016 payouts during the hedge fund manager’s annual general meeting. The company said 27% […]
Buffett Says Money Spent on Plumbers Better Than on Hedge Funds
(Bloomberg) Warren Buffett isn’t done criticizing hedge-fund managers for wasting clients’ money. At the annual meeting of his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. he again pressed the argument that, in aggregate, investment professionals aren’t worth their fees — and that people would […]
Industry Groups Slam ‘Overly Prescriptive’ Reg AT
(HFMWeek) Futures industry trade bodies, the FIA, the MFA and Aima have all issued letters calling for the CFTC to abandon its controversial Regulation Automated Trading, which is described in one as “neither necessary nor appropriate”. The letters were issued […]
Why Dan Loeb’s $20bn Spinoff Proposal May be Far-Fetched
(Insider Monkey) Billionaire Dan Loeb, the head of $15 billion hedge fund Third Point, has his eyes set on a $20 billion prize…. To read this article:
The UK’s Top 10 Richest Hedge Fund Managers
(Citywire)The Sunday Times Rich List’s wealthiest hedge fund managers are revealed. Despite the economic and political uncertainties facing the UK as Brexit looms, the country’s richest hedge fund managers have on the whole had a pretty good year. The notable […]
Hedge Funds Investing In Emerging Asia Post Strongest Quarterly Performance Since 2Q15
(Opalesque) Hedge funds investing in Emerging Asia, specifically in India and China, posted the strongest quarterly performance since 2Q15, benefitting from improving investor expectations for global growth and favorable currency market trading in 1Q17, according to the latest HFR Asian […]
Why Are Corporate Insiders Selling into the Trump Rally?
(Harvest) The Trump rally was sparked by investor expectations that less regulation, improved health care, and lower taxes will be good for corporate America. Any improvement in these areas would be welcome. However, while the investing public has been aggressively […]
Market Trends for May – Some Developing Strength
(Harvest) Going into the month, there are good up trends in place with global equities and down trends in oil, precious metals, and selected commodities. What is interesting is the inconsistency across some markets sectors. The reflation risk-on trade is […]
Emerging Asian Hedge Funds Surge In Q1/17
(FINalternatives) Hedge funds investing in Emerging Asia, specifically in India and China, posted the strongest quarterly performance since 2Q15, according to new data from Hedge Fund Research. To read this article: