Monthly Archives: May 2015
Manager Profile and Insights: Robert Moore, CMJ Value Holdings
New York, HedgeCo.Net – CMJ Value Holdings was founded in Chicago in 2001 and has over $40 million in assets under management at this time. The company uses an equity long/short approach with slight bias toward the long side. Robert […]
Top Hedge Fund Manager Pay Dips To 2008 Levels
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – When you state that 25 managers earned $11.6 billion last year it would seem like an incredible year, but not when you are talking about the top 25 hedge fund managers. The annual report from Institutional […]
Commodities Fund Astenbeck Bullish On Oil
New York (HedgeCo.Net) In a letter to investors in Astenbeck Capital Management, fund manager Andrew Hall laid out his arguments for being very bullish on oil. Hall cited growing demand and a decline in supplies as the main drivers behind […]
Mixed Week for Models as Market Declines
New York, HedgeCo.Net – Last week was a choppy week for the market as we had a couple of big economic events on the calendar. The advanced report of first quarter GDP numbers came out on Wednesday morning and they […]
Market Goes Through Three Cycles in Four Months
New York, HedgeCo.Net – Through the first four months of the year, the performance of the models on the HedgeCoVest platform and that of the S&P 500 break down in to three very distinct periods. In January, stocks were very […]
Hedge Fund Managers Divulge Top Picks at Annual Sohn Conference
New York, HedgeCo.Net – The annual Sohn Investment Conference kicked off yesterday in New York and it drew thousands of investment professionals as well as private investors. The conference is part entertainment and part business and is now in its […]
Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index Down in April
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta (CSLAB) was down 0.67% for the month of April. The index attempts to reflect the performance of the overall hedge fund industry. Among the different strategies tracked, the Merger Arbitrage […]
Two Different Hedge Funds Announce Stakes in YUM Brands
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Over the course of the last week, two different hedge fund/activist investors announced stakes in fast-food giant YUM Brands (NYSE: YUM). On Friday, it was announced that Third Point has bought in to YUM during the first […]
Suit says hedge fund purposely pushing American Apparel to bankruptcy
NYP – Dov Charney, the ousted chief executive of American Apparel, could be vindicated if the latest shareholder lawsuit against the company — the fourth in three weeks — has merit. The complaint alleges a shareholder and investor in the […]
Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services Announces Portfolio Analytics and Compliance (PAC) Service
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – To address the increasing demands for transparency and operational controls faced by alternative investment managers, Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services today announced the release of the Portfolio Analytics and Compliance (PAC) service, a comprehensive guideline testing […]
Morning Agenda: Britain’s Conservatives Get Hedge Funds’ Vote
NYT – The British elections are on Thursday, and members of one constituency, the financiers, have already made their preference extremely clear, Danny Hakim writes in DealBook. Britain’s Conservative-led government has been a staunch supporter of hedge funds and BANKS, […]
Buffett Sees Reinsurance Slump
Insurance Journal – Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said he expects a slump in reinsurance results in the coming decade as investors enter the MARKET. “It’s a business whose prospects have turned for the worse and […]