Monthly Archives: May 2019
New ‘Superfunds’ Gear Up to Manage Britain’s Deficit-ridden Pensions
(Reuters) Britain’s company pension schemes, grappling with ageing former employees and low investment returns, may start to transfer their assets into new so-called superfunds in the coming weeks, according to people involved in the process.There are around 2 trillion pounds […]
Big U.S. Hedge Funds Regain Ardor for FAANGs in First Quarter
(Reuters) Some of the biggest, highest-profile U.S. hedge fund investors and money managers fell back in love with FAANGs in the first quarter, according to regulatory filings released on Wednesday. After dumping shares of Facebook Inc, Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, […]
Unorthodox Data Commands Premium Price from Investors
(Forbes) What kind of data can help hedge fund traders and portfolio managers decide when to to be short and when to go long? Earnings transcripts? SEC filings? Sure, but also, perhaps, where the company’s jets fly their top executives. […]
Investors in Forex Trading Firm Hudspiths Could Lose Millions as Company Faces CVA
(City A.M) Investors in a forex trading scheme that promised stellar returns could lose millions of pounds as the company teeters on the brink.Swindon-based Hudspiths fought off a winding up petition in the High Court today brought by 31 creditors […]
Quadratic Capital Management Debuts First of its Kind Fixed Income ETF
(Opalesque) Quadratic Capital Management has launched a first of its kind fixed income ETF that uses OTC fixed income options. Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF (NYSE Arca: IVOL), is designed to profit from an increase in fixed […]
Jury Finds Brokerage Firm and Two of Its Executives Liable for Fraud
(HedgeCo.Net) Jurors in Manhattan federal court have returned a verdict in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s favor against a brokerage firm and two of its executives. The SEC charged the brokerage firm, Portfolio Advisors Alliance Inc. (PAA), Howard J. Allen, […]
Global Hedge Fund Industry AUM Grows By $27bn as of April, Asia Funds Up Almost 8%
(Opalesque) The global hedge fund industry AUM has grown by $27bn as of April 2019 year-to-date said Eurekahedge in its May 2019 report. Final Q1 2019 net outflows figure stood at $46.4 bn, just under half of the investor redemptions […]
Fiera Capital to acquire Foresters Asset Management
(Hedgeweek) Fiera Capital Corporation (Fiera Capital) is to acquire acquire all of the outstanding shares of Foresters Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Foresters Financial. To read this article:
Big U.S. hedge funds regain ardor for FAANGs in first quarter
(Reuters) – Some of the biggest, highest-profile U.S. hedge fund investors and money managers fell back in love with FAANGs in the first quarter, according to regulatory filings released on Wednesday. To read this article:
Ex-Goldman Star Trader Pivots From Hedge Funds to the Red-Hot ETF Industry
(Bloomberg) Nancy Davis rode the boom in prop trading at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. until the financial crisis hit. A decade later, she’s pivoting from hedge funds to the red-hot ETF industry, as shifting investor appetite changes the game for […]
Public Pension Funds Falling Short of Needed Returns This Year
(Bloomberg) U.S. state and local government pensions, already with about $2 trillion less than they need to cover all the benefits that have been promised, are falling short of their investment-return assumptions this fiscal year — and President Donald Trump’s […]
SEC Proposes Actions to Improve Cross-Border Application of Security-Based Swap Requirements
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing a new package of rule amendments and interpretive guidance to improve the framework for regulating cross-border security-based swaps transactions and market participants. The proposals are intended to improve the regulatory framework by […]