Monthly Archives: June 2017
Calendon Capital Management To Be Acquired By CBRE Group
(FINalternatives) CBRE Group has agreed to acquire a majority interest in private equity and infrastructure specialist Caledon Capital Management as the company expands its footprint in the investment management business. To read this article:
Hedge Fund Delivers 19% Return by Betting Only on Safest Bonds
(Bloomberg) The best returns are not in the riskiest stocks but in the least risky bonds. But you can’t get them without leverage.That philosophy helped Asgard Fixed Income Fund deliver a 19 percent return in the past year. “That’s the […]
AI Key For Third Wave of Hedge Fund Managers
(Pension & Investments) Veteran hedge fund seeder Jeffrey Tarrant is betting that a new generation of hedge fund managers proficient in machine learning processes will outperform and grow faster than those using traditional discretionary approaches. “Artificial intelligence will fundamentally change […]
Oasis Says Amended Panasonic Offer for PanaHome Still Unfair
(Bloomberg) Oasis Management Co.’s Seth Fischer says his hedge fund won’t tender its shares in Panasonic Corp.’s sweetened offer for its listed subsidiary PanaHome Corp. because the terms are still “unfair.” Oasis plans to seek a court appraisal of a […]
Hedge Funds Have Tasted Of The Bitcoin, And It Is Good
(Dealbreaker.com) The prevailing wisdom is that hedge funds aren’t touching bitcoin. Sure, there are a few special funds devoted solely to cryptocurrencies, but managers outside this group can’t get over bitcoin’s many foibles: its volatility, its insecurity, the risk of […]
4 Ways to Discover an Elephant Bull Market
(Harvest) The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes connecting the East to West for centuries. Named after the lucrative silk trade, the route was forged in 200 BCE by the Han dynasty. Its usefulness extended into the […]
Hedge-Fund Growth and Tax Arbitrage
(Bloomberg) Everyone knows the stereotypical way that hedge funds work: You start a little hedge fund, raise a little money, and go invest it in your best ideas. Those ideas do well and you have good returns. You then market […]
Themes, Trends and Opportunities in Emerging Markets
(Harvest) Michael Hedstrom, director of the Closed-End Fund Association (CEFA), spoke with Rennie McConnochie, head of global banks at Aberdeen Asset Management, to discuss his insight on the many changes taking place in the emerging markets, and potential opportunities for […]
Hedging without Shorting
(HedgeCo.Net) In this article DITMo manager and HedgeCo columnist Peter J. de Marigny discusses how risk metrics fail and how a Pharmaceutical and/or a Risk Parity portfolio may be used as a hedging vehicle. In a bull market hedged portfolios […]
Brokerage Firm Charged With Violating Anti-Money Laundering Laws
(HedgeCO.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Salt Lake City-based brokerage firm with securities law violations related to its alleged practice of clearing transactions for microcap stocks that were used in manipulative schemes to harm investors. To help […]
US House of Representatives Votes to Defang Dodd-Frank
(FINalternatives) In a largely symbolic move, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to reverse key portions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection Act, delivering on one of the Republican Party’s core platform promises during last […]
Goldman Sachs Asset Management Launches New Smart Beta Bond ETF
(FINalternatives) Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has debuted a new exchange-traded fund aimed at delivering low-cost smart beta exposure to corporate bond markets. To read this article: