Monthly Archives: June 2016

(CNBC) Hedge funds have been underperforming for a few years, and the Federal Reserve could be to blame. Dynasty Financial CIO Scott Welch believes that some of the central bank’s policies, coupled with investors’ fears since 2008, have challenged the […]

(Reuters) Verde Asset Management SA, Brazil’s largest hedge fund, had a second straight month of gains in May as a global equity market rally helped offset declines in holdings of the Brazilian real and other currencies. In a letter to […]

(Bloomberg) U.S. stock trading is faster, cheaper and more efficient than ever before, and the perception that the market is rigged is “unfortunate,” said Jamil Nazarali, head of execution services at Citadel Securities. “There is this narrative that exists which […]

(Bloomberg) Hedge fund Ambrosia is betting the Swedish central bank will let its guard down on the krona after turning the corner in its battle to revive inflation. As inflation expectations also head up, policy makers will be able to […]

(Daily Alts) Cancel the June Fed meeting and good luck getting the FOMC out of their board shorts and bikinis long enough for a July meeting. While one data point should never be enough to influence change, the five sigma […]

(Yahoo Finance) One of Europe’s most aggressive activist hedge funds is building a stake in Yahoo! as the digital portal proceeds with a multibillion dollar auction of its core internet business. Sky News has learnt that The Children’s Investment Fund […]

(Bloomberg) Iceland has gone its own way since its three largest lenders collapsed in 2008 under a mountain of debt almost eight times the size of its economy. The steps included capital controls that locked in hedge funds, mortgage writedowns […]

(Bloomberg) Wagers against Chinese stocks have become so popular that banks are offering returns exceeding 20 percent to anyone prepared to take the other side. The potential payouts, from firms including BNP Paribas SA and JPMorgan Chase & Co., come […]

(Reuters) It looks as if hedge fund activists engineer not just a short-term pop in target firms’ stock prices but also long-term improvements in innovation. While studies have shown that news of an activist position in a stock leads to […]

(Harvest) Central banks’ monetary policies – zero or negative interest rates and bond purchases – are losing their effectiveness. Earlier this year, the G-20 country leaders stated that “monetary policy alone cannot lead to balanced growth” and advocated that governments […]