Monthly Archives: June 2015
Advisors, Brokers Plan To Maintain Allocations To Alternatives
New York (HedgeCo.Net)The alternative investment industry seems to be in good standing with broker-dealer representatives and registered investment advisors, at least based on a recent survey from Pershing and Beacon Strategies, LLC. The survey polled 1,200 advisors about alternative investments […]
Are Investors Prepared For a Market Correction
New York (HedgeCo.net) – A recent Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey of the company’s money management clients indicates that fund managers are optimistic, but they are also the most cautious they have been in years. • 31% of those […]
Jim Rogers is Extremely Pessimistic
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Jim Rogers is a legend in the hedge fund industry, having cofounded the Quantum Fund with George Soros. Mr. Rogers also seems to have a different way of looking at things. He displayed that with his best-selling […]
Alternative Investment Growth To Boom In The Next Five Years
(Reuters) The alternative investment industry, which includes hedge funds, private equity and real assets, is expected to grow fivefold to at least $13.6 trillion in the next half decade, professional services firm PwC said in a report released on Sunday. […]
Jim Rogers Is Extremely Pessimistic
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Jim Rogers is a legend in the hedge fund industry, having cofounded the Quantum Fund with George Soros. Mr. Rogers also seems to have a different way of looking at things. He displayed that with his best-selling […]
U.S. Probes $12.7 Trillion Treasury Market
(Bloomberg) The U.S. federal probe that ended last month with guilty pleas and $6 billion in fines from global banks began with an open secret — that currency traders there could talk to each other to coordinate trades. Now, the […]
Panic Sets In Among Hedge Fund Investors Remaining in Greece
(New York Times) For investors around the world looking at Greece, there was but one question Sunday: What is going to happen when the markets open? On Sunday night, the prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, said in a televised address that […]
Industry Survey Suggests Blended Portfolios On The Rise
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Citigroup recently released its sixth annual Industry Evolution Survey and the results showed that investment managers are working on portfolios that make use of new products and attempt to build dynamic portfolios that blend different asset […]
Baupost Betting Big On Energy
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund manager Seth Klarman pointed out in a year-end letter to investors in the Baupost Group’s fund that he wasn’t seeing many bargains in the stock market with the exception of the energy sector. With […]
Greek Debt Crisis: Banks TO Remain Shut All Week
(BBC) The Greek government has confirmed that banks will be closed all week, after a decision by the European Central Bank not to extend emergency funding.In a decree, it cited the “extremely urgent” need to protect the financial system due […]
Qbasis Gets $200 Million-Plus Investment in Black Swan Hedge Fund
(Reuters) A hedge fund that more than doubled clients’ money during the 2008 financial crisis has attracted more than $200 million from an investor aiming to cash in on fresh ructions in global markets. Qbasis Invest has secured the investment […]
Private Equity Firms Get Cybersecurity Wake Up Call
(Buyouts Insider) Private equity professionals who thought they had cybersecurity risks under control may be in for a jolt after this week’s release of the summer 2015 edition of Connections in the Middle Market, produced in partnership by law firm […]