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 […]
Robo-Investing Craze Now Putting Vanguard Against Fidelity
(Bloomberg) Barraged by investment firms eager to manage their life savings, many Americans are making their choice—for nobody….So fund giants Vanguard Group and Fidelity Investments are trying to win them over—with robots. The rivals, which have a combined $5.4 trillion […]
Hedge Fund Giant Crispin Odey is About To Lose Battle For Plus 500
(Financial Insider) It looks like Playtech’s £459.6 million ($702.05 million) acquisition of troubled trading firm Plus500 is going to go ahead — despite Plus500’s biggest shareholder opposing the deal. Playtech just announced that it has bought 10.75 million shares in […]
Hedge Funds Are Beating The S & P 500; Here’s How
(CNBC) Stock-picking hedge funds are finally beating low-cost equity index funds this year thanks to bets like Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Microsoft and Yum Brands.The S&P 500 index (INDEX: .SPX) gained 1.29 percent from January through April this year, while the Absolute […]
US Hedge Fund Steps Up Campaign To Block $8-Billion Samsung Asset Shake-Up
(Reuters) U.S. hedge fund Elliott ramped up a campaign to block a proposed $8 billion merger of two Samsung Group firms on Thursday, laying out its case online a day before a court hearing on a deal seen key to […]
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 […]
Hedge Funds Attract Assets In April
New York (HedgeCo.Net) The flow of assets for hedge funds showed an inflow of $950 million in April after an outflow of $750 million in March. A press release last week from BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment research revealed the inflow. […]
Greek Government Latest To Battle Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – With so many eyes focused on Greece and their ongoing debt problems, the country is waging war against hedge fund managers. With the debt negotiations between Greece and the European Central Bank being so tumultuous, hedge […]
Exit Requests Up Month-Over-Month, Down Year-Over-Year
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The latest report from SS&C Technologies showed that investor requests for taking cash out of hedge funds increased to 4.72% in June compared to 4.68% in May. The 4.72% rate of exit requests is the highest […]
The Unintended Consequences of Dodd-Frank on Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) The Dodd-Frank law that was enacted after the financial crisis in the last decade was intended to curb risks taken by the likes of banks and insurance companies and sweeping changes to the hedge fund industry. The […]
Fund Manager Profile: Maxwell Thacher
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Maxwell Thacher was founded in early 2014 by Jeffrey Roney and Adam Savin who serve as the firm’s general partners and acting co-portfolio managers. The firm currently manages over $100 million in assets through two investment vehicles, […]
Where Were The Top Hedge Funds Invested in Q1?
New York (HedgeCo.Net) The most valuable commodity is information, or at least that is what Gordon Gekko said in the movie Wall Street. While the line comes from a movie and is part of a fictional story that painted Wall […]