Monthly Archives: June 2015
European Hedge Funds Moving To Platforms
New York (HedgeCo.net) – There is a trend developing with European hedge funds, or at least with the smaller funds. A growing number of them are joining platforms rather than trying to remain independent. According to a recent Reuters’ article, […]
Chinese Distressed Debt Drawing Crowds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – It seems like anything and everything in terms of Chinese investments are hot these days. The performance of the Chinese stock market over the past year is well documented, but apparently the slow economy has created […]
What If Berkshire Hathaway Operated As a Hedge Fund?
New York (HedgeCo.net) Warren Buffet and the hedge fund industry have been locked in a war of words of late with Dan Loeb of Third Point Capital firing the latest shot when he called Mr. Buffet a hypocrite. The Washington […]
Mededith Whitney Says The Hedge Fund Chapter of Her Life Is Over
(Business Insider) Meredith Whitney, the former Oppenheimer analyst who made a name for herself for some prescient calls during the financial crisis before trying her hand as a hedge fund manager, now says she’s finished managing money. “This whole experience […]
20 Stocks The Richest Hedge Fund Billionaires Are Buying and Selling
(Forbes) Do you want to invest like George Soros, David Tepper or Larry Robbins? These are the top trades–ten buys and ten sells–of the world’s richest active hedge fund stock pickers. To compile the list, we looked at the U.S. […]
Hedge Funds Trim Europe Bets Amid Greek Jitters
(Wall Street Journal) Hedge funds are among the investors that have prospered this year by hitching a ride on soaring European stock markets. But as tension between Greece and its creditors mounts, funds are preparing for short-term volatility while broadly […]
New Jersey Man Posing as Hedge Fund Manager Charged with Fraud
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice have filed three counts of wire fraud and two counts of securities fraud against a New Jersey man they say was posing as a hedge fund […]
$56-Billion in Latin American Hedge Funds
(Eurekahedge) In June’s issue of The Eurekahedge Report, we take a look at the US$56.7 billion Latin American hedge fund industry along with our regular coverage of monthly returns, performance and asset flows. Among a recent survey conducted with AIMA […]
Hedge Fund Bears Dominate S&P 500
(Bloomberg) The wall of worry has gone back up and hedge funds don’t think U.S. stocks will get over it this time. They’re expressing the view in futures tracking the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, where bearish positions outnumber bullish […]
Hedge Funds 10 Most Shorted Stocks
(Benzinga.Com) In the six-year bull market that has taken the S&P 500 to new all-time highs, there has been little need for hedging or protection from a weak stock market. However, a large part of what hedge funds are meant […]
Composite Models Strong In A Choppy Week
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The S&P managed to snap its two-week losing streak last week, but it was by the smallest of margins. The index gained a whopping total of 0.06% on the week. Trade was choppy with Monday and […]
The Only Thing Growing Faster Than China’s Stock Market
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The only thing growing faster than the Chinese stock market is the Chinese hedge fund market. With the Shanghai Composite Index up almost 60% in 2015, the incredible bull market has launched a meteoric rise in […]