Monthly Archives: June 2015
Franklin Templeton Raises $1.3 Billion in Retail-Friendly Hedge Fund
(Reuters) – A Franklin Templeton hedge fund aimed at retail investors has taken in $1.3 billion since its 2013 launch to become its fastest growing fund launch of any stripe over the last five years, company officials said. To Read […]
Hedge Funds Total AUM Stands at A Record High Of $2.23 Trillion
(Value Walk) Hedge funds posted their fifth consecutive month of gains, returning 0.54% in May, while the MSCI World Index was up 0.81%. Asian hedge funds were strong performers this month with both Japanese and Asia ex -Japan hedge funds […]
Credit Markets Taking Center Stage
New York (HedgeCo.Net) The majority of the time, the stock market is at center stage in most investors eyes. The tickers at the bottom of the screen on CNBC, Bloomberg and Fox Business News are a testament to that. Yes […]
Hedge Funds Shedding Top Tech Names
New York (HedgeCo.net) With some of the latest regulatory filings coming out over the past few weeks, one theme that jumped out was how hedge funds are reducing their exposure to large tech firms. Two names in particular that jumped […]
Pension Funds, Regrets and Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Over the last five years, corporate pension funds have quadrupled their allocations to hedge funds, but some of those funds may be having regrets as the hedge fund industry has lagged the overall market during this […]
Growing Number of European Hedge Funds Joining 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, […]
Are Investors Too 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 […]
Litigation Outcomes Not Working For Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Last week’s court decision in favor of J.P. Morgan Chase and the inherited debt of Washington Mutual was the latest in a series of failed bets made on litigation outcomes by hedge funds. The case involved […]
$100 Billion Predicted For Hedge Funds in 2015
(CNBC) “Barring a large and unexpected global or financial event, hedge funds are positioned for another year of solid growth,” industry data tracker eVestment wrote in a new report. The company predicts that investors will add about $100 billion or […]
Hedge Funds Favorite Stocks In Each Sector
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Novus recently released a quarterly report showing how and where some of the top hedge fund managers were invested in the first quarter. A review of the report revealed which stocks were the favorites within each […]
Opportunities And Threats To Global Market
New York (HedgeCo.Net)While working on the next manager profile for the HedgeCoVest newsletter, there were some topics that came up during the interview that were worth sharing before we publish the profile. We were speaking with Adam Savin and Jeff […]
Astonishing Lack Of Response By Fund Investors To Spike In Bond Yields
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Investment Research reports that fund investors have been remarkably unfazed by surging yields on Treasuries and investment-grade corporate bonds. Bond mutual funds and exchange-traded funds have managed to take in $5.3 billion in June through Friday, June […]