Monthly Archives: June 2015
9 Well Known Hedge Funds Delivering Double Digit Gains YTD
New York (HedgeCo.net) – After taking a beating in the press over the last few years, the hedge fund industry seems to be getting in a few shots of its own so far in 2015. Most hedge fund indices are […]
Draghi Denies ECB Gave Sensitive Information to Hedge Funds
(Financial Times) Mario Draghi has denied that one of the European Central Bank’s top officials disclosed privileged financial information to a select group of hedge fund managers and bankers, saying the facts were already publicly available. FOr More: wwwifinancial times.com
Henkel CEO Downplays Wella Takeover Speculation
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The chief executive of Henkel & Co KGaA AG (HNKG_p.DE) poured cold water on speculation the consumer goods maker was preparing to buy hair care firm Wella from Procter & Gamble Co (PG.N), saying his company didn’t […]
Litigation Bets Burn Hedge Funds
(Wall Street Journal) A legal victory for J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. stung Appaloosa Management LP and other hedge-fund firms last week, the latest in a streak of soured Wall Street bets on litigation outcomes. Appaloosa was among holders of […]
TrimTabs & BarclayHedge Report That Hedge Funds Added $950 Million in April
New York (HedgeCo.Net) BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research reported today that the hedge fund industry took in $950 million (0.04% of assets) in April, reversing March’s outflow of $750 million (0.03% of assets). “Investors have been showing less interest in […]
Manager Profile and Insights: Ron Breitigam, Lake Austin Advisors
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Lake Austin Advisors is an alternative investment manager located in Austin, Texas. Founded and seeded by successful technology entrepreneur Joel Trammel, the firm runs actively managed trading strategies available to both institutional, family office and high net […]
Will The May Jobs Report Impact Hedge Funds?
New York (HedgeCo.Net) The May employment report shows that there were more jobs added than expected, but the unemployment rate did tick up a notch. Analysts had been expecting the report to show that 225,000 jobs were added during the […]
Hedge Fund Acquires 7% Stake in Citrix
(Sun Sentinel) A New York hedge fund has acquired 7.1 percent of Fort Lauderdale-based Citrix Systems’ shares and has requested a meeting with the board about operational changes it believes would improve the software company’s stock price. Elliott Management Corp. […]
Blackstone Founder Warns Next Financial Crisis WIl Be Created By The Government
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Steve Schwarzman warned that the next financial crisis will be one created by the government. The founder of Blackstone cited laws put in place after the financial […]
Tracking The Composite Models
New York (HedgeCo.net) – One of the things that we have wanted to provide our readers is information about where the models on the platform are moving money, without actually divulging any proprietary information. With the recent release of the […]
Seasonality: Are Hedge Funds Set Up Accordingly?
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Wall Street loves a good saying and there are many that get repeated far too often—“buy low, sell high” comes to mind. Another one that gets repeated every spring is “sell in May and go away.” This […]
Opportunities And Threats To The 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 […]