Monthly Archives: August 2015
Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index Up In July
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Credit Suisse released the July performance numbers for their 14 hedge fund indices yesterday and the results were mostly positive with 10 of 14 gaining ground. The most closely watched Broad Based Index gained 0.87% during […]
Goldman Sachs Retains #1 Spot In Prime Brokerage Ranking
(Hedgefund Intelligence) Goldman Sachs has maintained its dominance of the hedge fund prime brokerage business for a fourth consecutive year. J.P. Morgan and Credit Suisse remain, respectively, in second and third place. A casual glance at the ranking reveals that […]
Several Hedge Funds Added Apple in Q2
New York (HedgeCo.net) – According to recent 13F filings, several large hedge funds were adding shares of Apple in the second quarter. A recent Reuters’ article cited that David Tepper and Appaloosa Management LP initiated a new position on the […]
Asian Macro Hedge Fund Sees Explosive Growth
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Just a year ago, Leland Lim and Allan Bedwick launched Guard Capital with $49.4 million in assets under management. Now the Hong Kong-based fund is on the verge of eclipsing $1 billion in AUM. A recent […]
The Hedge Fund Industry’s Assets Under Management Expected to Grow by A Quarter Trillion Dollars
(Traders Magazine) In just one year the hedge fund industry’s assets under management are expected to climb by a quarter trillion dollars. Agecroft Partners, a third party hedge fund marketing firm, said in a recent update that despite funds underperforming […]
N.J. Hedge Fund Manager Cleared of Insider Trading Charges
(Reuters) A retired New Jersey hedge fund founder was acquitted on Monday on charges that he illegally traded in shares of children’s apparel maker Carter’s Inc in a rare defense trial win in an insider trading case. A federal jury […]
Citigroup To Pay $180 Million to Settle Hedge Fund Charges
(Wall Street Journal Interactive) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Citigroup Inc. agreed to pay nearly $180 million to investors to settle accusations that it made false and misleading representations concerning the risks of two hedge funds that ultimately […]
Hedge Fund Trims Investment-Grade ETF if Favor of Junk Fund
(Bloomberg) Tudor Investment Corp., the hedge fund run by Paul Tudor Jones, is not among the investors fearing high-yield corporate bonds.During the second quarter, Tudor Investment Corp. trimmed its stake in the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF […]
Chinese Hedge Fund Sees Rally in Second Half
New York (HedgeCo.net) – All of the attention on the Chinese stock market as well as its currency and economy has some investors shying away from investing in the country. That isn’t the case with Marco Polo Pure Asset Management. […]
HedgeCoVest Managers and External Managers Bullish on Energy
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Just last week, we featured an article about the hedge fund managers on the HedgeCoVest platform and how they had become more bullish on oil and gas stocks in recent weeks. We pointed to evidence within […]
Institutional Investors Reversing Course on Gold
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The latest commitment of traders reports were released on Friday and they show that the sentiment toward gold and silver seem to have made a turn toward the upside. For gold, the large speculator group was […]
Rokos Expects To Raise $1Billion For Hedge Fund
(Bloomberg) Chris Rokos, a former top trader at Brevan Howard Asset Management, expects to raise about $1 billion for his hedge fund that’s set to start trading in the fourth quarter. Rokos Capital Management will initially have the capacity to […]