Monthly Archives: September 2017
Opalesque Exclusive: Cryptocurrency investing: a lot of issues need to be addressed
(Opalesque) As the number of hedge funds investing in cryptocurrencies or in ICOs has been rising, so have concerns surrounding such investments. Steve Nadel, hedge fund attorney and partner at Seward & Kissel LLP in New York, talks to Opalesque […]
Barclays and Novus Launch Equity Index Family Based on Hedge Fund 13F Filings
(FINalternatives) Global financial services giant Barclays has announced the launch of a new index family in partnership with portfolio analytics provider Novus that is based on the public filings of hedge funds. The new family, named the Novus Barclays Public […]
AXA IM Latest Manager to Shoulder Research Costs Under MiFID II
(FINalternatives) Global multi-asset manager AXA Investment Managers, the fund arm of French insurer AXA, has joined the growing ranks of buyside firms that will underwrite the costs of sell-side and independent research once Europe’s MiFID II rules go into effect […]
Quantitative Hedge Fund Wunderkind Doesn’t Want to Move
(Dealbreaker) David Vogel’s pretty good with numbers… So annoyingly good that it led Quantitative Investment Management to hire him to run hedge-fund money, at which he has also proven annoyingly good, with his Voloridge Investment Management enjoying three-year annualized returns […]
Fund Manager Bets Millions That Traders Are About to Get Whipsawed by Volatility
(Marketwatch) If central banks want to keep saving the day, that is fine. But volatility will then be transmuted through other forms like populism and identity politics and threaten the fabric of democracy. And that is something that my hedge […]
SEC Monitoring Impact of Hurricane Irma on Capital Markets, Continues to Monitor Impact of Hurricane Harvey
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission is closely monitoring of the impact of Hurricane Irma on investors and capital markets, and continues to monitor the impacts of Hurricane Harvey. “As we are doing in areas affected by Hurricane Harvey, the […]
SS&C GlobeOp: Hedge Fund Performance Index Up +0.90% In July
(FINalternatives) Hedge funds continued their positive momentum into August, according to new data from SS&C GlobeOp, while net asset flows advanced again. To read this article:
Preqin: $1.49T Buyout Market Remains Resilient
(FINalternatives) The buyout market currently accounts for more than half of the $2.6 trillion global private equity industry, according to research from data provider Preqin, while average returns for buyout funds exceeded 10% in every vintage year since 2006. To […]
Hedge Funds Gained 0.97 Per Cent in August
(Hedgeweek) posted on Thu 14 Sep 2017 Permalink Print Hedge funds generated gains of 0.97 per cent in August 2017, extending their streak to 10 consecutive months of positive returns. This helped the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark post returns […]
US Fund Investors Hesitant on Domestic Stocks
(Reuters) International stocks and taxable bonds raked in cash for the 40th week in a row as investors tiptoed away from the domestic equity market, Investment Company Institute (ICI) data for U.S.-based funds showed on Wednesday. Taxable bond mutual funds […]
JPMorgan Pledges $40m to Chicago for Economic Growth in Under-Served Areas
(CNBC) JPMorgan Chase has pledged $40 million over three years to Chicago to fund projects in under-served communities in the city’s South and West sides. Jamie Dimon, the bank’s chairman and chief executive, said in a recent interview with CNBC […]
Judge Sends Martin Shkreli to Jail for Facebook Post Offering Bounty for Hillary Clinton’s Hair
(CNBC) An angry federal judge revoked the $5 million bond of convicted fraudster Martin Shkreli on Wednesday and ordered him jailed after ruling the notorious “pharma bro” was a danger to the public because of his offer on Facebook of […]