Monthly Archives: September 2017
Hedge Fund Crowding Primarily Consists of Systematic Factor Bets
(Harvest) The analysis of hedge fund crowding in this article follows the approach of our earlier studies: We started with a decade of hedge fund Form 13F filings. Form 13F discloses positions of firms with long U.S. assets over $100 […]
Diameter Capital Said To Raise $1B For New Credit Fund
(FINalternatives) Credit specialist Diameter Capital has reportedly raised approximately $1 billion for a new corporate debt fund and is already trading across junk bonds, loans and credit-default swaps. To read this article:
A Big Critic of ETFs Is Planning to Launch One of His Own
(Bloomberg) Like many active managers, Mark Yusko of Morgan Creek Capital Management LLC has some serious gripes about the rise of exchange-traded funds and the ascendancy of passive investing. And like many of those managers, he’s also starting his own […]
Hedge Funds May Lose This Tax Loophole, But They Don’t Care
(CNBC) Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has made one thing clear when it comes to the way hedge fund managers get paid: a big tax loophole will disappear. He reiterated as much last month but hinted that it’s less certain what […]
AllianzGI Survey: Geopolitics Now Top Concern Among Global Investors
(FINalternatives) Geopolitical concerns are weighing heavily on investors’ minds, according to a new survey from alternative investment manager Allianz Global Investors, and forcing them to reassess risk management and return expectations. In the survey of global institutional investors, geopolitics now […]
Employees at the World’s Largest Hedge Fund Use iPads to Rate Each Other’s Performance in Real-Time
(The Business Insider) At Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, all 1,500 employees are constantly rating each other across more than 100 attributes on a 1-10 scale. In a newly released presentation from the TED 2017 conference in April, […]
The World’s Biggest Sovereign Wealth Fund Wants to Change Its Strategy — And the Effects Could Be Global
(CNBC) Norway is considering new proposals for its sovereign wealth fund that could hit Japan and a range of other countries…Norges Bank proposed restricting its fixed income and corporate bond investments exclusively to the euro, the U.S. dollar and the […]
Some Closed Funds Ready to Open for Business Again
(CNBC) Managers of actively run funds can’t seem to get a break these days, and that includes closed ones. With the rise of passive investing, their business model and sales pitch for active management have come under seemingly constant attack. […]
SmartX Announces the Addition of BlackRock, Morningstar Investment Management, Nasdaq Dorsey Wright HedgeCoVest is now SmartX Advisory Solutions
(HedgeCo.Net) SmartX Advisory Solutions, a leading technology firm formerly known as HedgeCoVest, today announced the addition of twenty-seven investment strategies to its managed accounts platform, including models offered by Blackrock, Morningstar Investment Management, and Nasdaq Dorsey Wright. The new investment […]
HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index Up +0.29% In August
(FINalternatives) Hedge funds continued their winning streak in August as global financial markets were broadly steady in the face of increasing geopolitical tensions, according to new data from Hedge Fund Research. To read this article:
Brevan’s U-Turn Gives Its Star Traders Chance to Run Funds Again
(Bloomberg) Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP is giving star traders their own funds again, aiming to stall an investor exodus as its flagship investment pool shrinks. Less than two years ago, one of the hedge-fund manager’s top executives said having […]
Marathon Petroleum Gains Elliott’s Support to Keep Speedway
(Reuters) U.S. refiner Marathon Petroleum Corp said on Tuesday it would keep its Speedway retail arm, a decision backed by activist investor Elliott Management, which had previously pushed the company to separate the business. Last November, Elliott, the $33 billion […]