Monthly Archives: September 2016

Tudor Said to Close Singapore Trading Desk Amid Global Cuts

(Bloomberg) Tudor Investment Corp., the $11 billion hedge fund founded by billionaire Paul Tudor Jones, has closed its Singapore trading desk as part of a global shakeup, according to people familiar with the matter. The firm still has staff in […]

Raymond James and Robert W. Baird Settle Charges Related to Compliance Failures

(Hedge Co.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that two investment advisory firms are settling charges related to compliance failures within their wrap fee programs. SEC investigations found that St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Raymond James & Associates and Milwaukee-based Robert […]

Investors Add $6.3B to Hedge Funds in August; Total Industry AUM $3.02T

(Fin Alternatives) Hedge fund investors allocated $6.3 billion in new assets to the industry during August, bringing overall industry assets back over the $3 trillion mark, according to new research from eVestment. To read this article:

Some of the Biggest Hedge Funds Are Bleeding Cash

(Bloomberg) Some of the biggest and best-known hedge funds can’t hang on to client capital. Richard Perry, who started his hedge fund 28 years ago, has seen assets in his Perry Capital shrink to $4 billion, from $10 billion last […]

Fired Manager Can Challenge Highland Capital in Arbitration

(Bloomberg) A former portfolio manager can force Highland Capital Management LP into arbitration over his claim that he was fired after questioning what he described as the firm’s illegal self-dealing with outside investors. Highland alleges Joshua Terry was the one […]

Hedge Fund Fees Need to Fall Further, Investor Survey Finds

(Bloomberg) Hedge fund fees need to fall further according to an investor survey by Preqin Ltd., as the industry struggles to justify its 2-and-20 fee structure amid lackluster returns. Seventy-three percent of institutional investors said management fees need to decline […]

Why The Bonds Between Banks and Fintechs Are Strengthening

(City A.M) ROE for the top global investment banks is falling. Over the past few years the industry has been facing challenges on many fronts: continued and increasing structural costs, fast-changing regulatory reform, conduct issues and capital requirements, to name […]

Meet the Only Female Activist Hedge Fund Manager Shaking up U.S. Companies

(Fortune) Dianne McKeever doesn’t like to talk about the fact that she’s a woman. But her gender has made her a groundbreaker on Wall Street: The moment she launched Ides Capital last year, the 38-year-old became the only woman running […]

Hedge Fund Fees Need to Fall Further, Investor Survey Finds

(Bloomberg) Hedge fund fees need to fall further according to an investor survey by Preqin Ltd., as the industry struggles to justify its 2-and-20 fee structure amid lackluster returns. Seventy-three percent of institutional investors said management fees need to decline […]

Third Point’s Loeb: BOJ Move Will Be ‘Positive’ For Markets

(Reuters) Billionaire investor Daniel Loeb, whose Third Point hedge fund has recently pushed for change at Japanese companies, said on Wednesday that he approved of the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy move, but added corporate reform is still needed to […]

SEC Charges Hedge Fund Manager Leon Cooperman With Insider Trading

(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged hedge fund manager Leon G. Cooperman and his firm Omega Advisors with insider trading based on material nonpublic information he learned in confidence from a corporate executive. The SEC alleges that Cooperman […]

Tiger Cub Citrone Sees Market in Biggest Correction Since 2008

(Bloomberg)Robert Citrone, the Tiger cub who now runs one of the best-known macro hedge funds, is warning investors that the market moment they’ve been anticipating is at hand. “We believe we are in the midst of the market correction we […]