Monthly Archives: September 2015
Lack of Correlation By Hedge Funds Apparent Over Long Run
New York (HedgeCo.Net) A HedgeCoVest follower on Twitter recently asked, facetiously we think, “what have hedge funds done over the last five years?” After research, we can tell you that from January 1, 2010 through the end of July, the […]
Apparently Bigger Isn’t Always Better
New York (HedgeCo.net) – A new study has been released that suggests that when it comes to investing in hedge funds, bigger isn’t always better. The study was conducted by researchers at City University in London and the findings showed […]
IndexIQ Announces August 2015 Performance of Its Hedge Family of Investable Benchmark Hedge Fund Replication Indexes
(Business Wire) IndexIQ, a pioneer and leading provider of innovative investment solutions, today announced the performance of its proprietary family of hedge fund replication and alternative beta indexes. Designed as investable benchmarks that replicate the performance characteristics of sophisticated hedge […]
KKR To Buy Stake in Marshall Wace Hedge Fund Drive
(Reuters) American private equity firm KKR & Co is buying a stake in European hedge fund operator Marshall Wace, raising its bets on the rapidly growing $3 trillion industry. KKR will acquire a 24.9 percent stake in the London-based company, […]
SEC Charges Seattle Hedge Fund Adviser With Taking Unearned Management Fees
(Securities & Exchange Commission) The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Bellevue, Wash.-based investment advisory firm and its CEO with fraudulently inflating the values of investments in the portfolio of a private fund they advised so they could attain […]
Hedge Fund VIX Positions Double in Bet Stock Tubulence
(Bloomberg) Now that turbulence has resurfaced in the stock market, the biggest traders are piling into bets that it’s going to last. Hedge funds and other large speculators just doubled wagers that U.S. equity volatility will increase, a week after […]
Hedge Funds Cut Yen Shorts At The Fastest Pace Since 2007
(Bloomberg) Hedge funds and other large speculators have slashed bets on yen declines at the fastest pace since 2007 as U.S. jobs data for August failed to decisively set the stage for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next […]
Hedge Fund Assets Over $3.2 Trillion
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The latest report from Preqin shows that the assets under management for the hedge fund industry now exceed $3.2 trillion. Despite some concerns about hedge fund returns in recent years, the asset growth has come from […]
Leon Cooperman Says Blame The Machines For Market Volatility
(MarketWatch) Automated trading is largely to blame for extreme volatility that is scaring retail investors out of the market, a well-known hedge-fund manager said Tuesday. “I think the machines seem to be taking over,” Omega Advisors chairman and chief executive […]
China Just Killed The World’s Biggest Stock-Index Futures Market
(Bloomberg) Add the world’s biggest stock-index futures market to the list of casualties from China’s interventionist campaign to stop a $5 trillion equity rout. Volumes in the country’s CSI 300 Index and CSI 500 Index futures sank to record lows […]
Bridgewater Fund Loses 6.9% in August
New York (HedgeCo.net) – We often hear it said that when a company is getting ready to release its most recent earnings report that they are “stepping into the earnings confessional”. Over the last week, many hedge fund managers of […]
Hedge Fund’s Treasury Purchases Catch The Eye Of Officials
New York (HedgeCo.net) – It usually isn’t a good idea to bring attention to yourself, but that especially holds true when the attention you have garnered is from none other than the United States Treasury. Element Capital Management, a New […]