Monthly Archives: September 2015
These Funds Bucked Their Own Trend in August Selloff
(Wall Street Journal Interactive) Computer driven hedge funds have had a tough time over the past few months, but when the chips were down for global markets in late August, they came into their own. That’s according to J.P. Morgan, […]
China Is Falling Into A Vicious Circle As It Burns Through Cash Reserves
(Business Insider) China is spending billions propping up its struggling currency and as a result its foreign currency reserves fell by a record amount last month. China spent $93.9 billion in August, reducing its cash pile to $3.56 trillion. This […]
Hedge Fund Sector To Push Past $100 Billion in Australia
(Money Management) The Australian hedge fund sector will pass the $100 billion mark driven by Treasury reforms, financial innovation and growing demand according to the global hedge fund industry association. The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) said the Australian hedge […]
Hedge Funds Extend Bearish Ag Spree To Longest In A Year
(Agrimoney.com) Hedge funds took their selldown in ags to the longest this year as they turned more bearish in particular on cotton and wheat, more than offsetting the impact of a short-covering wave in sugar. Managed money, a proxy for […]
Hedge Fund VIX Positions Double in Bet Stock Turbulence To Last
(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 Fund Trims Investment-Grade ETF in Favor of Junk Fund
(ETFtrends.com) 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 […]
Institutional Investors Reversing Course on Gold
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The latest commitment of traders reports were released last week 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 […]
Liquid Alts Perform As Advertised in Volatile Market
New York (HedgeCo.net) – While the market has been climbing for the last six years, the popularity of liquid alternatives has grown tremendously. After the last bear market in 2007-2009, investors were looking for investments that could withstand volatile or […]
Recent Rally In Oil Spurred By Hedge Fund Short Covering
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Oil has rallied 13.6% in the last two weeks after falling below the $40 per barrel price for a few days. Interestingly, the price of West Texas Intermediate Crude has not close a month below $40 […]
Tax Regulators Attack Hedge Fund Manager Efforts To Disguise Management Fees
(Hedge Fund Law Report) Tax regulators in the United States and United Kingdom are attacking arrangements in which hedge fund managers and other private investment fund managers receive interests in funds in exchange for waiving management fees – or otherwise […]
China Shock Boon For This Hedge Fund That Bets on Volatility
(Bloomberg) 36 South Capital Advisors, a London-based volatility hedge fund, profited from China’s surprise devaluation when it triggered a global market rout that spurred losses in an index of its peers. Three of 36 South’s strategies, which bet on rising […]
Ackman’s Pershing Square Hedge Fund Drops 9.2 Percent in August
(Reuters) Hedge fund mogul William Ackman, one of last year’s best performers, joined a string of high profile managers in reporting deep losses for August as global markets tumbled amid fears over slower growth in China. Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital […]