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George Soros reclaims top hedge fund title
The Age – George Soros’s Quantum Endowment fund has reclaimed the top spot as the world’s most successful hedge fund of all time, adding $US5.5 billion to the US billionaire investor’s fortune. Mr Soros is best known for triggering the […]
The Hedge Fund Wizard Betting Big on Big Data Research
Inside Philanthropy – Jaffray Woodriff knows a thing or two about data. The investment whiz based in Charlottesville, Virginia, used his homegrown predictive models of investment data to build a $4 billion-plus managed futures firm. Paying tribute to his golden […]
Two Sigma Suspends Surveys of Stock Analysts — Update
WSJ – Hedge-fund firm Two Sigma Investments LLC has suspended a survey program intended to garner information about companies from stock analysts, following a similar move by asset manager BlackRock Inc. last month under a settlement with New York. The […]
These big hedge funds got crushed in January
CNBC – Most hedge funds that bet on big economic trends lost money in January, hurt by reversing stock markets and wrong-way currency bets. Some of the hedge fund industry’s most prominent names were among the losers for the month. […]
US hedge fund Libra Advisers buys 7.2 percent stake in Rubicon for $12 million
ShareChat – US hedge fund Libra Advisors will take a $12 million stake in Rubicon in a private placement to shore up the company’s funding position and support its future commitments to forestry biotech firm ArborGen. The New York-based investor […]
Hedge Fund Launch: QCP Alpha Source
The emergence of social trading websites has opened up unique new sources of unexploited market intelligence, and a fund started by industry veterans is positioned to profit. “Like most investment managers, we are always on the lookout for original new […]
Hedge Fund Trader Mathew Martoma Found Guilty
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Former SAC Capital trader Mathew Martoma has been found guilty of insider trading in what is being called the most lucrative hedge fund insider trading cases ever prosecuted. “As the jury unanimously found, Mathew Martoma cultivated and […]
Hedge Funds Shortlisted For ‘The AIF Factor’ Competition In Amsterdam
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Six alternative investment funds have been selected from over 60 entries to compete in ‘The AIF Factor’ at next week’s 3rd Amsterdam Investor Forum (AIF), organised by ABN AMRO Clearing. Delegates comprising more than 200 institutional […]
Hedge Funds Lose Less Than Stocks in Month as Dalio Gains
Bloomberg – Hedge funds held up better than stocks in January, falling an average of 0.1 percent as global equities slumped amid a selloff in emerging-market currencies and signs of weakness in China. Bridgewater Associates LP’s Ray Dalio gained 1.1 […]
Why is Ralph Nader cozying up to a bunch of hedge funds?
Washington Post – It’s not often in Washington that you see wealthy, conservative investor types and their lawyers sitting down with professional affordable housing advocates. But on Wednesday morning, anti-corporate crusader Ralph Nader — now stooped and gray, nearing his 80th […]
UK hedge fund Capri Capital plans to launch realty PE fund in India
Economic Times – US-based hedge fund Capri Capital Partners plans to launch its first India-dedicated real estate private equity fund to raise about $400 million, two people familiar with the development said. Capri Capital, which advises pension funds and institutional […]
Hedge funds raise stakes in Williams Cos., push for changes
Tulsa World – Two New York-based hedge funds are raising their stakes in Williams Cos. Inc. and pushing for changes to improve the company’s value, according to media reports Wednesday. Leadership at Corvex Management LP and Soroban Capital Partners LLC […]