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Report on U.S. Portfolio Holdings of Foreign Securities at End-Year 2012
This survey measured the value of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2012 as approximately $7.9 trillion, with $5.3 trillion held in foreign equity, $2.3 trillion held in foreign long-term debt securities (original term-to-maturity in excess of one […]
Hedge Fund compensation rises on record industry assets
Commodities – Hedge fund industry compensation rose for the 3rd consecutive year, as trends of increased investor visibility, organizational transparency, increased reporting requirements and role evolution accelerated on record industry assets. Average compensation rose between five and ten percent in […]
Hedge Funds Are Making Their Move Into Puerto Rico
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – After a huge plunge in Puerto Rico’s bond prices over the summer, hedge funds are desperate to get their foot in the door. Hedge fund investor Fairbridge Capital Partners has purchased the Puerto Rico based brokerage […]
ResCap Securities in Mongolia is the First Client to Use the Joint Offering
TOKYO – November 1, 2013 – Nomura Research Institute (NRI), Ltd., a leading provider of consulting services and system solutions, today announced that its subsidiary Nomura Research Institute Financial Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. (NRI FT India) has entered into a […]
Despite 22% Losses, Many Short Sellers Stick To Their Guns
ValueWalk – – This year has been a difficult one for shortsellers, but that has been the state of affairs for bearish investors for a long time. Following through with short bets to get to profits takes more patience than […]
Pimco’s Gross urges ‘privileged 1 percent’ to pay more tax
Reuters – Bill Gross, manager of the world’s largest bond fund, urged fellow members of the “privileged 1 percent,” earning the highest incomes, to support higher U.S. taxes on carried interest and capital gains to help the economy. Gross, co-founder […]
Hedge Fund Compensation On The Rise In 2013
FIN – As hedge fund industry assets have risen, so have paychecks: average compensation is up between 5% and 10% to date in 2013, according to new research from HFR and Glocap. The 2014 Glocap Hedge Fund Compensation Report found […]
Is Puerto Rico the next Detroit?
CNN – Puerto Rico has been called the next Detroit and the next Greece. It’s buried in debt and possibly teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. But that isn’t scaring away hedge funds. So-called vulture investors that buy the bonds […]
Neuberger Berman Launches New Hedge Fund After First Successful US Launch
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Neuberger Berman has launched a Ucits absolute return multi-strategy hedge fund, following on a the success of a US regulated version in May 2012. The Neuberger Berman Absolute Return Multi-Strategy Fund (ARMS), targets positive absolute returns […]
Defrauding Investors: Whistleblower Awarded More Than $150,000 By SEC
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The SEC today awarded more than $150,000 to a whistleblower whose tips helped the agency stop a scheme that was defrauding investors. “This is continued momentum and success for the SEC’s whistleblower program that is bringing […]
Kynikos Alumni Start Hedge Fund Betting on Declining Stocks
Two former analysts of Jim Chanos’s Kynikos Associates Ltd., which rose to fame shorting Enron Corp., started a new London-based hedge fund earlier this month to bet on falling stocks globally. The Arhammar Short Alpha Fund Ltd., which started on […]
New signs that hedge funds still charm pension funds despite losses
Pension Funds Insider – Two apparently contradictory items of news were released at the end of January – on the one hand it was reported that hedge funds’ saw their second worst year ever and on the other we read […]