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Asian hedge funds shine in stellar month for industry
CNBC – In a stellar month for the hedge fund industry, Asian hedge funds outperformed, a report from alternative fund data provider Eurekahedge has showed. Asia ex-Japan hedge fund managers gained 2.81 percent in September and have outperformed the underlying […]
SEC Charges Hedge Fund With Violations of Market Access Rule
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – In the SEC’s first enforcement action under the market access rule, which was adopted in 2010 as Rule 15c3-5. The SEC has alleged that hedge fund trader Knight Capital Americas LLC has agreed to pay $12 million to settle charges […]
Einhorn’s Greenlight up 4.3 percent in third quarter
Bloomberg – David Einhorn’s hedge fund Greenlight Capital rose 4.3 percent in the third quarter, bringing the fund’s net return for the year to 11.8 percent, according to an investor letter released on Tuesday. The $8-billion hedge fund also said […]
Performance Chasing
Matthias Knab – Particularly since the global financial crisis, institutions find that they have more or less made the same investments with the same, brand name managers. How could such a level of herding have happened? Which investor groups have invested […]
Hedge Fund Bears at Year High as Equities Focus on Budget
Bloomberg -Hedge funds, whose bearish bets on stocks have held their returns to half the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index in 2013, pushed short sales close to the highest level of the year just as the U.S. budget impasse spurred a doubling […]
Hedge fund inflows on track to return to precrisis levels
CNBC – The amount of money going into hedge funds hit a five-year high in September, a sign that the industry is returning to levels not seen since the start of the financial crisis. Net asset flows for the year […]
A Default Play Appears Too Risky for Hedge Funds
DealBook – At a time when the hedge fund industry’s many larger-than-life billionaires would normally be making bold bets, they are largely sitting on the sidelines. The United States government is edging precariously closer to a default, an event that […]
A Default Play Appears Too Risky for Hedge Funds
DealBook – At a time when the hedge fund industry’s many larger-than-life billionaires would normally be making bold bets, they are largely sitting on the sidelines. The United States government is edging precariously closer to a default, an event that […]
Hedge Fund Bears at Year High as Equities Focus on Budget
Bloomberg – Hedge funds, whose bearish bets on stocks have held their returns to half the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index in 2013, pushed short sales close to the highest level of the year just as the U.S. budget impasse spurred a […]
Prosecutors Scoff At Hedge Funds’ GM Fees Request
FIN -INFour hedge funds’ settlement with creditors of the former General Motors was anything but an altruistic deal to end “contentious, time-consuming and expensive litigation,” federal prosecutors say. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan has objected to the hedge funds’ […]
Julian Robertson On What He Looks For In Hedge Fund Talent
SF Gate – Legendary hedge fund manager Julian Robertson rarely talks about his early-life career, but in a recent interview with Skiddy von Stade, CEO and founder of the finance career site OneWire, he got candid about his younger days, and […]
Hedge Fund Bears at Year High as Equities Focus on Budget
Bloomberg – Hedge funds, whose bearish bets on stocks have held their returns to half the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index in 2013, pushed short sales close to the highest level of the year just as the U.S. budget impasse spurred a […]