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As hedge funds lag, Osterweis fund looks for balance
Reuters – Matthew Berler once shorted stocks for a living. Now, he invests for the long term. During the last three years, Berler, the chief executive of San Francisco based Osterweis Capital, has steered the $220 million Osterweis Strategic Investment […]
Hedge funds move out of shorts with eyes on bull run in markets
CNBC – Hedge funds’ bets on falling share prices have dropped to their lowest level in years as traders predict an extended bull run for equities over the coming months. According to data from Markit, the overall value of short […]
Neuberger Berman Launches US Emerging Markets Hedge Fund
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – One of the world’s leading employee-controlled money managers, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, has launched the Neuberger Berman Emerging Markets Income Fund for its US investors. “We believe the structural case for emerging markets debt (EMD) remains strong, […]
Falcone Sells Hedge Fund Shares In Bid To Liquidate Assets
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Philip Falcone has sold 18.6 million shares of Harbinger Group to “mini Berkshire Hathaway” Leucadia National Corp, Bloomberg reports. Falcone sold the shares worth $158m as part of a move to raise funds for his SEC settlement of more […]
SEC, billionaire Mark Cuban set for insider trading trial
Reuters – Mark Cuban, the billionaire who regularly sits courtside to cheer on his Dallas Mavericks basketball team, is heading to a court of a different kind on Monday. Once there, he hopes to convince a federal jury that a […]
Hedge fund bets on falling corn prices hit record
AgriMoney – Hedge funds hiked their positioning on corn prices to the most bearish ever, amid increasing hopes for US harvest yields, but turned more positive on raw sugar, and on lean hogs in which bets on rising values hit […]
FX Concepts Feels The Pinch As 30-Year-Old Hedge Fund Loses Another Large Client
Forex Magnates – Events over the last few days have signaled what could be construed as another downturn in fortune for veteran foreign currency hedge fund and portfolio management company FX Concepts, as one of its major remaining clients gave the firm its […]
Rich investors target the north of England as hedge fund snaps up properties in deprived areas
Mirror – Elite investors are betting on growth in the north of England and buying up vaste swathes of property, reports the Sunday People. One of Europe’s biggest hedge funds is so confident prices will boom that it is ploughing […]
Event-Driven Hedge Funds Dominate Inflows and Performance
24/7 Wall st – The phrase “A rising tide lifts all boats” is frequently used around Wall Street when the good times roll. It basically helps to explain why in a good market almost everything works, with little regard for […]
Hedge Funds Cut ICE Brent Crude Net-Longs to 12-Week Low
Bloomberg – Hedge funds and other money managers cut bullish bets on Brent crude to the lowest level in 12 weeks, according to ICE Futures Europe. Speculative bets that prices will rise, in futures and options combined, outnumbered short positions by 167,745 lots in the […]
Hedge funds show strong confidence in European shares
Reuters – Hedge funds’ negative bets on European shares have tumbled to a level not seen since before the global financial crisis began in 2007, signalling their strongest conviction for years that the market will rise further. It means long/short […]
Fair Value Considerations Related to the Accounting for Embedded Derivatives
User Contributed News – Accounting guidance around embedded derivatives is a reasonably mature topic with SFAS 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, released in 1998 (now ASC Topic 815). Still, this remains a complex area of accounting due […]