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Hedge Funds Lift Bullish Bets on Growth Prospects: Commodities
San Francisco Chronicle – Speculators boosted wagers on higher commodity prices by the most since August as improving prospects for growth in the U.S. and Europe sent prices toward their biggest rally in 10 months. Money managers boosted combined net-long positions across […]
Narrowed US reporting requirement for hedge funds, private equity firms adopted by 2 agencies
Washington Post – The largest U.S. hedge funds and private equity funds must report financial information to the government starting next year under a rule finalized Monday. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved the rule that was also passed last […]
Hedge Funds Cut Bullish ICE Brent Oil Bets By 11% Last Week
BusinessWeek – Hedge funds and other money managers cut bullish bets on Brent crude by 11 percent in the week ended Oct. 25, according to data from ICE Futures Europe. Speculative bets that prices will rise, in futures and options […]
Hedge Funds Bet on Collapse of WTI-Brent Spread: Energy Markets
Bloomberg) — Hedge funds increased bullish bets on West Texas Intermediate oil to the highest level since May on expectations the gap between the U.S. benchmark price and Brent, the standard for more than half the world’s crude, will continue […]
Hedge Fund Broker Merlin Securities Hires Former Morgan Stanley Strategist
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Rick Bensignor has joined hedge fund tech and prime broker Merlin Securities as chief market strategist. In this new position, Bensignor will produce behavioral market strategy research focused on a wide variety of asset classes and macro-economic […]
Mourant Ozannes wins double HFMWeek client service award
Mourant Ozannes has been named ‘Best Offshore Law Firm – Client Service’ at the HFMWeek US Hedge Fund Services Awards 2011. This follows the firm winning the same client service accolade at the HFMWeek European Hedge Fund Services Awards earlier […]
Fall 2011 M&A Hedge Fund Industry Outlook
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Madison Street Capital’s Asset Management Industry Focus Group released its Fall 2011 Merger and Acquisition (M&A) Outlook- Hedge Fund Industry, focusing on the current deal environment, buyer/seller considerations, minority interest investments and future M&A drivers. “The transaction […]
Oil Declines, Paring Biggest Monthly Increase Since May 2009
Bloomberg – Oil fell in New York on speculation demand will falter after the biggest monthly gain in more than two years and a surge in the dollar. Brent’s premium to U.S. crude was near its lowest in almost four […]
Hedge funds profit from crisis
BBC – Hedge funds plan to make big profits from the eurozone crisis, with the bill being footed by taxpayers. The BBC’s Michael Robinson reports from Athens. Plus as the world’s population reaches seven billion, Lesley Curwen talks to David […]
6 S&P 500 Dividend Stocks Being Bought Up By Hedge Funds
Seeking Alpha – Analysts like to follow what institutional investors (like hedge fund managers) buy because they have access to sophisticated research and have a lot of experience in choosing investments. When they start buying a stock, it’s a signal […]
Hedge Fund Secrets, Bank Capital Deadline, Gupta: Compliance
BusinessWeek – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission responded to objections from hedge funds and private- equity funds by dialing back demands in its new rule calling for fund advisers to report internal information to regulators. Revising its proposal from […]
Hedging Hedge-Fund Risk
Barron’s – You know the expression that a good compromise leaves both sides unhappy? Sometimes, mutual indifference is just fine. The Securities and Exchange Commission approved new reporting regulations for hedge funds last week. Headlines noted that the SEC’s approval […]