Category Archives: Hedge Fund Performance
Manny Roman Reports FUM up 7% to $78.1 Billion At Hedge Fund Man
New York (HedgeC0.Net) -Manny Roman, Chief Executive Officer of hedge fund giant Man Group, reported a a good start to the year from a performance perspective which, together with the latest acquisitions, contributed to an overall 7% increase in FUM over […]
Manager Profile and Insights: Robert Moore, CMJ Value Holdings
New York, HedgeCo.Net – CMJ Value Holdings was founded in Chicago in 2001 and has over $40 million in assets under management at this time. The company uses an equity long/short approach with slight bias toward the long side. Robert […]
Hedge Fund Managers Divulge Top Picks at Annual Sohn Conference
New York, HedgeCo.Net – The annual Sohn Investment Conference kicked off yesterday in New York and it drew thousands of investment professionals as well as private investors. The conference is part entertainment and part business and is now in its […]
Two Different Hedge Funds Announce Stakes in YUM Brands
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Over the course of the last week, two different hedge fund/activist investors announced stakes in fast-food giant YUM Brands (NYSE: YUM). On Friday, it was announced that Third Point has bought in to YUM during the first […]
Biotech Rallies: Composite Models Take Advantage
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The biotech sector has been on an incredible run over the last four years and so far in 2015, the rally has continued. In the last four years, the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (NYSE: IBB) has gone […]
Global Equity Mutual Funds and ETFs Get $88.3 Billion in 2015
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – TrimTabs Investment Research reported today that strong investor interest in non-U.S. equities is broadening from Europe and Japan into emerging markets. Even ahead of the stimulus announced Sunday, exchange-traded funds focused on Chinese equities posted 22 […]
United Nations Pension Fund Considering Hedge Fund Investing
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, which covers 190,274 participants, retirees and other beneficiaries, is reportedly looking into adding hedge funds to its portfolio, the pension has over $52 billion in assets. CNBC reports: “The U.N. is […]
Highlights from Citi’s March Hedge Fund Snapshot
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Citi recently released its Hedge Fund Snapshot for March and February was a good month for hedge funds both in terms of performance as well as growth. In terms of performance, the two equal-weighted across funds indices […]
Newly Launched Hedge Funds Have Best Year Since 2004
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – New hedge funds in the US netted over $34 billion in last year’s explosive launch environment, posting the best fundraising total in a decade, Absolute Return research shows. The largest was the Two Sigma Absolute Return […]
Northern Trust: Hedge Fund Industry “Blind Spots” Persist
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Amid the rapid growth of the hedge fund industry and the complex regulatory climate following the financial crisis, hedge fund managers and institutional investors have differing views on transparency and independent controls, according to a new […]
