Category Archives: Syndicated
Hedge Fund Elliott Prepares Second Challenge to Hess Corp
(Reuters) Elliott Management Corp is readying for a new fight with Hess Corp to remedy what the activist hedge fund called on Thursday “continuing underperformance” by the U.S. oil and gas producer. This would be the second time the New […]
What It Takes To Launch A Hedge Fund Right Now, According To The Wall Street Pros
(The Business Insider) A handful of hedge fund launches each year grab headlines – usually those expected to raise billions, like one from billionaire Steve Cohen and another from Millennium’s ex- bond chief, Michael Gelband…..What does it take to launch […]
6 Important Traits of the World’s Most Successful Investors
(Harvest) Some of the most successful investors of all-time were lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. They simply recognized opportunities and used them for their own financial benefit. However, a lot of people put […]
A Summary of Legal Actions Against the DOL Fiduciary Rule
(Harvest) We’ve seen several legal challenges to the DOL fiduciary rule. How are these challenges playing out, and what do they mean for financial advisors? On June 7, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) put the final rule redefining […]
Tax Reform in Focus: Six Key Elements of the Tax Plan
(Harvest) As we enter the last few weeks of the year, Congress races to get a tax plan passed – Republicans’ last chance to have something to show from a policymaking standpoint in 2017. As part of Highland’s 2018 outlook, […]
Hedge Funds Can’t Keep Up With China’s Surging Stock Market
(Bloomberg) It was a good year for hedge funds betting on rising and falling stocks in Greater China. Just not good enough to beat a spectacular market rally. Long-short equity hedge funds investing in the region returned an average 30 […]
Hedge Funds: Rise of the Machines
(Bloomberg) The future of hedge funds is starting to look like there will be fewer managers. That doesn’t mean there will be fewer funds.Traditional long-short hedge funds and their managers have recently felt like an endangered species, with many giving […]
This Hedge Fund Is Preparing for Swedish Real Estate Turmoil
(Bloomberg) The potential for a housing crash in Sweden has Peak Asset Management surveying for opportunities. In particular there could be “developers that have come under pressure since housing prices have started to fall,” Per Djerf, co-founder and chief investment […]
Steve Cohen’s New Hedge Fund Could Have a Lockup of Up to Three Years
(Bloomberg) With just three weeks until regulators permit billionaire Steve Cohen to resume taking investor money, his new hedge fund plans are making some potential clients wary. The terms being discussed for Cohen’s new fund — which he could launch […]
Wall Street Analysts Love These Stocks This Holiday Season
(CNBC) Wall Street’s top analysts are narrowing their top stocks for the holiday season, and names include Amazon and Costco, according to TipRanks. Analysts are ranked on the average return of their buy-sell recommendations and the success rate of those […]
A Partner Has Left Tourbillon Capital, A Struggling New York Hedge Fund
(The Business Insider) Kartik Joshi, a partner at New York-based Tourbillon Capital, has left the fund, people with knowledge of the matter said. Joshi was Tourbillon’s sector head for technology, media and telecommunications investments. The people asked not to be […]
Famed Short-Seller Jim Chanos Says Tesla Headed for ‘Brick Wall’
(Bloomberg) “Every bull market has its poster children,” the president and founder of hedge fund Kynikos Associates Ltd said at an event in Detroit. “Tesla is one of the bad ones.” To read this article: