Category Archives: Syndicated
Hedge Fund Positions in Oil Look Stretched
(Reuters) Hedge funds have become strongly bullish on the outlook for all parts of the petroleum complex, amid signs global crude stocks are declining and fuels will be short supply after hurricane-related refinery outages. But with so many fund managers […]
Perry’s TeamCo is Latest Hedge Fund Industry Casualty
(Nasdaq) David Perry plans to end the main operations of TeamCo Advisers LLC by early 2018 and ultimately shut the firm, he told Reuters in an interview, making his San Francisco-based business the latest casualty in the struggling fund of […]
SS&C GlobeOp: Forward Redemption Indicator Rises To 3.72%
(FINalternatives) Hedge fund redemptions rose slightly in September after accelerating in August, according to new data from fund administrator SS&C GlobeOp, although they were down from year-ago levels for the eighth consecutive month. To read this article:
Best Hedge Fund on India Says Expect 7 Good Years in Next 10
(Bloomberg) The top-performing hedge fund focused on India isn’t scared by equity valuations that are the most expensive in 10 years and predicts Asia’s third-largest economy will have seven good years in the next decade. Rahul Khanna, chief investment officer […]
How to Survive Wall Street’s Robot Revolution
(Bloomberg) Wall Street’s robot revolution has begun. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is rolling out a program called LOXM that executes equities trades so well, it’s replacing the humans who used to do that. Goldman Sachs is in the midst of […]
HFRU Composite Index Gains +0.44% Through Mid-September
(FINalternatives) The HFRU Hedge Fund Composite Index, which measures UCITS compliant hedge funds, has gained +0.44% so far in mid-September, according to a flash update from Hedge Fund Research. To read this article:
Ray Dalio’s Advice for Donald Trump
(Yahoo News) “As a leader of the country, what are the principles that bind us together?” Ray Dalio asks in a discussion about President Trump’s management skills. Dalio, founder and chief investment office of Bridgewater, the biggest hedge fund in […]
China’s Slice of This $48bn Fund Keeps Getting Bigger
(Bloomberg) John Pearce has returned to Sydney from a week in Hong Kong beaming, with one clear message of where to invest his next dollar: China. The chief investment officer who’s in charge of A$60 billion ($48 billion) at Australian […]
Nestle Chief’s Strategic Vision Shrouded by Death at L’Oreal
(Bloomberg) As new Nestle SA Chief Executive Officer Mark Schneider prepares to lay out his strategic vision for the Swiss food giant, his plans will be overshadowed by a changing of the guard at another European consumer-goods giant — L’Oreal […]
Hedge Fund Activism: the Facts Don’t Bear Out the Dire Warnings
(All About Alpha) Lucian Bebchuk, a professor at Harvard Law, has been at the heart of scholarly arguments over corporate governance for a long time, perhaps since 1990, the year he edited a textbook on Corporate Law and Economic Analysis. […]
Steve Cohen Just Took a Big Step Forward in His Comeback With a Massive New Hedge Fund
(The Business Insider) Steve Cohen, the billionaire hedge-fund manager briefly banned from the industry after an insider-trading investigation, this week sent investors documents pitching his new fund, Stamford Harbor Capital… To read this article:
Strategist: Bitcoin, Digital Currency Trading Volume Will ‘Soon Surpass’ Apple’s
(CNBC) “Cryptocurrency trading volume is now more than of $3bn/day on average, and will likely soon surpass that of the world’s most liquid stock: Apple ($4bn/day),”Jens Nordvig, founder and CEO of Exante Data, said in a note Friday. Nordvig said […]