Category Archives: Syndicated
A $30bn Hedge Fund Identified a Potential Trigger for ‘The Next Financial Crisis’
(The Business Insider) Baupost Group, a $30 billion hedge fund, has laid out a road map for market chaos. In a second quarterly private letter that was reviewed by Business Insider, Baupost said that the problem lies with a signature […]
Macro Hedge Fund to Return Profits to Clients After Surging 12%
(Bloomberg) Hedge fund manager Guillaume Fonkenell is returning profits to investors from his $5 billion macro fund after it beat rivals this year. The Pharo Macro Fund, which climbed about 12 percent in the first half, will return those gains […]
Trium Capital Said To Plan New Long/Short Equity UCITS Fund
(FINalternatives) Asset manager Trium is reportedly prepping a new UCITS-complaint version of an existing Cayman Islands-based global long/short equity fund that concentrates on underfollowed or thinly researched large-cap stocks. To read this article:
Brevan Howard Is Said to Ready Hedge Fund Run by Saitta
(Bloomberg) Brevan Howard Asset Management is planning a new macroeconomic hedge fund to be run by portfolio manager Alfredo Saitta, according to people familiar with the matter. Saitta, who ran a portion of Brevan’s main fund, will manage the new […]
Hedge Fund Uses Algae to Reap 21% Return
(Bloomberg) Hedge fund manager Desmond Lun’s 21 percent average return over the last four years springs from an unlikely source — a petri dish of algae. Lun, 37, is a new kind of quant, combining AI wizardry with old-school biology […]
Hedge Fund Gains Reach 4.87% in the First Half of 2017
(Opalesque) The hedge fund industry continued its recent run of consistent gains in June, returning 0.57% for the month. This is the eighth consecutive month of positive performance for the industry, surpassing the seven-month period recorded in March-September 2016. These […]
Largest 100 Alternative Asset Managers Increased Assets Under Management by 10% in 2016
(Opalesque) The world’s largest 100 alternative asset managers saw assets under management increase by 10% in 2016, rising to $4 trillion, according to the 2017 edition of Willis Towers Watson’s (NASDAQ:WLTW) Global Alternatives Survey. The survey, which captures long-term institutional […]
A Hedge Fund Set Up By Steve Cohen’s Former Chief Investment Officer Is Crushing It
(The Business Insider) A hedge fund set up by Aaron Cowen, a former chief investment officer at SAC Capital, is crushing it bigtime this year. Suvretta Capital Management’s master fund is up 12.5% after fees for the first six months […]
These Are Not Normal Markets
(Harvest) Four years ago, markets threw a “tantrum” when the Federal Reserve hinted at tapering its quantitative easing (QE) program. Over the past fortnight we’ve endured a “mini-tantrum” in government bond markets as the Fed girds itself to shrink its […]
NYHFR Survey: Quant Strategies Currently More Appealing Than Fundamental Ones
(FINalternatives) Quantitative investment strategies, fueled by big data, increasingly sophisticated algorithms and efficient technologies, are currently more appealing to alternative investors than traditional fundamental ones, according to a new survey by the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable. To read this […]
Human Stock Pickers At Hedge Funds Are Actually Beating Their Computer Competition So Far This Year
(CNBC) Before computers completely take over the hedge-fund industry, they need to overcome one tiny obstacle: investment returns. In the first half of the year, computer-generated strategies, or what they call in the business, systematic strategies, returned 3.17 percent, according […]
Summer’s Most Common Hedge Fund Theme Is the Global Recovery
(Bloomberg) Investors positioned for the global recovery are in good company: it’s the most common bullish investment theme for hedge funds this summer, according to Lyxor Asset Management. As interest in hedge funds rises again — they saw the biggest […]