Category Archives: Syndicated

US House of Representatives Votes to Defang Dodd-Frank

(FINalternatives) In a largely symbolic move, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to reverse key portions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection Act, delivering on one of the Republican Party’s core platform promises during last […]

Goldman Sachs Asset Management Launches New Smart Beta Bond ETF

(FINalternatives) Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has debuted a new exchange-traded fund aimed at delivering low-cost smart beta exposure to corporate bond markets. To read this article:

New York, Illinois Pension Funds Say Hedge Funds Fees Too High

(Bloomberg) The Illinois State Board of Investment has cut $1 billion of hedge funds from its portfolio. The New York State Common Retirement Fund has reduced its allocation to the strategy to 3 percent. One of the reasons? The fees […]

Hedge-Fund Bet on Banco Popular Collapse Yields Maximum Gain

(Bloomberg) It’s the sort of event hedge funds were made for.Banco Popular Espanol SA’s takeover by Banco Santander SA for a token 1 euro wiped out the troubled lender’s stock and meant that, for the hedge funds betting against the […]

Formula Growth Said to Launch New US Equity Hedge Fund

(FINalternatives) Alternative investment manager Formula Growth is prepping a new hedge fund that will focus on small and medium-sized U.S. stocks.The new fund will be domiciled in the Cayman Islands, according to a Bloomberg article, and will aim to mirror […]

Quant Fund dormouse Loses -1.44% In May; Down -4.12% YTD

(FINalternatives) Dr. Martin Coward’s quantitative investment manager dormouse slipped again in May, its fourth negative monthly result in the last six, as systematic CTAs retraced some of the broad advances made in April. To read this article:

Eurekahedge/AIMA Japan Survey: Investments In Regulatory Compliance Rising

(FINalternatives) Regulatory compliance now accounts for up to 10% of the total expenses for Japanese fund managers and institutional investors, according to a new joint survey by Eurekahedge and the Japanese branch of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), while […]

Is the Canadian Hedge Fund Market Ready to Take Off?

(Wealth Professional) Canada often drifts into the shade cast by its juggernaut neighbour south of the border. The hedge fund market is a good example of this. While the U.S. is viewed as a world leader in the space, Canadian […]

Hedge-Fund Bet on Banco Popular Collapse Yields Maximum Gain

(Bloomberg) It’s the sort of event hedge funds were made for. Banco Popular Espanol SA’s takeover by Banco Santander SA for a token 1 euro wiped out the troubled lender’s stock and meant that, for the hedge funds betting against […]

Hedge Funds as an Insurance Amidst Uncertain Markets

(Asia Asset Management) As bond prices are expected to decline with further US interest rate hikes, investors may want to use hedging strategies as insurance for their fixed income investments.Investors should welcome interest rate hikes as they suggest economic growth. […]

Americans Living Longer is Biggest Risk for Nordic Hedge Fund

(Business Times) In a time of negative interest rates, you sometimes have to stretch far to find some decent returns.The Stockholm-based hedge fund manager, Resscapital AB, is turning to an alternative but fast growing market of betting on life insurance […]

Fed Gives Extension on Complying With Part of Volcker Rule to Three Banks

(Reuters) The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday gave extensions of up to five years to Deutsche Bank, SVB Financial Group, and UBS Group on complying with part of the Volcker Rule that deals with illiquid funds. The central bank said […]