Category Archives: Syndicated
Trumps Tweets Driving Volatility But Quant Response Lukewarm So Far
(FINalternatives) President Donald Trump’s tweets and rapid-fire executive orders have lifted volatility in financial markets, helping day traders aimed at playing short-term swings, but the jury is still out as to whether the fluctuations will ultimately be useful to quantitative […]
Lyxor: Hedge Fund Index Gains 0.5% On CTA, Macro Manager Rebounds
(FINalternatives) Hedge funds enjoyed a positive rebound last week, as CTAs and Macro managers rebounded from weak starts to the new year and equity markets cheered the initial moves of President Trump, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor […]
Hedge Fund Raveneur Investment Group Shutting Down
(Reuters) Raveneur Investment Group, the two-year old hedge fund originally backed by Blackstone Group, is shutting down, according to two people familiar with the situation.New York-based Raveneur was launched in September 2014 by Mark Black with startup capital from Blackstone […]
Viking Shifts Capital Away From CIO After Stock Fund Has Biggest Loss
(Bloomber) Andreas Halvorsen’s Viking Global Investors shifted its allocation of capital among top managers, trimming the amount directly overseen by Chief Investment Officer Dan Sundheim, amid the worst performance on record for its equities hedge fund. Viking Global Equities fell […]
Hedge Funds Hike Bullish Bets on Ags – But is this a High Water Mark?
(Reuters) Activist hedge fund Land and Buildings Investment Management LLC has urged real estate company Forest City Realty Trust Inc to explore “strategic options”. Land and Buildings said it believed Forest City had at least 40 percent upside to its […]
Hedge Funds Prepare for Possible Border Tax Adjustment on U.S. Oil Imports
(Reuters) Hedge funds seem to be quietly positioning for the possible imposition of a border tax adjustment on imports of crude oil into the United States. The principal impact of a border tax adjustment would be to raise the price […]
A $31.6 Billion Hedge Fund Is Calling For A Major Overhaul of Laws Meant to Prevent Another Financial Crisis
(The Business Insider) The billionaire hedge fund manager and big Republican donor Paul Singer has long criticized Dodd-Frank, the post-financial-crisis regulation intended to prevent another meltdown… To read this article:
Goldman’s Blankfein On Trump Immigration Ban: ‘Being Diverse Is Not Optional’
(HITC Business) Blankfein says Trump’s immigration ban is a policy the bank does not support. Goldman Sachs will work to minimize the effects on its employees after President Donald Trump ‘s executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, CEO […]
Staveley’s Legal Row With Barclays Heads for Crunch Point
(HITC Business) It’s a critical week for Amanda Staveley’s legal battle with Barclays, with a judge due to decide whether the City financier can have access to documents key to her case. PCP Capital Partners, the investment vehicle Staveley founded, […]
Stretched Valuations, Faster Growth and Noisy Politics Ahead
(Harvest) Thornburg Chief Investment Officer Brian McMahon and Senior Advisor Bill Fries on secular stagnation, “reflation,” rising populism, valuations and volatility, a changing China and the U.S. economic outlook amid the Republicans’ “burden of delivery.” To read this article:
Capital Raising & Distribution in the EU
(Harvest) A meeting of the minds to capture the unique perspectives of industry experts in the alternative space. On behalf of our colleagues at Deloitte (Luxembourg & NY), Agecroft Partners and Fergus Capital, welcome to the inaugural edition of “Maitland […]
Harvard Endowment Gives Boost to Hedge Funds in Return to Basics
(Bloomberg) Not everyone is down on hedge funds. While institutional investors nationwide are trimming them from their portfolios, the world’s biggest academic endowment will soon allocate billions of dollars to the beleaguered sector…. To read this article: