Category Archives: Syndicated
Tiger Cub Citrone Sees Market in Biggest Correction Since 2008
(Bloomberg)Robert Citrone, the Tiger cub who now runs one of the best-known macro hedge funds, is warning investors that the market moment they’ve been anticipating is at hand. “We believe we are in the midst of the market correction we […]
2/20 Gone: Average Hedge Fund Performance Fee Falls To 17.6%
(Valuewalk.com) Andrew Law’s macro hedge fund Caxton Associates is the latest high-profile hedge fund to cut its asset management fees as investor backlash grows against high fees and poor performance in hedge fund sector. Under the new regime, the firm […]
Popular Quant Hedge Fund Strategy Is Suddenly Doing Terribly
(Bloomberg) For once, the trend was nobody’s friend. Commodity trading advisers, the catch-all phrase for a breed of quantitative investors who use trends in asset prices and volatility as trading signals, posted some of the hedge fund industry’s worst losses […]
Cohen’s Point72 Goes on Biggest Ever Hiring Spree in Asia
(Bloomberg) Steven Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management has been on its biggest ever hiring spree in Asia, seeking higher returns amid turmoil in the global hedge fund industry. The Stamford, Connecticut-based family office, which manages $11 billion, recruited 31 people for […]
Top China Hedge Fund Bucks Losses With Bets on Consumer Stocks
(Bloomberg) Bets on consumer-related stocks and high-end manufacturers have helped Grace Lu vault to the top ranks of China-focused hedge fund managers this year, bucking industry-wide losses. Lu, who runs the $85 million GH China Century Fund at Singapore-based Lygh […]
Tactical Investing in Global Macro and Managed Futures
(Harvest) There are good times to invest in global macro and managed futures on a tactical level and there are other periods when the investment decision should be made on a strategic level. There are conditions when divergent strategies which […]
Hedge-Fund Son Thought Hedge-Fund Dad’s Trades Were Pretty Fishy
(Bloomberg) It turns out that having Leon Cooperman for a grandpa is pretty much exactly like you’d expect: On July 28, 2010, at approximately 6:59 a.m. EDT, APL publicly announced for the first time that it was selling Elk City […]
Lyxor: Hedge Fund Index Dips 0.8% on CTA Reversal
(Fin Alternatives) Hedge funds slipped during the week ended September 13 as market concerns about the Fed’s timing and increasing uncertainty about the presidential election negatively impacted both equity and bond markets, according to Lyxor Asset Management’s Weekly Brief. To […]
Eurekahedge: Hedge Funds Up Marginally In August As Outflows Continue
(Fin Alternatives) Hedge funds ultimately eked out a minimal gain in August, according to Eurekahedge, but the firm’s Hedge Fund Index underperformed underlying markets, and asset flows continued to be broadly unfavorable. To read this article:
Less China, More India Make Singapore Hedge Funds Asia’s Best
(Bloomberg) Singapore-based hedge funds outperformed Asian rivals during the first seven months of the year thanks to a greater focus on India and global markets, according to data provider Eurekahedge Pte. Funds headquartered in Singapore returned 2 percent through July, […]
Hedge Funds Flat In August, Up 2.5 Percent For The Year
(Cay Compass) The performance of the average hedge fund was flat in August, based on the Eurekahedge Index, which returned 0.03 percent for the month. CTA/managed futures and macro hedge funds were the main drivers for the weaker performance, data […]
Hedge funds love Amazon and hate Apple
(Valuewalk.com) If you’ve been keeping an eye on the performance of hedge funds and mutual funds over the past 12 months or so you will have noticed that one of the themes in performance that has become clear is the […]