Category Archives: Syndicated
Franklin Templeton’s Alternative View on Volatility
(Harvest) Many investors fear the type of market volatility we have seen in recent months, but it’s not necessarily a bad thing—particularly for investors in some types of alternative investment strategies. Brooks Ritchey, senior managing director of K2 Advisors, explains […]
Online Lender SoFi Starts Hedge Fund to Invest in Its Own Loans
(Bloomberg) Social Finance Inc., a rapidly growing online lender, is hoping to stoke investor demand for the debt it originates by starting a hedge fund that will buy its own loans — and potentially those of its competitors. In recent […]
Investors Add to Hedge Fund Bets Amid Market Volatility
(Reuters) Investors pumped more money into hedge funds in March in seeking to shelter from the continued market volatility, data from hedge fund administrator SS&C GlobeOp showed.The SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index, which calculates monthly hedge fund subscriptions minus redemptions […]
Hedge Fund Lansdowne Partners Down Across All Strategies
(Reuters) Hedge fund Lansdowne Partners is showing losses on all its funds up to the beginning of March following volatility in global markets so far in 2016, according to its performance statistics seen by Reuters. Hedge funds globally had losses […]
Jim Rogers: There’s a 100% Probability of a U.S. Recession Within a Year
(Bloomberg) Fasten your seatbelt. Rogers Holdings Chairman Jim Rogers is certain that the U.S. economy will be in recession in the next 12 months. During an interview… the famous investor said that there was a 100 percent probability that the […]
Hedge Fund Says Growth Jolt Only Cure for Glum Commodities
(Bloomberg) Persisting gluts in most commodities and the lack of a strong economic rebound that would drive demand will probably keep a cap on raw-material prices this year, according to Michael Coleman, chief operating officer of RCMA Asset Management Pte.“In […]
Hedge Fund Plows Half Its Money Into Venezuela Bond and Wins Big
(Bloomberg) When Carmelo Haddad and Francisco Ghersi invested half their hedge fund’s money into a soon-to-mature Venezuela bond in mid-January, only two outcomes were possible: the trade could go horribly wrong or it could pay off fabulously. After all, the […]
Hedges Just Picked a Fight With United Airlines
(Fortune) The hedge funds Altimeter Capital Management and PAR Capital Management, which together own 7.1% of the United Airlines operator, went public on Tuesday with a sharply worded letter seeking to replace as much as half of the company’s board […]
FCA Expects Hedge Fund Managers to Focus on Liquidity Risk
(Hedge Fund Law Report) Investment managers must ensure that they appropriately manage liquidity risks in their funds and disclose those risks to investors, according to the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Working with the Bank of England to assess risks […]
Hedge Fund Clustering in Q4 2015
(Harvest) Crowding consists of large capital pools chasing related strategies. Within the hedge fund industry, long equity portfolios crowd into several clusters with similar systematic (factor) and idiosyncratic (residual) bets. This hedge fund clustering is the internal structure of crowding. […]
Decoding the Myths of Managed Futures
(Harvest) This paper examines seven very popular myths and misconceptions held by both retail and institutional investors regarding managed futures. This paper updates the original version written in 2011. These myths have persisted for several years. As investors are becoming […]
Lansdowne Hedge Fund Boosts Bet Against Air-Bag Maker Takata
(Bloomberg) Lansdowne Partners stepped up bets against Takata Corp., speculating that the share price will fall as the Japanese air-bag supplier at the center of a global safety crisis prepares to present its restructuring plan.Lansdowne, one of Europe’s largest hedge […]