Category Archives: Syndicated
Hedge Fund Case Against Auditors Tossed
(Reuters) A New York state judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by two hedge funds against their accountants for failing to detect a financial fraud, finding the funds’ claims were caused by their own misconduct.FIA Leveraged Fund Ltd and […]
Soros Says China Hard Landing Will Deepen the Rout in Stocks
(Bloomberg) Billionaire investor George Soros said China’s economy is headed for a hard landing, a slump that will worsen global deflationary pressures, drag down stocks and boost U.S. government bonds.”A hard landing is practically unavoidable,” he said in an interview […]
2016 Market Crash: 20% Drop Like 2011 or Unstoppable 65% Crash?
(Harvest) 2016 will see the Dow & S&P500 drop 20% from their 2015 peaks if there are more central bank sugar bombs to prevent them from dropping 65%(ish). The Greedometer® algorithms will measure the impact of the Fed backing away […]
Bank of America: Hedge Funds Just Put the Largest Amount of Money Into Equities Since 2010
(Bloomberg) Hedge funds are attempting to buy the dip, according to the latest client flows data from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.The insight into what the supposed ‘smart money’ is doing comes as investors debate whether the recent market sell-off […]
Hedge Fund Managers Seeing Increased Costs Under Basel III
(Pension & Investments) Hedge fund managers are rethinking their relationships with other parts of the financial system as a result of regulatory changes under Basel III.The reforms, which are designed to strengthen regulation, supervision and risk management within the banking […]
These Favorite Hedge Fund Holdings Are Among 2016’s Worst Stocks
(Reuters) As U.S. stocks extend their losses, some of the biggest decliners are companies popular with hedge funds.Of the year’s 100 worst-performing companies larger than $1 billion as of Jan. 19, more than half are at least 10 percent owned […]
Bridgewater’s Dalio Says Risks Are Asymmetric on the Downside
(Bloomberg) Hedge fund manager Ray Dalio said there are asymmetric risks to the downside for global markets as economies are nearing the end of a long-term debt cycle.The next move for the Federal Reserve will be toward another quantitative easing, […]
Hedge fund Oceanwood’s Opportunities Fund up 8.39 pct in 2015
(Reuters) – European hedge fund Oceanwood Capital Management’s Opportunities Fund rose 8.39 percent in 2015, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, and total assets stand at around $2.3 billion.The fund, launched in 2006, stopped taking in money […]
SEC: Equinox Fund Management Overcharged Investors, Must Repay $6 Million
(Barron’s) Denver-based managed futures specialist Equinox Fund Management must repay investors about $6 million to settle an investigation that found it overcharged investors and deviated from its valuation methodology for derivatives, the Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday.Equinox has […]
EU Further Delays Vetting of Hedge Fund Rules
(Reuters) A large chunk of the world’s hedge fund sector faces further uncertainty after the European Union extended a deadline for deciding if non-EU firms can continue marketing themselves in the 28-country bloc.A new EU law requires the EU’s European […]
Caution, teamwork trumped bravado for some hedge funds in 2015
(Reuters) In a disappointing year for hedge funds, a few big winners shared a perhaps surprising trait: actually hedging.Funds who placed a broad array of bets produced some of the strongest gains, beating star managers like Bill Ackman, David Einhorn […]
Hedge Fund That Called Subprime Crisis Urges 50% Yuan Drop
(Bloomberg) Mark Hart, the hedge fund manager whose bets against U.S. subprime mortgages and European sovereign debt proved prescient, said China should weaken its currency by more than 50 percent this year.A one-off devaluation would allow policy makers to “draw […]