Category Archives: Syndicated
Inside These Hedge Funds, Special Money Managers for the Boss
(Bloomberg) Step inside Table Management, an obscure investment firm in New York, and something strange happens: you’re transported to the rarefied realm of Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge fund manager.Table, it turns out, is sort of a secret wrapped in […]
Picky banks play hardball with hedge fund clients
(Reuters) For Jonathan Kinlay, no novice at setting up a hedge fund, this time around was much harder.In the traditional Grand Tour of investment banks looking for help to finance his trading, he was politely turned down by no less […]
Hayman’s Bass says Asian banks face increased loan losses – CNBC
(Reuters)- Kyle Bass, founder of hedge fund Hayman Capital Management, told CNBC on Tuesday that Asian banks face a sustained period of increased loan losses and that global gross domestic product growth would slow more than expected as a result. […]
Bluecrest’s Macro Hedge Fund Gains During Volatile August
(Bloomberg) BlueCrest Capital Management’s global macro hedge fund rose 0.6 percent in August, according to a person familiar with the situation, as concerns of a slowdown in China roiled global stock markets. Michael Platt’s BlueCrest Capital International beat other hedge […]
Litman Gregory Offers Exposure to High-Conviction Managers
(Daily Alts) Insomnia is often the curse of entrepreneurs, and Litman Gregory co-founder Ken Gregory isn’t one of the lucky ones immune to the affliction. But of course, genius has its benefits. One fateful night, Mr. Gregory was awakened from […]
David Tepper: Good time to take money off the table
(CNBC) Hedge funder David Tepper said he’s “not as bullish” as he could be—taking a more cautious view of the stock market almost five years to the day since his comments on CNBC sparked the “Tepper Rally” in the stock […]
Aberdeen expands rapidly in liquid alts, acquires Arden in the US
(Hedgefund Intelligence) Aberdeen Asset Management has agreed to acquire Arden Asset Management in a move that will allow the firm to enhance its global hedge fund solutions capability, increase its profile and presence in the US and position itself as […]
Australian Hedge Funds On Track To Crack $100bn
(The Australian) “But for every pension fund that has announced they are coming out of hedge funds (following the CalPERS move, there are several more coming in or increasing that allocation.’’ Australian hedge fund managers are on track to crack […]
Goldman Calls On Fed To Launch Another QE Plan
(MarketWatch) Fed policy makers are set to convene Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Ignore all the talk that the only two options facing the Federal Reserve this week are hiking interest rates and standing pat. The U.S. central bank, […]
Merchant Commodity Fund Slumps Amid Decline in Oil, Iron Ore
(Bloomberg) The Merchant Commodity Fund, managed by Doug King and Michael Coleman, fell 10.6 percent in August as commodities slumped, wiping out gains for the year.The fund lost 10.3 percent in the first eight months of 2015, Coleman confirmed via […]
Some Of Wall Street’s Biggest Hedge Fund Names Are Racing To Rescue Their Year
(Business Insider) August was a brutal month for some of the biggest names in the hedge fund industry. In some cases, losses in August wiped out gains for the year, and now it will be a race against time to […]
Donald Trump Hits Hedge Funds CEOs In His Tax Preview
(CNN) Hedge fund managers should worry, but corporations would get tax breaks if Donald Trump gets his way. Their chief executives, though, might need to sweat — particularly if their compensation is “a total and complete joke” made possible by […]