Category Archives: Syndicated
Ex-Fifth Third Banker Starts Mortgage-Bond Hedge Fund
(HousingWire) It’s one thing to talk about striking out on your own, leaving the nurturing biosphere of a big bank behind and opening your own shop. It’s another thing to actually do it. But Kevin Taylor is doing just that. […]
Top Hedge Fund Moves: A Look At Emanuel Friedman & Daniel Och’s Bullish Moves in Small Caps
(Benzinga) Tracking hedge funds moves is central to many investment strategies, as it may provide with interesting, research-backed ideas. Emanuel J. Friedman’s EJF Capital is bullish on micro-cap bank holding company Westfield Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFD). On Friday, the fund […]
Hedge Funds In U.S. Seen Curbing Damage From August Turbulence
(Bloomberg) Everyone on Wall Street had the same question last monday: which hedge fund managers lost, and how much? But as financial markets fell across time zones in a day of harrowing swings, some managers had the same answer: none […]
The Stock That Burned 2-Hedge Fund Billionaires Is Getting Decimated
(Business Insider) David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital and Leon Cooperman of Omega Advisors both lamented their stakes in SunEdison, a manufacturer of solar-energy components, earlier this month.The share price at the time was $16.80.It has almost halved since then, dropping […]
A New York Hedge Fund Is Having a Monster Month Thanks To Market Mayhem
(Business Insider) New York-based Capstone Investment Advisors, a $3.6 billion hedge fund, is having a huge month thanks to the market mayhem. Capstone, a volatility hedge fund founded by Paul Britton, runs a number of portfolio protection funds that seek […]
Hedge Fund Adviser Who Called Emerging Stock Rout Ends Short Bet
(Bloomberg) August 24, 2015 10:22 PM ???? Julian Brigden, a hedge-fund consultant who correctly predicted the rout in emerging-market stocks, now says it’s time for bears to cover some of their short positions on expectations the Federal Reserve will delay […]
U.S. Rule Gives Investment Advisers Anti-Money Laundering Duty
(Reuters) U.S. fund managers and other investment advisers would have to take steps to combat money laundering and report suspicious transactions to authorities under a long-awaited U.S. Treasury rule proposed on Tuesday. If made final the proposal by Treasury’s Financial […]
How Did Managed Futures Do While The Dow Was Down 1000
(Attaincapital.com) Now that the dust has settled somewhat after the mini crash of last Friday and Monday – we’re getting calls fast and furious asking how managed futures fared during the Dow losing a few thousand points.Here’s how the Managed […]
China Falls Back On Rate-Cut Lever To Stem Stock Market Rout
(Bloomberg) China’s surprise yuan devaluation on Aug. 11 led to a tightening in liquidity as the PBOC subsequently bought its currency to stabilize the exchange rate and curb capital outflows. The yuan may face more downside pressure as a result […]
Hedge Funds Set to Bank Millions by Short Selling During London Square Slump
(The Guardian) Hedge funds are set to bank tens of millions of pounds from the slump in share prices in London. The funds making the bets include Lansdowne Partners, which is run by George Osborne’s best man, Peter Davies, and […]
Hedge Funds Just Nailed Their Short Bets On U.S. Stocks
(Bloomberg) Decisions to step away from stocks by everyone from professional speculators to clients of U.S. mutual funds are proving prescient amid the worst rout since 2011. Hedge funds that aim to profit from global economic trends, a group that […]
World’s Richest People Lose $182 Billion in Market Rout
(Bloomberg) The world’s 400 richest people lost $182 billion this week from their collective fortunes as weak manufacturing data from China and a rout in commodities sent global markets plunging. The weekly drop for the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a group […]