Category Archives: Syndicated
GLG’s White drops hedge funds to work directly with Man Group’s Manny Roman
Risk.net – GLG’s John White has moved from managing equity hedge funds to work closely with Man chief executive Manny Roman. His existing hedge funds have been handed over to others within GLG to run GLG equities hedge fund manager […]
Sussman named to Hedge Fund Hall of Fame
Portland Press – S. Donald Sussman, a longtime hedge fund investor through his Greenwich-Conn.-based firm Paloma Partners, has distinguished himself as an elite investor not just for being successful. He also was one of the early pioneers of the industry […]
As hedge funds lag, Osterweis fund looks for balance
Reuters – Matthew Berler once shorted stocks for a living. Now, he invests for the long term. During the last three years, Berler, the chief executive of San Francisco based Osterweis Capital, has steered the $220 million Osterweis Strategic Investment […]
Hedge funds move out of shorts with eyes on bull run in markets
CNBC – Hedge funds’ bets on falling share prices have dropped to their lowest level in years as traders predict an extended bull run for equities over the coming months. According to data from Markit, the overall value of short […]
SEC, billionaire Mark Cuban set for insider trading trial
Reuters – Mark Cuban, the billionaire who regularly sits courtside to cheer on his Dallas Mavericks basketball team, is heading to a court of a different kind on Monday. Once there, he hopes to convince a federal jury that a […]
Hedge fund bets on falling corn prices hit record
AgriMoney – Hedge funds hiked their positioning on corn prices to the most bearish ever, amid increasing hopes for US harvest yields, but turned more positive on raw sugar, and on lean hogs in which bets on rising values hit […]
FX Concepts Feels The Pinch As 30-Year-Old Hedge Fund Loses Another Large Client
Forex Magnates – Events over the last few days have signaled what could be construed as another downturn in fortune for veteran foreign currency hedge fund and portfolio management company FX Concepts, as one of its major remaining clients gave the firm its […]
Rich investors target the north of England as hedge fund snaps up properties in deprived areas
Mirror – Elite investors are betting on growth in the north of England and buying up vaste swathes of property, reports the Sunday People. One of Europe’s biggest hedge funds is so confident prices will boom that it is ploughing […]
Event-Driven Hedge Funds Dominate Inflows and Performance
24/7 Wall st – The phrase “A rising tide lifts all boats” is frequently used around Wall Street when the good times roll. It basically helps to explain why in a good market almost everything works, with little regard for […]
Hedge Funds Cut ICE Brent Crude Net-Longs to 12-Week Low
Bloomberg – Hedge funds and other money managers cut bullish bets on Brent crude to the lowest level in 12 weeks, according to ICE Futures Europe. Speculative bets that prices will rise, in futures and options combined, outnumbered short positions by 167,745 lots in the […]
Hedge funds show strong confidence in European shares
Reuters – Hedge funds’ negative bets on European shares have tumbled to a level not seen since before the global financial crisis began in 2007, signalling their strongest conviction for years that the market will rise further. It means long/short […]
Soros Adviser Turned Lawmaker Sees Crisis by 2020
Bloomberg – Takeshi Fujimaki, a former adviser to billionaire George Soros and now a member of Japan’s upper house of parliament, said a fiscal crisis in Asia’s second-biggest economy is inevitable and neither a higher sales tax nor the 2020 […]