Category Archives: Syndicated
In N.Y. Mayoral Race, Small Checks From Hedge Fund Giants
NYT – Hedge fund titans are making a $170,336 bet that Christine C. Quinn is the best candidate to run New York. Ms. Quinn, a Democrat and the City Council speaker, has received that amount in donations from the hedge fund industry. […]
Morningstar Hedge Fund database, rose 1.1% in July
Morningstar, Inc., a leading provider of independent investment research, today reported preliminary hedge fund performance for July 2013 as well as estimated asset flows through June. The Morningstar MSCI Composite Hedge Fund Index, an asset-weighted composite of nearly 1,000 hedge […]
Five Ways Hedge Funds Brace for a Stock Market Crash
24/7 Wall St – Investors almost always worry about a stock market crash, but when headwinds start to look stronger than the positive forces, they really start to worry that the rug can get yanked right out from under them. Perhaps […]
Hedge Funders Are All a Little Nuts
WSJ – Hedge funders are in the news. Carl Icahn tweets about his dinner with Apple’s Tim Cook. Dan Loeb tussles with George Clooney. Bill Ackman says Herbalife is a pyramid and shorts the stock; George Soros goes long. If […]
CoPiloted launches to bring hedge fund techniques to your 401(k)
Biz Journal – Boston startup CoPiloted has launched a new service which aims to provide sophisticated investing advice — the sort typically reserved for the most wealthy — to people of more average means that are saving for their retirements. Using technology […]
Merkel Wants G20 To Regualate Hedge Funds
Market Pulse FX – German Chancellor Angela Merkel told voters at an election rally that she’ll push for greater regulation of hedge funds at next month’s Group of Twenty meeting. Addressing a crowd of about 2,000 in the Rhine city […]
EM currency turmoil reflected in hedge fund performance and flows
Risk.net – Institutional investors may start pulling back from emerging market-focused hedge funds as performance figures in July show a mixed story for the sector as a whole. Flows have slowed significantly Turmoil in emerging market currency markets is reflected […]
Hedge funds’ interest in reinsurance roils markets
Pensions & Investments – A small increase in allocations from institutional investors — mostly through hedge funds — is playing havoc with the property-catastrophe reinsurance markets. “Fifteen years ago, the catastrophic reinsurance market was close to 100% dominated by traditional […]
Mixed picture emerges on hedge fund fee structures
Risk.Net – Hedge fund management fees on average are rising while incentive fees fall. However, FoHF performance fees are rising as management fees drop, according to a fee structure study by eVestment Average hedge fund management fees have increased due […]
Hedge Fund Chief Dumps JCPenney for $490M Loss
Newser – After buying a huge stake in JCPenney and backing a disastrous revamp that has left the chain floundering, Bill Ackman has decided he’s done with the company. The Pershing Square hedge fund Ackman runs has announced its intention […]
Hedge Fund 75-Cent Aussie Call Draws Investors: Australia Credit
Bloomberg – European investors are backing Excalibur Funds Management Pty’s call for the Australian dollar to slump to 75 U.S. cents, reflecting record bets from speculators on declines in the currency. Institutional investors placed $200 million with the Sydney-based hedge fund’s Australian […]
IndexUniverse and Brown Brothers Harriman Launches an “Annual Advisor Survey”
IndexUniverse—the leading independent authority on exchange-traded funds (ETFs), indexes, and index funds—and Brown Brothers Harriman—one of the market leading ETF custodians and administrators with $170 billion in ETF assets—announced today that it will publish its first “Annual Advisor Survey” in […]