Category Archives: Syndicated
Hedge Funds Have Actually Been Pretty Good Stock Pickers This Year
Business Insider – The hedge fund industry has been taking a lot of heat in recent days and years for delivering poor performance at a high cost. Indeed, according to a recent report from Goldman Sachs, the average hedge fund […]
Hedge Funds Bought Gold in Biggest Rally Since 2011: Commodities
Bloomberg – Hedge funds raised bets on higher gold prices for a second week as comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke damped expectations for an imminent tapering of stimulus. Futures rose the most since 2011. Speculators increased their net-long position by 4.1 percent […]
TrimTabs and BarclayHedge Report Hedge Fund Inflows Hit Two-Year High of $18.5 Billion in May
BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research reported that hedge funds took in a net $18.5 billion (1.0% of assets) in May, more than a forty-fold increase from April’s $430 million inflow. The results are based on data from 3,368 funds. “In […]
Neuberger Berman MLP Income Fund Announces Leverage Financing
Neuberger Berman MLP Income Fund Inc., a newly organized closed-end fund, announced today that it has successfully entered into a leverage financing facility with a major U.S. financial institution. Under the terms of the leverage facility, the Fund has access […]
SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index and Capital Movement Index – June 2013
BobsGuide – The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for June 2013 measured -1.94%. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index declined 1.30% in July. Read Complete Article
When hedge funds go online
Reuters – Many people are worried about the fact that the SEC has finally got around to ending the ban on “general solicitation” by hedge funds. The Reuters story alone features a host of unhappy characters: Heath Abshure, the president of the North American […]
Hedge funds log first monthly drop of year in June
MarketWatch – Hedge funds declined 1.3% in June, smaller than the decline logged by the broader market, according to a monthly report from industry adviser Hennessee Group LLC. “Hedge funds posted their first monthly loss of the year in June,” […]
Ex-Citigroup Trader Raises Less Than $100 Million for Hedge Fund
Bloomberg – Portman Square Capital LLP, founded by ex-Citigroup Inc. (C) proprietary-trading unit head Sutesh Sharma, opened with less than a fifth of the amount the hedge fund originally sought, said two people with knowledge of the matter. The firm began […]
Hedge Funds End Seven-Month Winning Streak
CNBC – Hedge funds around the world saw negative returns in June to end seven months of straight gains amid a broad pull-back in equity markets, with those in Asia ex-Japan the worst hit, data from research firm Eurekahedge show. […]
Twitter lampoons hedge-fund managers after SEC lifts ad ban
MarketWatch – So, for hedge-fund managers, the good news is, they can advertise publicly now, after the Securities and Exchange Commission lifted a decades-long ban. The bad news is, the industry is getting made fun of in a big way on […]
Property Crushes Hedge Funds in Alternative Markets
Bloomberg – Hamilton “Tony” James looked up from his notes and peered out at the audience over the rims of his glasses. The investors seated in the chandelier-adorned meeting room of New York’s Waldorf-Astoria hotel had been in their chairs for […]
Seth Klarman’s Baupost Hedge Fund Loses More Than $150 Million On Gold Miners
Forbes – In October, Marcel “Mac” DeGuire became president and chief operating officer of Guyana Goldfields, an exploration-stage company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange that has been losing money trying to develop gold mines in South America for years. […]