Category Archives: Syndicated
Hedge fund boss Baha sees gold at $3,000-$5,000
Reuters – Christian Baha, the head of Austrian fund firm Superfund and representative of the hedge fund industry in Oliver Stone’s movie Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, is predicting that the gold price could rise to between $3,000 and $5,000 […]
Hindsight Is Everything: Why Advisors Need To Step Up To The Hedge Fund Plate Now
Seeking Alpha – “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers” – IBM Chairman Thomas Watson, 1943. Computers and mobile phones – the world as we know it today would not exist without them. Yet it wasn’t that […]
How Hedge Funds Transfer Wealth From Investors To Managers
Forbes – Earlier this year, Goldman Sachs announced that it would launch a new mutual fund that will let regular investors do what the billionaires are said to do: invest in hedge funds. As Barry Ritholtz explains in a terrific article in […]
Hedge funds escape Japan rout with minor losses
Risk.Net – Global macro hedge funds show no signs of bailing out of the ‘Abe trade’ after weathering the sudden reversal in Japan. Global macro and managed futures funds lost on average 0.6% on the day. Last week’s sharp drop […]
2n20.com Launches Negotiato.rs Service to Optimise Service Provider Relationships for Asset Managers
2n20.com created a new price comparison and negotiation service for institutional asset managers, helping them to optimise their service provider setup and drive down operational costs. Over the last year a proprietary database was built, screening the market not only […]
Outspoken hedge fund boss who made the journey from city to city
Telegraph – Andrew Law was on the losing side earlier this month when his beloved Manchester City lost the FA Cup Final. But the hedge fund millionaire has been a winner on recent bets on the financial markets. Mr Law, […]
Hedge fund guru says moms and trading don’t mix
CNN – Leaning in may work for women in the world of tech. But if you’re a woman who wants to balance trading and a family, one hedge fund manager says that’s not possible. “You will never see as many […]
It Doesn’t Pay to Pile Into Hedge-Fund Favorites
Investor Place – Each quarter, the release of hedge funds’ regulatory filings regarding their current holdings unleashes a wave of media coverage about what the “smart money” is doing. But while this makes for moderately interesting reading, the real question […]
Hedge fund managers generate billions of returns in record start to year
The Telegraph – Hedge fund managers including Chris Hohn, Crispin Odey and Dan Loeb have each generated double-digit returns since the beginning of 2013. Although most of the high-rolling sector is still struggling to live up to its reputation – […]
Beware of that hedge fund in the window
FORTUNE — Hedge funds soon will be allowed to advertise their wares to potential clients, thanks to a provision in last year’s JOBS Act (which had no direct relation to actual jobs). As will private equity funds, venture capital funds […]
Hedge Fund Baskets Are Full of Apple
Wall St. Cheat Sheet – Is Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) the must-have stock for hedge funds in 2013? Just like most people think of an apple when asked to think of a fruit, it turns out that most hedge fund managers think […]
Hedge Funds Aren’t Crazy About MetroPCS Communications Inc (PCS) Anymore
MetroPCS Communications Inc (NYSE:PCS) investors should be aware of a decrease in hedge fund interest in recent months. In today’s marketplace, there are plenty of gauges market participants can use to track the equity markets. A duo of the best […]