Category Archives: Syndicated

Mozambique, Hedge Funds Set to Face Off in Debt Negotiations

(Bloomberg) Mozambique is set to meet foreign creditors in London Tuesday in what will mark the start of formal debt-restructuring negotiations, more than a year after the southern African nation defaulted. Investors, which include UBS Group AG and Credit Suisse […]

Hot Hedge Fund Loses 21% After Bet on Volatility Goes Wrong

(Bloomberg) In December, Shahraab Ahmad shared with his hedge fund clients the principle that helped him trounce peers for two turbulent decades: steer clear of the crowd.He’d turned $50 million into an operation with more than $700 million over three […]

Newell Brands Cuts Board Deal with Icahn, Snubbing Starboard

(Reuters) Newell Brands Inc (NWL.N) said on Monday it has agreed to appoint four directors to its board put forward by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, a deal that excludes activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP, which had mounted its own […]

Hedge-fund managers that do the most research will post the best returns, study suggests

(CNBC) For investors, it appears doing your homework does trump dumb luck. Hedge funds that frequently accessed SEC filings such as annual reports posted better-than-average returns in the following month compared with non-users, according to a new academic study. To […]

Hedge Funds Suffer Worst Month in Two Years

(Bloomberg) Hedge Fund returns overall fell 2.19 percent in February, wiping out January gains and leaving them nearly unchanged for the year at up 0.07 percent, according to the latest numbers out of the Bloomberg Hedge Fund Database. That came […]

Hedge Funds Go Long on Yen as Team Abe’s Troubles Deepen

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds have been betting against the yen for almost the entire period since Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 U.S. presidential election stoked expectations for tax-cut fueled American growth and higher interest rates. But the whiff of troubles […]

John Paulson Pushes Investors Out of Some Hedge Funds

(Bloomberg) Billionaire John Paulson, whose hedge fund’s assets have plunged, is opening the door for more money to leave.Paulson’s namesake firm, once one of the biggest in the industry, will return money to investors in some funds including the Credit […]

Hedge Funds Warn of an Upcoming Flashpoint With China as Trade Concerns Grow

(CNBC) Hedge fund managers have warned that Chinese authorities could soon retaliate against U.S. tariffs and vastly escalate a global trade war that has simmered for the last few of weeks. To read this article:

Trump’s Tax Cuts Are Making Canada’s Best Fund Managers Envious

(Bloomberg) A reinvigorated U.S. economy under Donald Trump is a better bet than Canada, where a ticking consumer-debt bomb and declining competitiveness are dragging on asset prices, according to top-performing money managers north of the border…. To read this article:

President of Steven Cohen’s Investment Firm Quits Amid Gender Bias Lawsuit

(CNBC) A top executive at the investment firm led by the billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen has stepped down a month after a female employee sued the firm over accusations that it underpaid female employees and fostered a hostile work […]

Bay Area Journalists Sue Hedge Fund Over Layoffs

(The Bay City Beacon) A local news writers union is accusing owners of Digital First Media, a news conglomerate which owns newspapers throughout California and beyond, of foul play, including mass layoffs in Pulitzer-winning newsrooms. Last week, Bay Area news […]

Navigating the New Volatility Regime

(Harvest) The phrase, “be careful what you wish for” is a variation of the old Yiddish curse, “may you get what you wish for.” It is fair to assume that most investors lamented the incredibly dormant volatility regime of 2017 […]