Tag Archives: bias
Tate & Lyle boss calls for hedge fund curbs
Daily Telegraph- The chief executive of the sugar refining group Tate & Lyle has hit out at hedge funds and other commodity speculators, calling for them to face greater regulation in a bid to hold back soaring food prices. Hedge […]
Devaney’s Funds Wiped Out After United Capital Gets Margin Call
Bloomberg- John Devaney is liquidating hedge funds at his United Capital Markets Holdings Inc. after failing to meet a margin call from Deutsche Bank AG. Deutsche Bank seized and auctioned off collateral after the Horizon group of funds failed to […]
Hedge funds bet on HBOS to fall
Business Spectator- Hedge funds sharply increased their bets against UK lender HBOS in the first days after the Financial Services Authority imposed new rules on June 13, targeting abusive short-selling and smooth the process for firms raising cash from rights […]
Strategy Sought at Global Hedge Fund Conference
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net)- Hedge fund managers, gurus and ‘Out of the box’ guest speakers are gathering at the Grimaldi Forum to debate distressed investing issues and macro strategies for 2008. The 14th Annual Gaim International 2008, a global hedge fund industry conference is […]
Hedge funds badly burnt in inflation expectations bet
Telegraph.co.uk- Hedge funds have suffered major losses after wrongly betting that market inflation expectations would fall, the Bank of England has said. The Bank reported that many hedge funds had been badly burnt after market expectations for inflation rose to […]
Hedge Funds Cut Oil Bets as Prices Rose, CFTC Probed
Bloomberg- Hedge-fund managers and speculators reduced bets on higher oil prices by 80 percent since July as crude futures rose to records and U.S. regulators started investigating trading, government data show. So-called speculative net long positions fell to 25,867 contracts […]
Pensions Picking Dollars, Shorted by Hedge Funds
Bloomberg- Whenever pension funds, mutual funds and insurance companies decide they should own dollar assets that are out of favor with hedge funds, the hedge funds lose. Institutional investors bought more dollars than they’ve sold this year, according to State […]
