Ken Griffin's USD 30 billion hedge fund is outperforming the industry this year... [more]From CNBC: Citadel, the more than $30 billion hedge fund managed by billionaire Ken Griffin, is outperforming the industry and the broader markets so far this year.
The firm's multistrategy fund, known as Wellington, was up 1.52 percent in June and 8.79 percent during the first half of the ye
Ackman's comeback: How to ride his revival... [more]From Barrons: Bill Ackman has endured a humbling three years: big public losses, an exodus by investors, and what a CEO calls an "ass-whooping" in an activist campaign. Now, the hedge fund titan could be making a comeback.
Ackman's publicly traded investment vehicle, Pershing Squar
ValueAct surges as the hedge fund benefits from Fox battle... [more]From Institutionalinvestor: The activist hedge fund firm has seen big gains from its positions in 21st Century Fox and Valeant Pharmaceuticals.
The battle between Walt Disney Co. and Comcast Corp. to buy assets from 21st Century Fox and Sky has been lucrative for Fox investors. And one of them is
SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index and Capital Movement Index... [more]From Market Watch: Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index declined 1.49% in July.
"SS&C GlobeOp's Capital Movement Index of -1.49% for July 2018 should be viewed as a strong result in light of the seasonality of net flows. The month of July typically experiences
India hedge funds become biggest losers this year due to these 2 reasons... [more]From Financial Express: Hedge funds are having a tough time this year after having enjoyed smooth sailing in 2017. China-focused hedge funds led losses among emerging market in June, while India funds overtook Brazil to become the biggest losers this year, according to performance data from eVestmen
How a USD 139 billion fund is trading the trade war... [more]From Bloomberg: In a bid to beat the trade war, a $139 billion Australian investment manager is using 30-year Treasuries as its weapon of choice.
The ultra-long bonds are seen as a hedge to protect the portfolios of AMP Capital Investors Ltd. against the risks stemming from the U.S.-China trade f
Former hedge fund managers launch 'next gen' online wealth manager... [more]GBP 10,000 minimum investment
"We are professional investors who saw an opportunity to embrace technology rather than technologists who saw an opportunity in the world of wealth management" - Tiller's Ian Cadby
From Professionaladviser: Former hedge fund managers Ian Cadby and Jonathan Wauton
Blame humans for this robot hedge fund malfunction... [more]From Bloomberg: If only it could all be blamed on those Cambridge boffins and their robots. GAM Holding AG can't pin all of its troubles on its bet on a computer-driven hedge fund. The Swiss asset manager warned on Friday that profit would suffer as it wrote off $59 million of goodwill on its $217 m
Private markets may be alternative for stock exchange investors... [more]From Independent: Stock market gains since the depths of the global financial crisis in 2009 have been remarkable. While any number of positive economic and corporate factors suggest further gains should be expected from stock markets, two long-held principles of investing need to be remembered.
Hedge funds embrace China yuan short trade, but no doomsday in sight... [more]From Hellenicshippingnews: A record slide in the Chinese currency in June has paid rich dividends for some of the world's top macro hedge funds, though they say those trades do not reflect growing bets on an economic crash.
The world's second biggest economy certainly has its problems. It is ex
Hedge funds curb bets on rising oil price just as rally falters... [more]From Bloomberg: Hedge funds are showing signs of wavering confidence in ever-higher oil prices.
Money managers were taking money off the table before Brent had its worst day in two years on Wednesday. Bets on rising prices for the international benchmark fell for a second week in three, while con
UK pension fund Nest moves into commodities... [more]From FT: The UK's GBP3.4bn state-backed workplace pension scheme is to begin investing in commodities, treading a cautious path as it balances generating better returns with pushing for action on climate change.
Nest has appointed CoreCommodity Management, a US group, as commodities fund manager,
And finally: Rethinking 'legal' pets... [more]From Fox News: A man in Pulaski, New York awoke to an unsettling surprise late last month: a boa constrictor. The snake fell from the ceiling and landed on the man, who was not identified, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation announced Wednesday.
Matt Foster, a department agent,
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Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Bill Michaelcheck, founder and CIO of Mariner Investment Group, an alternative asset manager headquartered in New York, believes the market has turned a corner and that volatility is here to stay. Now is a good time for fixed income investors to do arbitrage bet..
