Industrials sector becomes magnet for activists in Europe... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Industrial companies are now predicted to be most in demand from activist investors according to the findings of global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal's (A&M) latest analysis and predictor of shareholder activism in Europe.
The study titled "A&M Activi
Crestline Investors raises $600m for new fund... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Crestline Investors, credit-focused institutional alternative asset manager, has closed its latest fund at $600 million. The fund will focus on Crestline's portfolio financing strategy, which is managed by Crestline's Fund Liquidity Solutions team.
The fund's
John Paulson's hedge fund to buy stake in $238bn asset manager from Chinese conglomerate HNA Group... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: BrightSphere Investment Group has announced that Paulson & Co agrees to buy a substantial majority stake in BrightSphere held by Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co.
The multi-boutique asset management company with approximately $238 billion of assets under manageme
CTAs' deleveraging is mostly over: Lyxor... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: In early November, CTAs' involvement in the oil prices demise was milder: they unloaded what they had left in crude futures, and kept only marginally long positions in heating and gasoline oil futures, said Lyxor in its Weekly Brief.
"CTAs' deleveraging domi
Hedge Fund's accounts liquidated amid energy market volatility... [more]From Bloomberg: Gyrations in the natural gas and oil markets have claimed at least one hedge fund victim. Accounts belonging to Tampa-based Optionsellers.com, which specializes in writing commodities options for high net-worth investors, have been liquidated, INTL FCStone Inc., the brokerage that cl
Barclay CTA Index loses 1.29% in October... [more]Opalesque Industry Update - The flash estimate for the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, indicates a 1.29% loss in October. Year to date, the Index is down 2.87%.
"Although many traders were able to profit from the US dollar's strength against most of the major currencies, the profits
Sovereign wealth funds are adopting new asset utilisation techniques to maximise returns... [more]State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) and the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) released today a new research paper, Enhanced Asset Utilisation to Improve Portfolio Returns.
For the report, State Street surveyed and interviewed a number of the IFSWF's member organisations, whi
Currency: Odey isn't being odious by betting against the pound, he's doing his job... [more]From The Times: Crispin Odey caused a bit of a stir the other day. The hedge fund manager was describing how his fund had profited nicely when Theresa May's unloved compromise deal triggered two cabinet resignations and fears of a disorderly Brexit. "I have had a good day," he told The Times. "Bad d
Tech: Will AI help human-led hedge funds, or replace them?... [more]From Financial News: Hedge funds using artificial intelligence (AI) in their trading strategies are confronting a different test of computers' potential to display intelligence: can a machine trading against a human make more money?
Most quantitative hedge fund managers want to dispel fears that
Opinion: Ray Dalio sees parallels to 1930s in today's markets... [more]The world today looks most analogous to the late 1930s, Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, told my Bloomberg Opinion colleague Barry Ritholtz on Monday. That's a bit foreboding, to say the least.
Like 80 years ago, financial markets are in the late stages of this short-term busine
Legal: Final judgment against former investment adviser charged with misappropriating client funds... [more]The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the entry of a final judgment against Cornelius Peterson, a former investment adviser at a large financial institution who was charged with misappropriating client funds.
On January 31, 2018, the Commission filed a complaint in the United States D
And, finally: Elevator in Chicago skyscraper fell 84 floors before rescue... [more]From Chicago Tribune: Firefighters had a pretty good idea of how they would rescue six people trapped in an elevator at the former John Hancock Center early Friday. But first, they had to find the elevator.
The not-so-express elevator was stuck somewhere between the 95th floor and the lobby of C
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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..
