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Opalesque Roundup: Netflix and Paypal are now the favourite holdings of hedge funds: hedge fund news, week 48

Monday, November 23, 2015

In the week ending 20 November, 2015, several U.S.-based hedge funds reduced their holdings in Apple in Q3 as shares of the iPhone maker dropped sharply; Netflix and Paypal are now the favourite holdings of hedge funds with investments from Soros Fund, Viking Global, Tiger Global and others; Soros Fund also exited its bet on Herbalife.

Hedge funds rebounded in October as performance recovered due to a healthy market return following a period of market volatility in August and September, Lyxor AM said; RWC's Global Innovation Absolute Alpha Fund posted its best-ever monthly gains in October, up 5.71% on strong gains in Ubisoft; the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund Benchmark was up 2.07% in October, 2.45% YTD; Wilshire Funds said that the Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index returned 1.09% in October (-1.37% YTD); Greenwoods Asset and Marco Polo Pure Asset were among hedge funds that posted double-digit gains in October; K2 Advisors said that event-driven hedge funds are the ‘worst disappointment' this year; Doric Capital's flagship $206 million small-cap fu......................

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