A massive hedge fund that shut itself to outsiders is crushing it
Billionaire Michael Platt decided to close his hedge fund firm, BlueCrest Capital Management, to outside money last year as investors pulled out.BlueCrest now focuses on managing Platt's and employees'...
View ArticleStar hedge fund managers are getting bigger bonuses this year
NEW YORK, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Many hedge fund managers have reason to cheer even as their investors grouse about lackluster returns; they are on track to reap a much larger payday for 2016 than for...
View ArticleA $19 billion hedge fund is trying to recruit tech talent with a coding contest
A $19 billion UK-based hedge fund just launched a coding contest with cash prizes for young Europeans.Man AHL, a quantitative fund within Man Group, launched a contest for EU and Swiss residents who...
View ArticleHedge funds fled healthcare stocks before the election — and may have missed...
Hedge funds hopped out of healthcare ahead of the US presidential election – and may have missed on a big rebound in that sector in the wake of Donald Trump's win. S&P Global Market Intelligence...
View ArticleOne brutal chart from the biggest hedge fund in the world explains everything
Working class people from the Rust Belt played a large part in getting Donald Trump elected earlier this week. These same types of people also played a role in voting the UK out of the European Union...
View ArticleJim Chanos and David Einhorn are betting against the same sector
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View ArticleA 20-year-old who dropped out of NYU says he has raised $5 million for his...
The 20-year-old who dropped out of New York University to start a hedge fund says he has raised $5 million.Julian Marchese launched Marchese Investments last year after starting his fund in his dorm...
View ArticleHedge fund managers have lost touch with reality (OZM)
NEW YORK — Hedge funds have struggled of late to keep up their reputation as the sports cars of the investment world, often overtaken in the race for returns by the public buses of portfolios, index...
View ArticleWall Street is finding ways to make money off your every move
Wall Street is finding ways to make money off your every moveInvestment firms like hedge funds are big buyers of so-called "alternative data." That's data that comes from the apps we use, the online...
View Article3 brutal charts explain everything that is going on in money management right...
The flow of money from actively managed funds to index-trackers is one of the dominant themes in finance right now. US exchange-traded funds now have close to $2.4 trillion in assets, according to the...
View ArticlePRESENTING: The 9 stocks that matter most to hedge funds (BAC, AGN, YHOO,...
Here they are: the hedge fund darlings of Q3.Goldman Sachs recently updated its Very Important Position list of stocks that appear the most among the funds' largest 10 holdings.One disclaimer: The list...
View ArticleHedge funds love these 8 companies (MA, AMZN, V, GOOGL, FB, CMCSA, PG, KHC)
Hedge funds, in their search for outsized returns, prefer some stocks over others.An equity strategy report released by JPMorgan on Monday offers some insight into stocks most owned by hedge funds....
View ArticleA hedge fund at the world's biggest alternative-asset manager is setting off...
A hedge fund manager at the world's biggest alternative asset manager is going off on his own.Francis Cueto, a money manager with Blackstone's Senfina Advisors, is starting an independent hedge fund...
View ArticleA $19 billion hedge fund is pushing into a fresh corner of the credit market
King Street Capital, a $19 billion hedge fund focused on the credit markets, is planning to launch its own collateralized loan obligation.A CLO bundles up bank loans of differing credit quality and...
View ArticleA hot new hedge fund is making a big bet on Disney (DIS)
One of the hedge fund industry's hottest new funds is betting on Disney.Samantha Greenberg's Margate Capital Management is investing in Walt Disney Company – even as many peers are shedding the...
View ArticleSteve Cohen is paying $135 million to settle an insider trading case from his...
NEW YORK, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Billionaire Steven A. Cohen's former hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors LP has agreed to pay $135 million to resolve a lawsuit by shareholders of Elan Corp, who claimed they...
View ArticleA small hedge fund manager threw shade at Tesla's Elon Musk at a private...
A hedge fund manager dissed Tesla at a private investor confab in New York earlier this week.Mark Spiegel of Stanphyl Capital, a small fund based in New York, pitched a bet against the carmaker at the...
View ArticleA hedge fund seeded by investing legend Julian Robertson is shutting down
A New York hedge fund seeded by investing legend Julian Robertson is shutting down.Orlando Muyshondt's Tyrian Investments is closing, the fund has told investors.The fund was facing redemption...
View ArticleA hot new hedge fund just had a monster month
A hot new hedge fund had a great November.London-based Commodities World Capital returned 9.9% net last month in its third month of trading.That brings its year-to-date returns to 10.07%, according to...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court just dealt a blow to Wall Streeters accused of insider trading
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court, ruling in an insider trading case for the first time in two decades, on Tuesday upheld a Chicago man's conviction in a decision that could make it easier to...
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