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Commodity funds are shining as stocks tank, while momentum strategies are...
The hedge fund industry has not been immune to the coronavirus-fueled stock selloff, with Hedge Fund Research's global index falling 4.51% through the first two weeks of March.Some strategies have...
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Ken Griffin's Citadel has sprouted a sprawling alumni network of hedge funds—...
Billionaire Citadel founder Ken Griffin has built one of the most well-known brands in hedge-fund history, and those who have worked for him have benefitted.A Business Insider review has found dozens...
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Bridgewater's All-Weather and Pure Alpha funds are down double-digits. Here's...
Bridgewater's All Weather fund is down 14% and the Pure Alpha fund is down 21% as of the end of Monday, according to a note billionaire founder Ray Dalio sent to investors this morning. He said "while...
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'Hell is coming': Billionaire Bill Ackman sent the stock market spiraling...
Bill Ackman warned on Wednesday of mass casualties, collapsing industries, and a deep recession if the US government doesn't impose a nationwide shutdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus.The...
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Worse than the 2007 'Quant Quake': Huge quant names like Schonfeld and...
Quant funds have been slammed over the last couple of days, with big names like Bridgewater, Schonfeld, and Renaissance taking a hit. Several quant investors told Business Insider that it's worse than...
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Michael Platt's BlueCrest just cut at least 10 portfolio managers as the firm...
Billionaire Michael Platt's BlueCrest Capital cut at least 10 portfolio managers after the firm was slammed by losses in its relative-value book last week, sources tell Business Insider.BlueCrest was...
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The founder of a macro hedge fund that's up 14% tells investors how his...
Massar Capital, a $233 million hedge fund founded by Marwan Younes, finished Monday up more than 14% for the year. Massar makes global commodities and macro bets, according to its website.Younes said...
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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman turned $27 million into $2.6 billion by...
The hedge-fund billionaire Bill Ackman turned a $27 million position into a $2.6 billion windfall as the coronavirus outbreak dragged stocks to multiyear lows and threatened deep economic...
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'Ground to a halt': Insiders detail the struggles of trying to launch a hedge...
Launching a hedge fund has gotten tougher every year, but the coronavirus pandemic has significantly slowed down many fundraising conversations, industry observers say.New managers with name...
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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman denies sounding the coronavirus alarm to...
Bill Ackman addressed claims that he fanned fears of the novel coronavirus to benefit his hedge fund in a letter to investors on Thursday.The billionaire boss of Pershing Square Capital Management —...
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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman asked Trump for an infrastructure boom after...
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman called on President Donald Trump to launch "the biggest infrastructure program of all time" to counteract the coronavirus slowdown in a tweet on Sunday.Ackman's...
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Macro hedge funds are soaring while quants and stock-pickers tank. Here are...
March was a month of pain for investors in market-tracking index funds and sophisticated quant hedge funds alike, as the coronavirus selloff knocked several hedge fund categories.But some macro...
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'Follow the hot hands': HSBC lays out a coronavirus-investing playbook...
HSBC strategist Alastair Pinder identified a group of hedge funds that topped a global benchmark for three consecutive years and have also outperformed during the last few tumultuous weeks.Pinder says...
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'We are in an unprecedented moment of global distress': Read the full memo...
In a memo to employees of Griffin's $30 billion hedge fund, the billionaire wrote that the pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus is a "global health crisis."Griffin, in a talk with Goldman Sachs...
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BlackRock's $1.7 billion Obsidian hedge fund plunged in March as the...
The fixed-income-focused fund lost 20% from March 1 through March 20, sources told Business Insider. The fund manages roughly $1.7 billion.For the year, the Obsidian fund is down more than 19% after...
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A liquidity crunch for the hedge-fund industry's biggest backers could force...
Hedge funds have, on average, weathered the market turmoil caused by novel coronavirus relatively well — with a few types of funds producing some of their best returns in years.But liquidity crunches...
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One hedge fund has surged 36% this year by betting against cruise lines and...
Valiant Capital Management, a hedge fund led by Chris Hansen, has gained 36% year-to-date through the end of March, The Wall Street Journal's Juliet Chung reported Thursday.Meanwhile, markets were...
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Billionaire Bill Ackman says he's 'beginning to get optimistic' about a...
The hedge-fund founder Bill Ackman said in a tweet on Sunday that he was "beginning to get optimistic" about a coronavirus recovery.Weeks ago, the Pershing Square Capital Management CEO told CNBC that...
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A hedge fund made a 40% gain by calling the coronavirus sell-off and shorting...
A Singaporean hedge fund had a moment straight out of "The Big Short" when it predicted the novel coronavirus would hammer markets and made a 40% gain on its flagship fund.Dymon Asia Capital shorted...
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How a brain-zapping device can calm hedge-fund traders' nerves when markets...
Alpha Stim is a device that sends electricity through the brain with the aim of helping people with depression, anxiety, and insomnia.Chicago-based hedge-fund performance coach Dr. Ken Celiano has also...
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