Monthly Archives: January 2013
Market Report: US hedge fund star starts Vodafone rush
Independent – Punters were dialling up their brokers to buy shares in Vodafone today after a decree from American hedge fund star David Einhorn. Mr Einhorn, who runs Greenlight Capital in the US and has returned roughly 20 per cent a […]
Hertfordshire Pension Makes First Allocation to Hedge Funds
Bloomberg – The public pension for employees of the Hertfordshire County Council, in the commuter belt north of London, is making its first hedge-fund investments to reduce its weighting in equities and boost returns. The 2.5 billion-pound ($3.9 billion) fund hired LGT […]
Rollergirl Displeased With Hedge Fund Manager
NPR – I am constantly amazed by the things I learn from your show, but for the first time one of the subjects hit home more directly than I’d expected. I have been using Herbalife products for about a year […]
The 10 Hedge Funds With The Biggest Stakes In Apple
BusinessInsider – Tech giant Apple posted disappointed earnings results yesterday and missed analysts’ expectations pretty much across the board. The stock, which has been a hedge fund favorite for quite some time, was last down more than 11.6% today. Read […]
Asset Value Investors In-Sources with Paladyne Suite
Paladyne Systems, Inc., a Broadridge Financial Solutions, company (NYSE:BR) and leading provider of next generation investment management solutions, today announced that long-only traditional asset management firm Asset Value Investors (AVI) has selected and implemented Paladyne to bring greater ownership and […]
Former officials tell hedge funds: Be ready for the regulators
Reuters – U. S. securities regulators are watching hedge funds more closely than ever, and former Securities and Exchange Commission officials and industry experts are urging managers to be ready when federal examiners come knocking. For roughly a year now, once-secretive hedge […]
One Hedge Fund Ace’s Essential Investor Reading List
Forbes – When Steve Kuhn talks people should listen, especially that one time in late 2011 when he said the best trade of 2012 was going to be going long subprime mortgages. Kuhn certainly did, and the head of fixed-income trading […]
Buffett pulls ahead in wager against hedge funds
CNN Money – It’s halfway time in the 10-year stock market wager sometimes called The Million-Dollar Bet—that’s Warren Buffett backing the performance of an S&P index fund vs. a New York money manager backing five funds of hedge funds—and there’s […]
Apple’s Stock Drop Might Bite Hedge Funds Badly
Forbes – Last year the billionaire hedge fund manager David Einhorn predicted that Apple’s market capitalization could hit $1 trillion. He long ago made Apple one of his hedge fund’s biggest holdings and in a letter dated just two days […]
Hedge Funds Are Buying These 8 Rallying Technology Stocks
Seeking Alpha – Do you like to follow smart money buying trends? If so, you may be interested in a screen we ran for a look at stocks currently favored by smart money institutional investors. We began by screening the […]
Hedge fund managers forecast stock market gains at conference
CNBC Business News – BOCA RATON, Florida Jan 22 (Reuters) – After years of favoring fixed income, investors are ready to put their money back into equities and they might be rewarded with strong returns, especially in U.S. stocks, hedge […]
New Jersey hedge fund manager Tepper says U.S. on ‘verge of greatness’
Bloomberg News – David Tepper, the hedge-fund manager who runs the $15 billion Appaloosa Management LP, said he’s bullish on U.S. stocks as the economy is set to grow by as much as 3 percent this year. “This country is […]