Monthly Archives: January 2020
Top Hedge Fund Industry Trends for 2020
(HedgeWeek) Each year, Agecroft Partners predicts the top hedge fund industry trends through their contact with more than 2,000 institutional investors and hundreds of hedge fund organisations. Below are the firm’s predictions for the biggest trends in the hedge fund […]
SEC Charges Private Investment Firm with Fraudulently Misleading Investors
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged MA-based private investment firm ARO Equity, LLC, and its principals, Thomas D. Renison and Timothy J. Allcott, with fraud. As alleged, the defendants made false statements to current and prospective retail investors […]
CTAs close best year since 2014 as trend followers lead performance in 2019
(Hedgeweek) Following positive gains in November, CTAs experienced a small dip in December, as the SG CTA Index closed the month at -0.65 per cent. Nevertheless, all indices closed the year in positive territory with the SG CTA Index and […]
Emerging market hedge funds close turbulent decade with strong gains
(Hedgeweek) HFRI’s EM Index up 11.67 per cent in 2019, as market conditions hint at positive start to new year –Emerging markets-focused hedge funds rounded off a strong year with a 3.58 per cent monthly advance in December, to take […]
Hedge funds post the best return in a decade in 2019
(Opalesque) The $3.24 trillion hedge fund industry produced its best one-year performance in a decade, said Hedge Fund Research.The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite (FWC) index returned 10.4% in the 12 months ended Dec. 31, the highest since 2009 when the […]
Hedge fund Aksia acquires rival firm TorreyCove Capital Partners
(Opalesque) Investment consulting firm Aksia LLC, which focuses on hedge funds and private markets, acquired a rival firm called San Diego-based TorreyCove Capital Partners, which is based in San Diego. To read this article:
DWS Group acquires 25% stake in Arabesque AI to attempt to predict stock price movements
(Opalesque) Deutsche Bank’s asset management arm DWS Group has acquired 24.9% stake in a UK technology firm Arabesque AI Lt making use of artificial intelligence (AI) to attempt to predict stock price movements. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. […]
Former Carlyle Group executive Bryan Corbett to head the U.S. hedge fund group MFA
(Opalesque) Managed Funds Association (MFA), a hedge fund lobby group in the United States, named Bryan Corbett its new president and chief executive officer. Corbett succeeds Richard H. Baker, who has served in the position since 2008. Mr. Corbett begins […]
Blackstone raises three-quarters of targeted $4.6 billion life sciences fund
(Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group Inc (BX.N) has secured $3.4 billion from investors for its first fund dedicated to investments in the life sciences sector, targeting $4.6 billion in total, a regulatory filing showed on Thursday. To […]
Oil at the crossroads as hedge funds build large bullish position
(Reuters) – Even before Iranian general Qassem Soleimani was killed by a U.S. air strike on Jan. 3, ratcheting up tensions across the Middle East, hedge funds had become very bullish about oil prices. Fund managers amassed an unusually large […]
SEC Charges Individual with Orchestrating Offering Fraud
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Donald G. Blakstad and two entities he controlled with engaging in the fraudulent offer and sale of over $3.5 million of securities. The SEC’s complaint alleges that, between July 2015 and May […]
Energy hedge funds eye renewed oil volatility following Iran missile strike
(Hedgeweek) The oil price surge following the deadly US airstrike against Iranian general Qassem Suleimani is unlikely to be sustained, commodities-focused hedge fund managers have told Hedgeweek. To read this article: