Monthly Archives: June 2015

Credit Suisse Index Up Again In May

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index was up 0.83% in May and that reversed the loss of 0.38% in April. The index, which was designed to be used as a barometer for the overall hedge […]

Monthly Report Card for May: Healthcare Bounces Back

New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) – After setting the world on fire in the first quarter, the healthcare sector and the biotech sub-sector both took a little breather in April. During the first quarter, the Healthcare Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLV) surged […]

Yet Another Deal In The Chip Sector

New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) – In today’s HedgeCoVest newsletter, we featured an article about the amount of M&A activity so far in 2015 and the Avago Technologies/ Broadcom deal was mentioned since it was the largest deal in the history of […]

Beaupost Betting On Energy

New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) – Hedge fund manager Seth Klarman pointed out in a year-end letter to investors in the Baupost Group’s fund that he wasn’t seeing many bargains in the stock market with the exception of the energy sector. With […]

Revolutionary HedgeCoVest platform goes live, democratizing alternative investments for advisors and retail investors

The industry’s first real-time hedge fund replication platform enables investors to securely invest in hedge fund strategies via their own brokerage account Over 1,500 beta users and 45 alternative investment firms on the platform Go-live marks the launch of the […]

Where Are Hedge Funds Moving Capital

New York (HedgeCo.Net) Given the performance of the healthcare sector and in particular the biotech sub-sector, it shouldn’t come as a big surprise that the sector was the number one sector for attracting new investments from hedge funds. In our […]

ISIS Potential Impact on Hedge Funds

New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) With news breaking that the Islamic State had taken control of the city of Ramadi in Iraq, Palmyra in Syria and Sirte in Libya, one has to wonder whether a third gulf war with full Western involvement […]

ECB Has A Hedge Fund Issue

New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) Two stories have come out in the last few days with regard to how the ECB handles news and hedge funds. On Monday, ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure caused the first problem when he spoke at […]

Blackstone To Launch New Hedge Fund

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge fund investor Blackstone is preparing to launch a new hedge fund that will make “make big, bold bets”, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The company is planning on starting a fund with a […]

Hedge Fund Charged With Manipulating Futures Contract Prices

New York (HedgeCo.Net)  –  Federal Judge Analisa Torres has rejected arguments put forward by a hedge fund-like firm and cleared the way for a lawsuit filed by the FTC in New York, Reuters reports. The CFTC claims that Donald R. Wilson […]

Texas lawmaker warns against hedge funds ‘flipping’ Energy Future unit

Reuters – A powerful Texas state senator warned against a takeover by hedge funds of the power distribution unit of bankrupt Energy Future Holdings and said the state would prefer an owner with a long-term view. Senator Troy Fraser told […]

Ex-SAC Capital COO Kumin to Start Hedge-Fund Firm

A former senior executive of SAC Capital Advisors LP is planning to start a new stock-trading hedge-fund firm, potentially with a big chunk of funding from Leucadia National Corp., according to people familiar with deal discussions. Solomon “Sol” Kumin, who […]