Asset Allocation
Bridgewater Scales Back European Shorts After Cashing In
Firm nets $4 billion in shorts, settles on singular stock strategy with Commerce Bancshares.
Tag: hedge funds
Wilting Hedge Fund Roster: Time for a New Bloom?
The virus-battered stock market may let survivors in this shrinking field show their stuff once more.
Alternatives
Alternative Funds Top $10 Trillion in Assets Under Management
However, report finds an ‘increasingly challenging’ future for the industry.
Newsmakers
Stock Market Feels Like 1999’s, Says Paul Tudor Jones
Hedge fund honcho thinks current wacky times could be headed for a popping bubble.
Research
Pension Plans Will Boost Hedge Fund Investments in 2020, Study Says
Dismay over low-yielding fixed income will cause shift, industry research group Agecroft Partners predicts.
Asset Allocation
More Hedge Funds Close in 2019 than Opened
As stocks soared in 2019, the funds saw investor exoduses amid lackluster returns.
Frozen Liquidity Problem Solved, Kinda, So Alts’ Popularity Grows
Liquid alternative investments let you cash out, but what will happen in the next market panic?
Hedge Funds Are Leveraging Alternative Data In An Effort To Transform The Industry
A study conducted by Lowenstein Sandler confirms the use of alternative data is on the rise by hedge funds.
Newsmakers
The Co-Founder of Shareholder Activism Is Dead, but His Cause Is Thriving
Along with Carl Icahn, oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens invented the corporate raider concept.
Market Moves
Ray Dalio’s Flagship Fund Takes a Rare Tumble
Pure Alpha, which clocked a 14% advance in 2018, has lost 6% thus far this year.
Newsmakers
Och-Ziff Who? Hedge Fund Firm to Change Name in September
Firm looking to distance itself from troubled past.
Sure, Hedge Funds Are Charging Less, but There’s a Catch
Some of them aren’t as pretty as they look, by playing games with how fees are calculated.
Research
Most Hedge Funds Don’t Consider ESG Factors When Stockpicking
Skeptics remain in the industry, but overall allocations are improving.
Research
Hedge Funds Roar in 2019’s First Half
Equity strategies help steer the ship to best H1 gains since 2009.
