Market Moves
Archegos Fiasco Was One of 3 ‘Near-Misses’ This Year, Says El-Erian
Celebrated Allianz economist points to GameStop and hedge fund debacles as potential market torpedoes.
Tag: Hedge Funds
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Stock-Driven Hedge Funds Were Popular in 2020
Pension plans and other big investors favor the alpha-generating chops that equity strategies showed in the bull market, an Agecroft study shows.
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Ackman, Griffin, Coleman Are Among Hedge Fund Bigwigs Who Cleaned Up in 2020
These guys were among 15 who personally pocketed $23 billion from their investing scores, a Bloomberg tally shows.
Market Moves
How GameStop’s Robinhood Boosters Are Clobbering Hedge Funds
A ‘flash mob with money,’ their enthusiasm for the ailing retailer’s stock has lost short sellers a reported $23.6 billion.
Asset Management Culture
Rebound for AUMs among Top 10 Hedge Fund Trends
Consultants Agecroft Partners say that a turnaround in overall hedgie results is bringing a brighter picture.
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Hedge Funds Finally Nose Past the S&P 500
After too many years of drag-butt performance, they’ve taken advantage of a volatile 2020.
Market Moves
Nasdaq 100 Is Just Halfway Through Its Plunge, Says Morgan Stanley
The firm’s Michael Wilson sees a further reckoning for the home of the biggest tech names.
How Did Alts, a Jumble of Different Things, Get So Popular?
In a time of LDI and other de-risking, they seem less risky than stocks, yet offer decent returns.
Op-Ed: Using the Risk-Free Rate as a Basis to Examine Hedge Fund Costs
Longtime investor Tony Waskiewicz explores why hedge fund investors have experienced much lower absolute returns since the Great Recession.
Asset Management Culture
Why Soros, Singer, Paulson (but Not Dalio or Buffett) May Soon Be Exempt from Disclosing Stock Holdings
SEC proposal would lift reporting threshold to $3.5 billion, from $100 million now.
Market Moves
Tail Risk Hedges Are Vital for Investors Now, Argues Black Swan Theory Guy
Things are so unpredictable that buffering yourself against unknown surprises only makes sense, says Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Asset Management Culture
After a Spotty Run, John Paulson Quits Hedge Funds
Famed investor, who triumphed shorting the housing market in 2008, is the latest to shift into a family office, amid hard times for hedgies.
Market Moves
How Little-Guy Investors Bested the Pros by Riding Popular Iffy Stocks
Goldman Sachs study shows that, since this year’s low point, ordinary market players shot past the smart money, 61% to 45%.
How Pension CIOs Are Dealing With the Pandemic Storm
Handling asset rebalancing, maintaining board relations, and dealing with outside managers with big ideas are important items on plan managers’ agendas.
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Crypto Hedge Fund AUM Doubles to $2 Billion in 2019
The median crypto hedge fund returned 30% last year, compared with a loss of 46% in 2018.