Hedge Funds to Record More Closures Than Launches for Fifth Straight Year (Bloomberg) The pain kept coming for hedge funds in 2019: if they weren’t......
(read more)December 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Hedge Fund Billionaire David Tepper’s Stock Market Advice in 2010 Worked All Decade (CNBC) Two years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the 2008......
(read more)December 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Tyrus Capital to Buy UK-based Business of Tyndaris LLP (Reuters) LONDON (Reuters) – Monaco-based hedge fund Tyrus Capital said on Monday it had......
(read more)December 16 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Tiger Global Cuts Juul’s Valuation to $19 Billion (The Wall Street Journal) Tiger Global Management slashed its valuation of e-cigarette startup Juul......
(read more)December 9 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Breakingviews – TCI Plays Outrider to Mark Carney’s Climate Drive (Reuters) LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) – Chris Hohn made his name by......
(read more)December 2 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Hedge Fund Firefly Hits Out at Gulfport Energy’s Plans, Demands Board Seat (Reuters) NEW YORK (Reuters) – Firefly Value Partners on Thursday......
(read more)November 21 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Billionaire Investor Carl Icahn is Placing a Big Bet Against Struggling Mall Owners, Report Says (CNBC) Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is placing a $......
(read more)November 20 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Druckenmiller Alumni at PointState Are Looking for New Investors (Bloomberg) PointState Capital, the macro hedge fund started by former traders for billionaire......
(read more)November 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Citadel’s Griffin Taps Longtime Partner James Yeh as Co-CIO (Bloomberg) Ken Griffin promoted James Yeh to president and co-chief investment officer......
(read more)November 13 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Viking’s Former Investment Chief is Gearing up to Launch his Own Fund in mid-2020 and Join the Long List of Tiger Management Grandcubs (Business......
(read more)November 12 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Ken Fisher Has a Side Bet on a Risky Corner of Wall Street (Bloomberg) Billionaire Ken Fisher made his name and fortune picking stocks. But over the years......
(read more)November 8 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
How Jim Simons Built the World’s Most Lucrative Black Box (Bloomberg) Anyone looking to learn how a quant fund conquered the financial world should......
(read more)November 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
How Jim Simons Built the Best Hedge Fund Ever (Bloomberg) Every now and again, a book comes along that is so compelling, filled with so many fascinating......
(read more)October 28 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Kyle Bass Says US Interest Rates will Follow the Rest of the World to Zero — ‘This is Insane’ (CNBC) Central banks are just getting started with......
(read more)August 20 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
RenTech Has Been Pulling Money Out of Deutsche Bank for Months (Bloomberg) Renaissance Technologies, the hedge fund giant that Deutsche Bank AG has counted......
(read more)July 5 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Proxy Firms Glass Lewis, ISS Back Allergan in Fight Against Appaloosa (Reuters) (Reuters) – Two major shareholder advisory firms urged investors......
(read more)April 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
World’s Biggest Hedge Fund Optimistic on Brazil Economy, Markets (Reuters) BRASILIA (Reuters) – Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest......
(read more)March 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Legendary Jim Simons, an awarded math genius and a former military code breaker, founded back in 1982 one of the nowadays largest quant hedge funds in......
(read more)February 9 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Hedge Fund Bear Crispin Odey Made $18 Million Betting Against Wirecard (Bloomberg) Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey’s winning run with his short-selling......
(read more)February 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Bridgewater, RenTech Make $13 Billion in a Grim Year for Hedge Funds (Bloomberg) Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates and Jim Simons’ Renaissance Technologies......
(read more)January 28 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Activist Investor Starboard Seeks Changes at Dollar Tree (The Wall Street Journal) Activist investor Starboard Value LP has taken a stake in Dollar Tree......
(read more)January 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
A Hedge Fund Makes Billions Off Americans’ Underwater Mortgages (The Wall Street Journal) Fortunes were made on Wall Street betting against sketchy......
(read more)December 25 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Ackman’s Hedge Funds Gain After Years of Losses, Helped by Chipotle and ADP (CNBC) William Ackman‘s private hedge fund has gained more than......
(read more)June 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Renaissance Technologies Founder James Simons Tops Institutional Investor’s Rich List Ranking of the World’s Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers (......
(read more)May 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Michael Platt of BlueCrest Capital cemented his position atop the list of highest-earning hedge fund managers, taking home a cool $2 billion in earnings......
(read more)May 22 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Renaissance Technologies Rebounds Across Hedge Funds in March (Bloomberg) (Bloomberg) — Renaissance Technologies, the $58 billion quantitative investment......
(read more)April 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Quantitative hedge funds have been on an absolute tear over the past few months, posting gains in 15 of the past 17 weeks according to data compiled by......
(read more)February 19 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio Gets More Bullish on Gold Amid Warnings of Recession (TheStreet) Even as the stock market capped off a third day of gains......
(read more)February 14 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Quantitative funds are gaining more ground among hedge funds in terms of trading volume and inflow of capital. According to The Wall Street Journal, this......
(read more)December 28 - Hedge Funds, News, Quantitative Investing - Comments
The hedge fund industry may be mired in performance woes and closures, but you wouldn’t know it from the immense earnings that the top hedge fund......
(read more)March 28 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Ackman’s Exit Sends Valeant Shares To More Than 7-Year Low (CNBC) Shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals dropped Tuesday after news surfaced late Monday......
(read more)March 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Cooperman’s Lawyer Says He Faced Parallel Criminal Inquiry (Bloomberg) Billionaire Leon Cooperman invoked his Fifth-Amendment right against self-incrimination......
(read more)February 7 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Renaissance Technologies has been not only one of the best performing quant based asset managers but also one of the best performing hedge fund across......
(read more)December 28 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
Which are the largest hedge funds in the world? Most investors see hedge fund size as an indication of investment success. It is partially true though......
(read more)December 8 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Renaissance Technologies is probably the best quant hedge fund in the market. Their Medallion Fund literally prints $1 billion to $3 billion a year and......
(read more)December 2 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Brexiteer Odey’s Fund Loses 369 Million Euros (Reuters) Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey lost about 369 million euros (313.03 million pounds) in......
(read more)November 21 - Hedge Funds - Comments
These 10 most successful investors in the world don’t have much in common aside from their obscene net worths. They come from different backgrounds,......
(read more)November 2 - ETF Trading, Hedge Funds, Lists, News - Comments
The prominence of quantitative hedge funds in the alternative asset management space has increased exponentially since the turn of the century, with several......
(read more)October 22 - Hedge Funds, News, Quantitative Investing - Comments
Leon Cooperman On Insider Trading Charges: ‘We Acted Appropriately And Lawfully’ (CNBC) Billionaire hedge fund titan Leon Cooperman told CNBC......
(read more)October 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Here’s Why Hedge Fund ValueAct Bought Seagate (CNBC) While most on Wall Street these days are huddling in yield plays, Jeff Ubben seems to be taking......
(read more)September 9 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Jim Simons is the founder of Renaissance Technologies. At one point RenTech, a quant hedge fund, charged 5% of assets and 44% of returns as fees, yet......
(read more)August 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Paul Singer Fund: Market ‘Breakdown’ To Be ‘Sudden, Intense, And Large’ (CNBC) In a bleak new letter to investors, Paul Singer......
(read more)August 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The world’s most successful quant hedge fund, Renaissance Technologies (RenTech), recently submitted its 13F filing with the SEC for the reporting......
(read more)August 18 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Bill Ackman Made Back $113 Million Today on Valeant Jump (CNBC) After a year of misery, Bill Ackman finally is having a pretty good month. The head of......
(read more)August 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Founded in 1982 by James ‘Jim’ Simons, Renaissance Technologies employs quantitative models based on mathematical and statistical analysis to make......
(read more)May 18 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Most individual investors invest in dividend-paying stocks to benefit from the steady streams of dividend checks, but can also take advantage of stock......
(read more)November 15 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Well-known hedge fund Renaissance Technologies LLC needs little or no introduction at all. Jim Simons, also known as the “Quant King”, founded Renaissance......
(read more)November 14 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Jim Simons‘ renowned quantitative fund Renaissance Technologies employs complicated computer algorithms to drive trading. The market value of the......
(read more)November 14 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
What are the best stocks to buy? The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than The Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies......
(read more)October 12 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Renaissance Technologies, led by Jim Simons, disclosed a total of 3,196 positions in its latest 13F filing for the reporting period of June 30. The fund......
(read more)October 8 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
