Bridgewater Associates Changes Direction During 3Q 2020

A look at Bridgewater’s 13F filed with the US SEC reveals that Ray Dalio’s hedge fund firm has invested about half a billion dollars into some of the world’s largest firms while withdrawing from an ETF that tracks large-cap US equities and positions in three China ETFs. The moves were made during the 3rd quarter […]

Peter Zhou Launching a Hedge Fund of His Own

After ten years at Coatue and three years at Blackstone before that, rising investment star Peter Zhou is planning to open his own, tech-based, hedge fund. Zhou left Philippe Laffont’s Coatue early in 2020, where he was a senior managing director. He is rumored to already have gathered $300 million to start his fund. No […]

Hedge Fund Urges Europeans to Move to Rail

Oceanwood Capital, an activist hedge fund headquartered in London, called on European leaders to re-think their country’s travel policies in a radically new way. The goal is to reduce carbon emissions in the fight against climate change, and the method is to make a conscious decision to switch from the wasteful use of flying to […]

New 2Q Favs for Hedge Funds

Now that second-quarter SEC 13F filings are available for scrutiny, the public can see where experienced investors put their money in April, May, and June. There were a few surprises, like Berkshire Hathaway retreating from many positions and finding a safe haven in Barrick Gold. But in general, a look-see at where the investing greats […]

Sender Hedge Fund Gains 30% Following the Crowd on RobinHood

Adam Sender seems to have hit on a great way to bet on winners in the stock market. Just watch what the numbers tell you on the popular stock-trading app called RobinHood. He says he gained 30% for his fund Sender Company and Partners so far this year following the most picked stocks on the […]

Hedge Funds on Rebound

Institutional investors began funneling money back into hedge funds during the beginning of the second half of 2020. After two years of the industry contracting, hedge funds are beginning to grow again. According to a Bloomberg Mandates survey, half of the 50 respondents either increased their investments in hedge funds at the beginning of the […]

AI Quant Fund Realizes Growth Even as Market Slows

Quantumrock, the Berlin-headquartered quantitative hedge fund manager, has seen excellent returns while others are stymied in a difficult market. The company’s volatility-focused fund, Volatility Special Opportunities Program, (VSOP), grew by a juicy 9.87% in June, with a YTD of 36.16% growth. VSOP uses an equity futures-and-treasuries model designed around Artificial Intelligence trading throughout the market […]

Pershing Square Gaining While Economy Stuggling

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management has been enjoying enviable growth just when the economy has been struggling with historically high unemployment and an unprecedented lockdown of people and commerce during the devastating coronavirus pandemic. Public and private funds have seen double-digit growth between 22 and 27 percent so far this year, easily surpassing the […]

London Hedge Fund Offering Discount to Bring in Clients

Selwood Asset Management, a $3.5 billion hedge fund and one of the fastest-growing funds in London, has set up a seductive fee structure not seen since the last collapse of the financial markets. The company will not take a share of the profits some of its new clients make until the net asset value of […]

Survey finds Hedge Funds Growing

The most recent report of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) found that in the past two years since the last survey done in 2018, the value of the AUM of hedge funds has increased by almost 20%. The report is done once every two years. This year’s report included 8.5% more hedge funds […]