12/30/2014
CME fine sinks Pimco money manager
Rahul Seksaria, a money manager at Pacific Investment Management Co. running inflation-protection strategies, was dismissed after CME Group Inc. fined him for improper trades.
Alternative Investments
12/30/2014
Knowing When Your Private Equity, Hedge Fund Is Really A Winner!
Determining when, precisely, a private equity or hedge fund has delivered a true profit, rather than simply benefiting from a rising market, is not a straight-forward matter.
12/30/2014
The liquid alt market is no plain-vanilla investment
The ongoing evolution of the so-called liquid alternatives market continues to improve access to popular hedge fund strategies such as long/short, market neutral and managed futures for Canadian investors and the timing couldn’t be better with volat
12/30/2014
Highs and Lows for Citadel’s Ken Griffin in 2014
If all business is personal, it has been a year of extremes for Citadel LLC founder Ken Griffin.
12/29/2014
XY Planning Network to Help Young FAs Launch Their Own Firm
Each state has unique quirks to the process, things that new advisors just don’t know about.
12/29/2014
Creditors meet to help Pie Face earn a crust
The creditors’ meeting in Sydney this morning caps off a tumultuous month for the Pie Face chain, which at its peak gathered some of Australia’s smartest investors to back its global plans of international expansion and a possible $150m I
12/26/2014
3i Infotech surges 20%, JPMorgan raises stake in company
Investors queued up to buy shares of 3i Infotech on Friday after the JPMorgan Chase raised stake in the software solutions provider.
12/26/2014
Star fund manager of 2013 falls to earth in 2014
One of the hottest mutual fund managers of recent years crashed to earth in 2014, after his bets on rising inflation turned sour because of the sluggish global economy.
12/25/2014
After Losing over 90% of their Assets, Quantitative Hedge Fund QCM Roars Back
After seeing assets under management drop from near $1 billion to $55 million in two years, quantitative hedge fund Quality Capital Management is now finding a market environment they like.
12/24/2014
Credit Agricole Securities Announces Placement of $300 Million of Asset-Backed Notes for an Affiliate of Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated
Independent third-party analysis of the cash flows under various scenarios for the notes was provided by Towers Watson.
12/24/2014
Hedge fund drops out of EDMC lawsuit, but 2nd remains
One of two hedge funds suing to block a restructuring deal at Education Management Corp. has dropped out of the case.
12/23/2014
Ousted American Apparel CEO Dov Charney Claims He Was Robbed By A Hedge Fund
Charney got a loan from Standard General in July so he could boost his ownership of American Apparel to 43% after he was fired as CEO in June.
12/23/2014
Manulife Announces Transaction with New York Life Which Significantly Expands John Hancock's Retirement Plan Services Business
Acquisition of New York Life's RPS business accelerates John Hancock's expansion into the mid-case and large-case retirement plan markets and increases plan assets under administration by approximately US$50 billion (60 percent) to about US$135
12/22/2014
The fund that was too good to be true
Money manager F-Squared used a hot ETF strategy to collect billions.
12/22/2014
The Bond King Is Dead, Long Live the Bond King: Bill Gross’s Crazy 2014
After a high-profile departure from Pacific Investment Management Co., the man once known as Wall Street's "bond king" is trying to rebuild his empire.
12/21/2014
Why Steve Cohen, Connecticut Hedge Fund Billionaire, Gives So Much In New York
Billionaire Steve Cohen was born in Great Neck, New York before attending Wharton, working on Wall Street and then founding SAC Capital Advisors in Connecticut
12/19/2014
Institutional Investors Embrace Real Assets in Search for Returns and Protection - BlackRock Survey
Real estate was the most common form of real asset investments
12/19/2014
Hedge funds shrug off volatility with $30B in gains
The hedge fund industry experienced net outflows of $1.5 billion according to mid fourth quarter data from Hedge Fund Research (HFR), which covers October and November this year.
12/19/2014
Standard Life Investment Expands Global Footprint
The business now manages over £240bn of assets and has increased its operational and client servicing footprint, with further investment planned to support continued growth.
12/19/2014
North American Family Offices Turning Co-Investment
The popular belief that family offices in North America regularly invest together has been challenged by the Global Family Office Report 2014