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The world’s biggest hedge fund is getting whacked, and why “Moneyness” matters
December 12th, 2018
A few years ago the Swiss National Bank (SNB) – which traditionally held “monetary assets” like government bonds, cash and gold to back up the Swiss franc — decided to branch out into common stocks. This was a ...
Hedge funds are betting big against sterling
September 25th, 2018
Hedge funds are betting big against sterling, the most since May last year. And following last week’s Brexit debacle in Salzburg, that bet will probably be even bigger now, closing in on the largest on record. Funds and speculators ...
Index Funds vs. Hedge Funds: Buffett’s Bet, 10 Years Later
May 15th, 2018
Warren Buffett is of course as the golden-touch investor who is chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Each year he writes a letter to his shareholders, and along with an update on just what the firm did the previous ...
Cryptocurrency hedge funds spiraling down in 2018
April 4th, 2018
The bubble of cryptocurrency hedge funds has finally started to give way and is crumbling under its own weight. The world of cryptocurrencies saw a huge boom in 2017 with cryptocurrencies here and there hitting new all time highs ...
Hedge Fund Investor: Bitcoin Already Hit Bottom, Ready to Surge
February 9th, 2018
Bitcoin has gone to its bottom price and will rise back to its peak level and then probably grow from there said digital investor Dan Morehead. Bitcoin Should Return to its Peak Soon Speaking with CNBC’s Fast Money Dan ...
There are now more than 120 hedge funds focused solely on bitcoin, digital currencies
October 31st, 2017
Data shared exclusively with CNBC from financial research firm Autonomous Next shows the number of funds investing in digital assets like bitcoin has grown rapidly to 124. Autonomous Next also estimates that the “crypto-funds” have about $2.3 billion in ...
Hedge Fund Adviser Charged for Inadequate Controls to Prevent Insider Trading
August 22nd, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that hedge fund advisory firm Deerfield Management Company L.P. has agreed to pay more than $4.6 million to settle charges that it failed to establish, maintain, and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed ...
Hedge funds’ preference for grains over softs ‘has gone far enough’
July 26th, 2017
Hedge funds’ preference for grains over soft commodities – at its strongest since 2012 – may have gone far enough, with commentators foreseeing cause for buying in the likes of cocoa and coffee, but selling in corn and wheat. ...
ICO flags hedge fund role in coffee price tumble
May 10th, 2017
Hedge funds are the primary cause of the drop in coffee prices which has driven both arabica and robusta futures to multi-month lows, the International Coffee Organization said, noting broad correlations in commodity moves. The ICO, which said that ...
CFTC charges purported hedge fund that traded commodity futures and forex contracts
April 21st, 2017
CFTC Charges Purported Hedge Fund Capitol Equity FX LLC and California Residents Robert Leland Johnson IV and Marisa Elena Johnson with Fraud, Misappropriation, and Registration Violations The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a ...
