This video presents a BoFA analysis of long and short hedge fund portfolios to present a “snapshot… of the most popular and most hated positions, as well as a broad distribution of holdings by sectors.” Continue Reading
This video presents a BoFA analysis of long and short hedge fund portfolios to present a “snapshot… of the most popular and most hated positions, as well as a broad distribution of holdings by sectors.” Continue Reading
Jana Partners LLC, the activist investment firm now taking steps into socially responsible investing, has hired a portfolio manager and analyst to help oversee its effort of pushing companies to become better corporate citizens. To read the full article, click here. Continue Reading
While managers are doing well, are hedge funds all that? Yes and no. hedge fund portfolios have, traditionally actually performed well but this success can be substantially diluted due to service provider fees. It has been said that it is the hedge fund investors who suffer these fees ultimately. But we’re not convinced that’s true. … Continue Reading
For the economy in Nigeria to grow and flourish, capital markets are “critical.” According to Nigerian Stock Exchange CEO Oscar Onyema – in his recent address to the 5th Lagos and London Capital Markets in Partnership Conference – for growth to really happen, Nigeria needs a “solid and vibrant capital market ecosystem that will attract… Continue Reading
The acquisition by Principal Financial Group of RobustWealth is happening. With both corporations working together on the deal for nearly a year, the details are that in the deal, RobustWealth will “retain its open architecture philosophy and operate independently under a management committee within Principal [and] will continue to sell their platform to firms outside… Continue Reading
In this CNVC video we see Kip McDaniel, Editor-in-Chief and Chief Content Officer at Institutional Investor discuss the firm’s annual list of the highest-earning hedge fund managers in 2017. The bottom of the ‘B’ team’s earner took home $60million. Continue Reading
In this video, Professor John C Coffee, Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law, Columbia University, discusses his winning paper in the ECGI Law Series in 2017. It examines the “new world of hedge fund activism.” New agent –which aggregates the support of many institutional investors and brings pressure to bear on the board for issues… Continue Reading
Once Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin declared that the trade war was “on hold,” futures took a huge jump. Following discussions and negotiations, they reached a “very comprehensive framework agreement that needs to be implemented” with a large variety of components. One of these has been Trump’s focus on trade deficit reduction through the significant increase… Continue Reading
Throughout the world, awards are presented for various accomplishments in finance and related industries. Here we take a look at recent Enterprise Awards given in the UK; Alabama’s Elite Investment Awards and Malaysia’s Investment Awards. Later on in the year, we will be privy to Boring Money – in conjunction with – The Telegraph putting… Continue Reading
In this 40 minute video interview, Wall St for Main St’s Jason Burack interviews professional markets trader Alan Newman about whether or not US stock markets are in a process and why. Continue Reading