Chidem Kurdas
If you paid any attention to financial news headlines, you are aware that in 2014 (more…)
Chidem Kurdas
If you paid any attention to financial news headlines, you are aware that in 2014 (more…)
Tags:BarclayHedge, New York Stock Exchange, Real estate, REITS
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Goldman Sachs credit managers expect sharp (more…)
Tags:BarclayHedge, Dodd-Frank Act, Goldman Sachs, TrimTabs, Volcker Rule
Posted in Asset Flows, Credit, Volatility | 2 Comments »
Futures traders have on the whole not fared well in (more…)
Tags:BarclayHedge, BlueCrest Capital Management, Man Group plc
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Chidem Kurdas
Rates are so low, the only direction they can go is up. That’s the conventional wisdom and it implies that the bond rally is near its end. Despite that concern, investors have been moving money to fixed income arbitrage funds. The reason (more…)
Tags:BarclayHedge, Barclays Aggregate Bond Index, Cranwood Capital Management, Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index
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Chidem Kurdas
Global macro is the kind of flexible strategy that should do well in a difficult economic environment. How did investors in the strategy do in 2011? (more…)
Tags:BarclayHedge, Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, Hedge Fund Research
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Chidem Kurdas
Fixed income was one of the two hedge fund categories investors favored in March, according to BarclayHedge’s asset inflow data. But bond hedge funds are not the only vehicles investors use to get debt exposure. PIMCO, the giant asset manager led by Bill Gross, is among those offering a variety of fixed income strategies similar to those used by hedgies. Competition also comes from emerging markets managers that invest in debt. (more…)
Tags:Aberdeen Asset Management., BarclayHedge, Kevin Daly, Natalie Zahradnik, PIMCO
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Chidem Kurdas
The latest research on credit markets was presented this week at New York University’s business school. The conference was held at the appropriately named Paulson Auditorium—as in hedge fund manager John Paulson, graduate of ’78, who gave the school $20 million of the several billions he made betting against the housing bubble.
Tags:BarclayHedge, Edward Altman, John Paulson, New York University Stern Business School, Sol Waksman
Posted in Credit, Economic Forecast, Fraud investigation, Real Estate, SEC, Volatility | 1 Comment »