Liquid Alternatives / Trends
Institutionelle sind nur schwer aus der Reserve zu locken
An den institutionellen Anlegern liegt es nicht, wenn die Finanzmärkte Achterbahn fahren: Im Juli zeigten die Institutionellen wieder mehr Interesse an Aktien und sind auf einen neutralen Kurs gegangen. Der State Street Risk Appetite Index stieg im Juli geringfügig auf 0,00.
Fintech-Start-ups in der Krise – oder doch nicht?
Fintechs haben ein langes Tal der Tränen durchschritten. Finanzierungsrunden platzten, Insolvenzen griffen um sich. Ein vielversprechender Sektor im Niedergang? Wohl kaum. Die Zeichen stehen schon wieder auf Wachstum.
Balyasny on $200m recruitment drive
Dimitry Balyasny’s multi-strategy hedge fund firm Balyasny Asset Management, is investing over $200m to revamp its equities trading division with a series of high-profile hires from rival firms, according to a report by Bloomberg.
A New Position Has Cracked the Top Five at David Einhorn’s Greenlight
The value-driven hedge fund started building a much larger stake in HP earlier this year, and now the stock is among its biggest bets.
Hedge funds gain as recession fears mount and volatility spikes
Hedge funds gained in July as recession fears mounted and volatility spiked into month-end, preceding an historic equity market drop to begin August, sparked partly by a steep decline in large cap tech equities, according to HFR.
Hedge funds scale back bullish yen bets amid market uncertainty
Hedge funds have pulled back from their most bullish bets on the yen, but are continuing to pay a premium to hedge their positions, reflecting increased uncertainty about the future direction of the Japanese currency, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Brevan Howard bounces back amid market turmoil
Recent market turbulence has propelled Brevan Howard Asset Management’s flagship hedge fund, the $12bn Brevan Howard Master Fund, into profit for the year, reversing earlier losses, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Pension Funds Are the Most Active Sellers in This Hot Secondaries Market
The institutions accounted for a third of all volume, which has more than doubled this year in some asset classes. Public and corporate pension funds have been the most active sellers in a blistering market for the shares of private companies already held by investors. Secondary volume (defined in this case as the total value […]
Hedge funds suffered tech-stock losses prior to July sell-off
As global markets tumbled in mid-July, some of the world’s largest equity hedge funds, including Light Street Capital Management, Pershing Square Capital Management, suffered significant losses, having invested heavily in popular tech company stocks that led the downturn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Büro: Victor Prime Office – Der Indikator für die Büro-Toplagen stabilisiert sich
Lediglich in der Finanzmetropole Frankfurt steigt die Spitzenrendite. Im zweiten Quartal 2024 bewegt sich der Büroperformance-Indikator Victor Prime Office nahezu auf dem Niveau des Vorquartals. Der Indikatorstand für die beobachteten Toplagen der deutschen Immobilienhochburgen Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg und München notiert Ende Juni 2024 bei 165,3 Punkten und damit 0,1 Prozent niedriger als im ersten […]
LAUT KUNSTINDEX DES „MANAGER MAGAZIN“ – Das sind die 10 nach Umsatz wertvollsten Künstler der Welt
Die Werke eines deutschen Künstlers waren 2023 die drittwertvollsten der Welt. Das zeigt der Kunstindex, den das „Manager Magazin“ und der Professor Roman Kräussl jedes Jahr berechnen. Der Kunstmarkt insgesamt stockte aber – während die Werte weiblicher Künstlerinnen teils kräftig stiegen.
Dan Loeb’s Third Point Shuffles Major Tech Holdings
The hedge fund firm reported a much bigger stake in one high-profile semiconductor company and a reduced role for a tech behemoth.
Wenn Fonds und Overlay-Strategie aufeinandertreffen
Overlay-Strukturen schützen institutionelle Portfolios vor verschiedenen Risiken, bei kleineren ist der Aufwand zu groß. Über einige Fondsstrategien können auch Anleger mit niedrigeren Volumina Overlay-Bausteine nutzen.
Inside Viking’s Private Investment Strategy
Viking, headed by Tiger Cub O. Andreas Halvorsen, has made at least 11 new private investments this year, including two in August.
Japan-focused hedge funds suffer record 3.7% daily loss, says Goldman Sachs
A Goldman Sachs note has revealed that Japan-focused hedge funds saw their steepest daily performance loss on record on Monday, according to a report by Reuters, amid a global stock rout triggered by disappointing US jobs data and last week’s Bank of Japan rate hike.
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