A fund manager’s divorce can tank a hedge fund’s performance. The only thing that’s worse for it is a wedding. A fund’s alpha — the measure of how much it beats the market — falls by an annualized 8.5% around the time of a manager’s marriage, according to a study released this month by University […]
Land area for new China real estate developments falls 25 pct in 2014 -Xinhua BEIJING Feb 24 (Reuters) – The area of land used in new property developments in China fell by a quarter last year compared with 2013, state news agency Xinhua said on Tuesday, highlighting the extent of the country’s housing downturn. Land […]
The Appian Fund returned –0.77% in January as markets sold off worldwide. The Fund’s loss was caused entirely by the negative performance of the Fund’s Tactical Currency manager, which was caught off guard by the Swiss National Bank’s surprise removal of its currency peg against the Euro. Two of the Fund’s defensive strategies performed well […]
Bruce Edgelow has read all the newspaper headlines about investors fleeing Alberta’s oil patch. The provincial government’s energy banker doesn’t have a problem attracting cash — it’s finding a place for it all to go. “Our phone has been ringing off the wall in the last three or four weeks with people wanting to come […]
Jason Mudrick Sees ‘Massive Opportunity’ In Energy Debt Feb. 3 — Jason Mudrick, chief investment officer at Mudrick Capital Management LP, talks about strategy for distressed debt, investment opportunities in the oil industry and his firm’s involvement with RadioShack Corp. Mudrick speaks with Stephanie Ruhle and Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television’s “Market Makers.” This article […]
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