The Motley Fool

JULY 20, 2023

Perhaps nobody feels the pain of 2023's dealmaking slump worse than so-called merger arbitrage traders, or hedge funds that essentially bet on the success of M&A deals, according to an analysis published Thursday by the Financial Times. For the ailing hedge funds, that almost sounds like hope.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 4, 2024

Today, I am participating in a few events at Bloomberg’s Hedge Fund Forum 2024. Looking forward to both of these The post Bloomberg’s Hedge Fund Forum 2024 appeared first on The Big Picture. I will be moderating the Emerging Managers Panel (I did this last year as well).

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In today's video, we will cover five of the most owned Dividend Aristocrats® among the largest hedge funds in the US. To be considered a Dividend Aristocrat®, a stock must pay a growing dividend for at least 25 consecutive years. One of those stocks is The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO).

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 20, 2024

Hedge funds don't get the same level of attention among investors as publicly traded funds like Cathie Wood's Ark Invest exchange-traded funds (ETFs) or Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway , but it's worth following the moves of these privately held funds that cater to wealthy individuals and institutional investors.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 9, 2024

That's the view of hedge fund manager Mark Yusko, founder and manager of the Morgan Creek Digital firm. Leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) should more than double its price from $68,000 to $150,000 before the end of the year. Yusko also expects the "digital gold" crypto to grow tenfold over the next decade.

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The Big Picture

JULY 3, 2023

Barry Ritholtz, “Masters in Business” Radio and Podcast Host discusses the environment of hedge funds and the war on talent between them.

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 28, 2024

Private equity’s challenges in returning capital to clients are increasingly affecting hedge funds, which depend on the same pool of institutional investors including pension plans, foundations and endowments, for their fundraising efforts, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 16, 2023

And if you ask Dimon, the new requirements are expected to be a big win for hedge funds and private equity. But where the bank lacks pricing power, those activities will be picked up by what Dimon refers to as the "shadow" banking system, which includes hedge funds, private equity, and private credit.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 25, 2024

Paul Singer’s hedge fund Elliott Investment Management has disrupted a $4bn debt restructuring at Veritas Holdings, a software business owned by global private investment firm Carlyle Group, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Top 1000 Funds

APRIL 10, 2024

Padmesh Shukla, chief investment officer of the £14 billion Transport for London Pension Fund explains why he believes hedge funds are a crucial element to a diversified portfolio.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Alternative asset, equity and fixed income fund managers have identified private equity, renewable energy and hedge funds as the alternative asset classes most likely to increased inflows in 2024, according to new research by fund management solutions specialist Carne Group.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Registered investment advisers (RIAs) who run private funds for clients have upped their allocations to private equity investments while cutting their exposure to hedge funds over the last nine years, according to a report by Citywire.

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FinSMEs

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

In recent years, the collision of finance and sports has given birth to a new player in the investment game: sports betting hedge funds. With the […] The post Hedge Funds and Their Involvement in the Sports Sector appeared first on FinSMEs.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 15, 2023

That makes Griffin the most successful hedge fund manager in history, according to LCH Investments. On that note, Griffin sold nearly all of his Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock in the first quarter, but he bought a significant stake in the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ) , a growth-focused index fund that tracks the Nasdaq-100.

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The Big Picture

JULY 1, 2023

This week, we speak with Ilana Weinstein, CEO of hedge fund executive search firm IDW Group. The firm’s practice places senior hedge fund and business professionals across the investment landscape. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2024

Last year, it was revealed the hedge fund manager opened a position in Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) , the parent company of internet search tool Google and video sharing platform YouTube. One of the most closely followed investors on Wall Street is Bill Ackman , the CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 12, 2024

Al Gore, the former U.S. vice president, co-founded Generation Investment Management in 2004. Today, the firm manages nearly $50 billion, all of which is directed to investments that the firm believes won't destroy the planet. So-called sustainable investments, the firm believes, have the potential to outperform the market over the long term.

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Top 1000 Funds

MAY 13, 2024

Innovation at the Kellogg Foundation includes investing with a handful of cutting edge quant hedge fund managers that are using machines rather than people to figure out the algorithms. CIO Carlos Rangel also explains why he thinks hybrid rather than electric cars have emerged as the realistic, mass market solution.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Last week, renowned hedge fund manager Bill Ackman spoke at length about a new position in his portfolio. As it turns out, Silicon Valley investors are not the only ones looking to capitalize on the rising popularity of artificial intelligence (AI).

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American Investment Council

JUNE 5, 2024

“A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down a sweeping overhaul of rules governing private equity firms and hedge funds, a big win for Wall Street groups pushing back against SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s agenda.” Today, POLITICO published an article highlighting the 5 th U.S.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 16, 2023

PE firms adding hedge funds to approved lender lists Submitted 16/08/2023 - 11:22am Private equity firms, including buyout major KKR & Co, are beginning to add hedge funds to their 'white lists' of approved lenders used to arrange funding for leveraged buyout deals, according to a report by Bloomberg. billion ($1.6

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The Motley Fool

JULY 12, 2024

It's important to note that this is not an IPO of Bill Ackman's well-known Pershing Square hedge fund, which owns stakes in companies such as Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Chipotle (NYSE: CMG). Rather, Pershing Square USA will be a new closed-end fund. annualized) since its Jan 2004 inception. annualized).

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Entrepreneur - VC

JUNE 13, 2023

Read more about hedge fund internships, here. Summer interns at Citadel are earning upwards of $5,200 per week and being treated to lavish retreat kickoffs at the Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale Four Seasons, according to new reports.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 26, 2024

Morgan Private Bank 2024 Global Family Office Report found that rich families invest about 46% of their portfolios in "alternative assets," which the survey defines as hedge funds, private equity, private credit, real estate, and venture capital (VC) funds. That's because these alternative investments can be especially risky.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 8, 2024

For example, in the first quarter of 2024, both men slashed their hedge funds ' positions in Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). We know that Griffin's Citadel hedge fund owned over 3.6 Tepper's Appaloosa hedge fund owned 790,000 shares of Nvidia at the end of 2023. Tepper's Appaloosa hedge fund left between $76.2

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 24, 2023

The rules will also prohibit all private fund advisers from providing investors with preferential treatment regarding redemptions and information via so-called side-letters unless full disclosure of such arrangements is made to "all current and prospective investors".

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Carolina Mandl and Chris Prentice of Reuters report US SEC overhauls rules for $20 trillion private fund industry: The U.S. No kidding, private equity funds and hedge funds rule with impunity, they do not want more transparency and rules against clobbering investors with opaque fees.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Hedge fund boss Cohen's VC firm leads GenTwo Series A round Submitted 05/09/2023 - 11:00am GenTwo, a Swiss-based B2B Fintech platform specialised in securitisation of bankable and non-bankable assets, has raised $15m in a Series A led by US-based Point72 Ventures, the VC associate of Steve Cohen's hedge fund firm Point72 Asset Management.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 26, 2024

Taking profits in chip giant Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) was a popular move among billionaire hedge fund managers in the first quarter, with a number of notable ones reducing their stakes in the company. Alphabet is drawing investor interest One of the first things that tends to grab hedge fund managers' attention is valuation.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

A prime brokerage A prime brokerage is a group of services offered to ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI) or hedge funds. These are called private placements, and most of the time, the shares are sold to investment banks or hedge funds.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 5, 2024

Many people follow billionaire hedge fund managers to get investing inspiration -- and that makes sense. After all, those investors have turned their own funds into billions. One is that many of these funds invest in hundreds or even thousands of stocks, using a combination of diversification and risk-management strategies.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 3, 2024

They avoid hedge funds, venture capital, and private equity There's a misconception that millionaires get access to better investments than everybody else. Take the professionally managed hedge funds available to wealthy investors. Take the professionally managed hedge funds available to wealthy investors.

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Top 1000 Funds

AUGUST 2, 2023

billion Oregon Investment Council has established anchor relationships in relative value, event-driven, and global-macro strategies, expanded the CTA portfolio, equally weighted managers, and is looking at additional multi-strategy funds.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 22, 2024

Pick a megacap AI stock, and there's a pretty good chance that it's in the portfolio of his hedge fund, Appaloosa Management. While the GPU maker still ranks as the hedge fund's fourth-largest holding, Tepper clearly isn't as bullish about it as he once was. Alphabet remains the seventh-largest position in his hedge fund.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 2, 2024

Both men's fortunes were built largely as a result of shrewd hedge fund investments through the years. Both billionaire investors own these "Magnificent Seven" stocks in their respective hedge funds. The only outlier is Tesla , which neither hedge fund owns. The hedge fund owned 2.3

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 25, 2024

But one area of agreement, at least among billionaire hedge fund managers, is that investing in big tech stocks like Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) , Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) , and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is wise. Alphabet By diving into its financial results, it's easy to see why Alphabet is a favorite of hedge funds.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Last year, billionaire Ken Griffin's Citadel hedge fund returned around $7 billion in profits to its investors. Citadel owns positions in many stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Citadel owns positions in many stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). These are three of the hedge fund's biggest holdings as of Sept.

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