Tag: investment
“Stock Analyzer” Marketing Led to Securities Violation
A Florida securities firm owner operated two websites through which he offered by subscription a stock analyzer touted as utilizing mathematical algorithms to identify...
Market Neutrality Principle in Hedge Fund Strategy
What Is The Principle of Market Neutrality?
Market Neutrality is another Hedge Fund Strategy that has been developed with one goal in mind, i.e. to...
Six Agencies Approve Final Risk Retention Rule
Six federal agencies have approved the final rule requiring sponsors of securitization transactions to retain risk in those transactions. The rule is an implementation...
Funds of Hedge Funds Defined
So far, we have discussed the various strategies that Hedge Funds use to earn profits and operate in a financial market. The main purpose...
Equity Long-Only Defined
What is Equity Long-Only Investments?
There is a strong connection between Equity Long-Only Investments and Hedge Funds. Where the latter has always been in search...
Tax Inversion Hedge Fund Fiascos
Billions of hedge fund dollars have recently been invested in companies which have announced plans to merge with overseas organizations with the intended outcome...
Fixed Income Arbitrage Defined
Apart from the many investment strategies define previously, Fixed Income Arbitrage is another move used by institutional traders. It is particularly popular with Hedge...
Guide to Research on Hedge Funds: Part 5: The Differences between...
Sometimes people use the terms hedge funds and mutual funds interchangeably, which is incorrect as they have some marked differences between them. First, lets...
“Accredited Investor” Test Under Review
In 2012, the U.S. Congress passed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) that enhanced the ability of startup entrepreneurs and those growing...
SEC Fines Former Hedge Fund Manager $358 Million
A former hedge fund manager has been ordered to pay more than $358 million in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit that charged...
Nauru Defaults – Then Wins Interim Victory
The South Pacific island nation of Nauru population 10,000 was once considered one of the phosphate mining capitals of the world, a...
Enhanced Investor Protection? It’s In The Cards
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a regulatory notice requesting comment on a proposed rule to implement the Comprehensive Automated Risk Data...
Pennsylvania Pensions Rethinking Hedge Funds
Last month, Americas largest public pension fund, Californias Public Employees' Retirement System (CALPERS) announced that it was ending its investments in hedge funds after...
Global Macro Strategy
What is a Global Macro Strategy?
Global macro is defined as a hedge fund strategy in which the fund invests and takes long and short...
South Africa Emerging as Growing Hedge Fund Market
According to a recent survey, assets managed by South African hedge funds rose more than 27 percent in the year ending June 2014 (source:...
Guide to Research on Hedge Funds: Part 4 Hedging Your Bets:...
Funds of hedge funds: An Alternative Investment Strategy
Funds of hedge funds are an alternative investment strategy whereas the investment portfolio consists of a number...
MSRB Confabs with SEC and FINRA
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) is a congressionally chartered regulatory organization governed by a 21-member board of directors and is subject to oversight...
Equity Long-Short Defined
Equity Long-Short Defined
Understanding the financial and investment market requires some knowledge of basic principles of buying and selling securities. There are a number of...
EurekaHedge – Profiles of hedge funds, funds of funds and specialist...
Eurekahedge is an initiative that was started back in the year 2001. It started out as a small effort by a number of finance...
SEC Weighs New Asset Management Rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering new rules for oversight and stress testing of the asset management industry. In response to concerns...
Guide to research on Hedge Funds: Part 2 Essentials
Hedge funds can be categorized, not only according to the investment strategies used by them, but by the different types of the funds as...
Emerging Markets Defined
Seen through the eyes of an investor, the entire world is a market place that presents various opportunities and threats to his investment portfolio....
Low Interest Rates Yielding Higher Risk-Taking
Ignoring risk the diametric opposite of what the past six years were supposed to have taught investors by way of strict regulation, high-priced...
Largest Ever SEC Whistleblower case
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank) empowered the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to extend monetary awards to whistleblowers who provide...
$85 billion Bank Failure – Hedge Fund Assets in Limbo
During the 2008 financial crisis, Icelands stock market crashed by 90 percent, and the government let banks collapse rather than fund a bailout. The...