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Distressed-Debt Investors See Meager Returns in 2017 Amid Scarcity of Opportunities
Distressed-debt funds are about to close out the year with meager returns as junk bond and leveraged-loan investors continued to bail out many troubled companies. Average returns for hedge funds focusing on distressed debt fell to 4.7% year-to-date, from 15.15% during the same period of 2016, according to Hedge Fund Research.
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The Hedge Fund Marketing Power Index
Now more than ever, good marketing is key to a hedge fund’s survival. With investor allocations stagnant, only the best can keep their funds from failing. For the first time, Alpha is laying a framework to mathematically rank the hedge funds with the best fundraising teams — the marketing professionals able…
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Time up on Trump trade, hedge funds look abroad
Hedge fund managers said they are looking beyond the United States for investment ideas as the so-called Trump bump stock market rally shows signs it may be fizzling. After months of gains fueled by the Trump administration’s promises of relaxed regulations, tax reform and an infrastructure spending package, U.S. markets this week looked less appealing as the S&P 500 logged its biggest one-day drop since September and Wall Street’s fear gauge, the VIX, spiked.
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400 Capital CIO Says Low Volatility Is Good for Strategy
Chris Hentemann, 400 Capital Management founder, chief investment officer and managing partner, discusses the state of financial markets, GSE reform and his investment strategy with Bloomberg’s Erik Schatzker at the annual SALT conference in Las Vegas on “Bloomberg Markets.”
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Wall Street Wonders What’s Next After Trump Jolts Markets
For the first time, a Wall Street that’s been giddy over Donald Trump is starting to ask some hard questions. From Day 1, markets have rallied, defying what many of the same Wall Street types said would be a disastrous election outcome. Since then, U.S. stocks have hit record after record, driving up shares of Goldman Sachs to JPMorgan Chase to Apple, as investors quickly focused on what his pro-business, tax-cutting agenda would mean for corporate profits.