A Reuters report cautioned the risks involved in investing in activist funds like Pershing Square Capital Management because just as it can earn high returns, it could also result to massive losses.
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Private equity and hedge fund firms had set their sights on placing bets in infrastructure projects, stalled government transportation projects like railways and ports in particular.
A CNBC report said the infrastructure industry, including power plants, ports and pipes, has given private equity companies and hedge fund firms opportunities for investment.
Top U.S. hedge fund managers in the third quarter zoned in on the consumer sector, with investment plays ranging from Sotheby's, a high-end auction house that caters to millionaires, to J.C. Penney Co, the struggling department store chain.
Goldman Sachs, as well as a number of hedge funds or investment firms, is subject of a review by Korean regulators for compliance with local laws.
Investors were forced to short sell, or sell securities it does not own, due to the prolonged partial government shutdown.
Retail buyouts and mergers lead by foreign exchange market broker FXCM Inc had been seen proliferating in the midst of closures of some of the biggest hedge funds in the US and European Union.
Hedge funds that gambled on Lehman Brothers expected huge payouts as administrators finished recovering assets.
A 52-page report commissioned by UK Education Secretary Michael Gove revealed that some private equity firms and property dealers benefited in excess from child care homes subsidized by the government.
The announcement of Nokia selling its handset unit to Microsoft Corp. had left hedge funds rushing to unwind their bets, leaving the Finnish company to score a record gain per day.
Argentina lost an appeal in a 2nd district circuit court in New York and deemed to wait until the US Supreme Court had finished reviewing their case.
The traditionally exclusive and sophisticated hedge fund investing market is now expected to be more open to the public through the partnership of Blackstone Group and Fidelity Investments, Reuters claimed.
The managed assets of the largest publicly-traded hedge fund in the world shrunk by as much as USD 52 billion in the first half.
Many hedge funds raised their bets on the increase of gold prices, yet Goldman Sachs Group expected a reverse on the gold rally to occur.
“Trend following is dead,” said FX Concepts, expecting another year of dismal returns.
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