Notes from Jose Minaya, the CIO & President of Nuveen, presentation at the 2019 SALT Conference called "Smarter Alternatives: How Responsible Investing Drives Long-term Performance." See our full coverage of the 2019 SALT Conference here. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Smarter Alternatives: How Responsible Investing Drives Long-term Performance Jose Minaya - [...]
Notes from Russ Bernard, Dan Kowalski, John Lettieri, Emanuel J. Friedman presentation at the 2019 SALT Conference called “Reinvesting In The Land Of Opportunity” See our full coverage of the 2019 SALT Conference here. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Reinvesting In The Land Of Opportunity Russ Bernard - Managing Principal, [...]
Notes from General David H. Petraeus, William H. McRaven, Susan Rice and Ambassador Ryan Crocker presentation at the 2019 SALT Conference called “Surging Forward In The Middle East And Beyond.” See our full coverage of the 2019 SALT Conference here. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc GooseB / Pixabay Surging Forward In [...]
Notes from Chris Christie and The Honorable Jeff Sessions presentation at the 2019 SALT Conference called “Inside Out: The Past, Present & Future Of Trump.” See our full coverage of the 2019 SALT Conference here. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc By The White House from Washington, DC [Public domain], via [...]
Notes from Amy C. McGarrity, Pamela Yang and Eric R. Nierenberg presentation at the 2019 SALT Conference called “Hiring And Firing Alternative Asset Managers: Institutional Owners Perspective.” See our full coverage of the 2019 SALT Conference here. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc rawpixel / Pixabay Hiring And Firing Alternative Asset Managers: Institutional Owners [...]
A recent graphic by Tractica shows that over $7.5 Billion dollars is forecasted to be spent on Algorithmic trading strategy improvement via AI in the next 10 years. Wow! That’s a lot of quants in the world’s payroll. What exactly is a quant? How do algorithms (algos) fit in? [...]
Notes from Keith Haydon, the CIO of Man Solutions, Troy Gayeski, Co-CIO & Senior Portfolio Manager of SkyBridge, Joshua S. Friedman, the Co-Founder, Co-Chairman & Co-CEO of Canyon Partners, John Graham, the Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Credit Investments of CPPIB, presentation at the 2019 SALT Conference [...]
Black Bear Value Fund performance update for the month ended April 30, 2019. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Dear Partners and Friends, The Fund returned +6.2%, net, in April. YTD +6.2%, net. The S&P 500 returned +4.1% in April. YTD +18.3%. The HFRI index returned +1.9% in April. YTD +8.1%. Fund Strategy Black Bear Value Fund, [...]
Notes from Seth Bernstein presentation at the 2019 SALT Conference called “Illiquid Mettle: The Future Of Private Equity.” See our full coverage of the 2019 SALT Conference here. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc rawpixel / Pixabay Illiquid Mettle: The Future Of Private Equity Seth Bernstein - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Bernstein [...]
Notes from Joseph Lubin, Michael Novogratz and Dr. Nouriel Roubini presentation at the 2019 SALT Conference called “Crypto Winter: Ice Age Or Great Thaw?” See our full coverage of the 2019 SALT Conference here. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Crypto Winter: Ice Age Or Great Thaw? Joseph Lubin - [...]
Notes from Angelo Mozilo presentation at the 2019 SALT Conference called “Underwater World: Lessons Learned From The Housing Bubble.” See our full coverage of the 2019 SALT Conference here. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc TheDigitalArtist / Pixabay Underwater World: Lessons Learned From The Housing Bubble Angelo Mozilo - Former Chairman of the [...]
Notes from Frank Bisignano, the Chairman and CEO of First Data, presentation at the 2019 SALT Conference called "Connecting The World: How Digital Payments Drive Entrepreneurship." See our full coverage of the 2019 SALT Conference here. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Connecting The World: How Digital Payments Drive Entrepreneurship Frank Bisignano [...]
Sam Zell | Founder & Chairman, Equity Group Investments from the SALT 2019 Conference brief notes - stay tuned fore more coverage See our 2019 Sohn Conference coverage right here Liz Claman | Anchor, Fox Business Network Real Estate magnet, self-made billionaire, hitch hiked across America at 20 Real Estate today [...]
Choice Equities Capital Management letter to investors for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Dear Investor: 2019 is off to a solid start. The dour mood that marked markets at the end of the year has quickly faded and been replaced with more optimistic [...]
The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 1.13%1in April, supported by the global equities which advanced on encouraging economic data and accommodative central bank policies. Positive earnings surprises helped renew investors' optimism in the global equity market, which rallied 3.38% during the month as represented by the MSCI ACWI [...]
Rowan Street Capital letter to investors for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc rawpixel / Pixabay Dear Partners, We have just closed on our best quarter yet since inception. In the first quarter of 2019, Rowan Street was up +19% (gross) vs. +13% for the [...]
Today is a very special episode with Peter Mantas and Matthew Castel, General Partners of Logos LP. Both share an array of business and legal experience. Peter's experience includes senior managerial roles at large information service and enterprise technology companies and he has capital market experience working in alternative [...]
Vilas Capital Fund performance review for the month ended April 30, 2019. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Dear Partners, The Fund had a good April, rising 17.7% +/-. Further, due to an earnings beat, CVS and a few other stocks we own are up materially today, May 1. This brings our [...]
Alluvial Fund performance update for the month of April 2019. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Dear Partners and Colleagues, Alluvial Fund, LP was up 2.6% in April. Year-to-date, Alluvial has returned 10.6% versus 18.3% for the S&P 500 and 18.7% for the Russell 2000. Since inception, Alluvial Fund, LP has [...]
Here's some of the standout economic and markets charts on my radar (originally posted on LinkedIn). I aim to pick a good mix of charts covering key global macro trends, and ones which highlight risks and opportunities across asset classes. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Hope you enjoy! 1. US vs [...]
Horos Asset Management letter to investors for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Dear co-investor, We ended an important quarter of recovery in the markets, after the strong correction at the end of 2018. In this (almost) year of life of Horos, our co-investors, [...]
The following are rough notes of presentation from the 2019 Sohn Investment Conference which took place on the 6th of May. Speakers include David Einhorn, Jeffrey Gundlach, Larry Robbins, Lauren Taylor Wolfe, Todd Westhus and many more. Stay tuned for more updates. This is the masterpost so you will be [...]
