At a confab of big money managers, the hottest topic was the home loan market. Scared yet?
Continued here: Mortgages are investment du jour for hedge funds
Hedge-fund titan Steven Cohen is back in the headlines after the arrest of one of his long-time portfolio managers on Friday, the latest in a series of insider-trading cases that have focused scrutiny on his firm.
The rest is here: Feds turn up heat on hedge-fund mogul Steven Cohen
Category : Business
Swiss voters are going to the polls this weekend to decide on measures which would strictly limit salaries for top managers, and ban golden handshakes.
Read more: VIDEO: Swiss to vote on ‘fat cat’ pay
Category : Business, World News
The Scottish economy gained momentum at the start of the year, according to a survey of purchasing managers.
Continued here: Scottish economy ‘gains momentum’
Category : World News
The UK’s service sector returns to growth in January, while the pace of decline in the eurozone slows, a purchasing managers’ survey shows.
See the article here: Service sector economies improve
Category : Business
The contraction of manufacturing across the eurozone slowed in January amid signs that the worst may be over, according to the Purchasing Managers’ Index.
Read more: Decline in eurozone output slows
Herbalife, a company that’s currently the epicenter of a battle between two hedge fund managers, gave an early glimpse of its fourth quarter earnings. Investors didn’t like what they saw.
Go here to see the original: Herbalife’s early earnings spook investors
Category : Business
In an effort to attract investors, bond fund managers are buying debt that’s getting riskier by the minute.
Here is the original post: The ticking time bomb in bond funds
Category : Stocks
Hedge fund managers often profit by shaking up the ailing firms they invest in. It can pay to join the ride.
See the original post: Invest like a hedge fund manager
HSBC said its initial Chinese purchasing managers’ index, or PMI, rose to a 13-month high of 50.4 in November from 49.5 last month.
See the rest here: China’s factories show accelerated growth