Alternative Investments News

February 20th - Legendary billionaire investor Warren Buffett and his Berkshire Hathaway fund will release this weekend its annual letter to shareholders. The letter comes at a time of growing friction and dissatisfaction as some shareholders are less than pleased with Berkshire’s cash...

February 19th - The death toll from the coronavirus which originated in China exceeded 2,000 and American companies of all sizes are citing virus-related headwinds in their outlook. Even the all-mighty and powerful Apple guided to a revenue miss from the coronavirus. Foresight...

February 19th - Billionaire investor and founder of Omega Advisors Leon Cooperman was a guest on CNBC’s “Halftime Report” on Tuesday to discuss investment opportunities and share his thoughts on U.S. Democratic contends. ‘Not Quite Euphoria’ Cooperman said the markets are in the...

February 18th - Investors looking to short Chinese stocks have found it difficult to do so. The Chinese stock market is notorious for high costs and heavy regulations, especially for foreign investors. In fact, Chinese law only allowed short selling in 2010 and...

February 18th - New York-based YieldStreet offers clients access to investment opportunities that were once reserved for the super-rich and the largest hedge funds. YieldStreet’s unique crowdfunded deals give investors the ability to group capital together and invest in student housing, art, shipping,...

February 18th - The investment and alternative management universe underwent a major shift in dynamics after Franklin Resources reached an agreement to acquire rival Legg Mason. Key Details Franklin, a global investment management firm better known to the world for its Franklin Templeton...

February 14th - Asset management firm T. Rowe Price Group said in a letter to investors it is ready to give up on its 2014 investment in WeWork and move on with lessons learned. T. Rowe Price manages more than $1 trillion in...

February 14th - Japan-based global conglomerate SoftBank reported this week a return to profit in its fourth quarter results and its chairman Masayoshi Son was more than happy to gloat about its performance during a presentation. Absent from the presentation was any mention...

February 12th - Activist investor and Wall Street giant Carl Icahn owns around 3% of oil company Occidental Petroleum and wrote a scathing letter to the company’s management team. At the core of the letter is one key question: was Occidental approached by...

February 12th - 2019 was, for the most part, a good year for investors, but an even better year for a select few hedge fund managers. According to a Bloomberg report, five hedge fund managers took him at least $1 billion — and...

February 11th - Rebecca Gibson, a partner at Oakley Capital Private Equity, said during a Bloomberg interview the private equity industry is booming from greater demand among investors, especially major pension funds. Where Demand Comes From One recent example of a pension fund...

February 11th - The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus exceeded 1,000 for the first time and the virus has now spread to more than two dozen countries. But hedge fund titan and billionaire investor Ray Dalio counts himself in the not-so-concerned camp....

February 10th - Actively managed sustainable equity funds appear to be conversing with some of the world’s largest and most visible tech companies, according to The Wall Street Journal. ESG Equals FAANG ESG, an acronym for environmental, social, and governance ranks among some...

February 10th - The venture capital industry is undergoing a shift in which women are playing a bigger role. Gone are the days of venture capital dominated by men, at least according to All Raise, an advocacy group for women in VC and...

February 7th - Venture Capitalist Geoff Yang is the founding partner of Redpoint Ventures and sits on multiple public and private boards of directors. On Friday he was interviewed by CNBC’s Joe Kernen and Becky Quick and shared his insight on multiple topics...

February 7th - Billionaire activist investor Paul Singer and his Elliott Management hedge fund look to be preparing for battle against fellow billionaire Masayoshi Son and his holding company SoftBank. The Details Elliott Management built up a $2.5 billion stake in Japan-based SoftBank...

February 6th - Steve Cohen really wants to buy the MLB’s New York Mets but that isn’t happening. Cohen, the famous hedge fund manager who paid $1.8 billion in fines for insider trading in 2013, tried late last year to buy an 80%...

February 6th - The average investor needs to place their car or home as collateral when they need a loan from a bank. But when Wall Street billionaires and hedge fund managers need to secure a loan, they place their art as collateral,...

February 5th - Vanguard Group is the second largest provider of mutual funds and the second-largest provider of exchange-traded funds. The company is backed by $6.2 trillion in assets under management and will allocate some capital to a new private-equity fund, according to...

February 5th - Activist investor Bill Ackman’s streak of losses may have come to an end. The billionaire CEO and founder of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management said in a Wednesday presentation his hedge fund is now “firing on all cylinders,” according...

February 4th - Jonathan Lavine is a co-managing partner of Bain Capital and serves as the firm’s chief investment officer. On Tuesday he spoke with Bloomberg’s Guy Johnson to offer his take on some of today’s more pressing and hot topics. Coronavirus Concerns...

February 4th - Ron Baron is a billionaire mutual fund manager and founder of Baron Capital. He is known for investing in companies for the long-term, often decades. One of the stocks in his portfolio is Tesla which he bought in 2014 and...