Alternative Investment Industry foresees continued strength of U.S. economy and a Fed rate hike in 2018

Opalesque Industry Update – With the United States well into its third longest period of economic expansion to date, economists are wondering how long the markets will be able to continue rising and whether or not the seemingly endless surge in the price of Bitcoin indicates that we are in the midst of a bubble…

New York Hedge Fund Roundtable changes name

Opalesque Industry Update – The New York Hedge Fund Roundtable announced today that it is changing its name to the New York Alternative Investment Roundtable. The name change is part of an effort to more accurately represent the organization’s focus on promoting ethics and best practices within the entire universe of alternative investments, not just…

Hedgie says SEC is ‘very wrong-footed in what they do’

Leon Cooperman is still smarting from his battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission. “They are — I don’t want to say a criminal enterprise — but they basically abuse their position and they’re very wrong-footed in what they do,” Cooperman said Wednesday at a breakfast hosted by the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable. Read…

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The New York Hedge Fund Roundtable is Changing its Name to The New York Alternative Investment Roundtable

NEW YORK, NY, September, 2017 –The New York Hedge Fund Roundtable announced today that it is changing its name to the New York Alternative Investment Roundtable. The name change is part of an effort to more accurately represent the organization’s focus on promoting ethics and best practices within the entire universe of alternative investments, not…

Leon Cooperman says Ackman’s attack on ADP is ‘disgraceful’

Bill Ackman’s proxy battle against Automatic Data Processing is “disgraceful” — and it’s going to be a disaster, according to hedge-fund tycoon Leon Cooperman. “He’s going to lose, he’s not even going to be close and he’s going to further tarnish his reputation,” Cooperman of Omega Advisors told The Post Wednesday morning. Read More

NYHFR Survey: Hedge Fund Industry Expects Republicans To Lose Control Of Congress Next Year

The deeply divided political landscape has focused the attention of alternative asset managers on whether sweeping reforms in such things as healthcare, taxes, carried interest, and the regulatory environment will actually take place, according to a new survey by the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable. Read More

NY hedge fund body thinks quant funds best fundamental investing

Quantitative investing has been experiencing a resurgence of interest among investors in alternative investments -fueled by big data, ever-more sophisticated algorithms and increasingly efficient technologies. Given investors’ interest in quantitative investment funds, the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable recently looked at how the alternative investment community views the strategy compared to the way it looks…

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