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HEDGE FUNDS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 31, 2022
An army of faceless suits is taking over the $4 trillion hedge fund world
Clients are increasingly willing to pay high fees — outsized even by hedge fund standards — to gain access to a whole new universe of investments.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 8, 2020
Hedge funds say no turning back on Abe’s Japan reforms
Despite a change in leader later this month, it has been suggested that Japan Inc. will continue down its current path.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 18, 2019
Sony explains reasons for rejection of plan to spin off semiconductor business
Sony Corp. has clarified why it rejected a proposal by the U.S. hedge fund Third Point LLC that the electronics and entertainment giant spin off its semiconductor business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 9, 2019
Daniel Loeb's Third Point hedge fund building a stake to pressure Sony, sources say
Daniel Loeb's hedge fund Third Point LLC is building a stake in Sony Corp. to push for changes, the second time in six years it has targeted the electronics maker, according to sources familiar with the matter.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 12, 2019
Calling for 'renewed sense of urgency,' Toshiba activist investor King Street to nominate new directors
Toshiba Corp. investor King Street Capital Management plans to nominate a slate of independent directors to replace a majority of the manufacturer's board, ratcheting up the hedge fund's first public activist campaign.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Dec 19, 2017
Tokyo Stock Exchange is an 'irresponsible' market referee, fund head says
The Tokyo Stock Exchange is failing in its duty as a market referee, according to the chairman of a prominent Japanese investment fund.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2017
Marathon's Bruce Richards says next global recession may hit in 2019, sees 'huge opportunities'
Marathon Asset Management boss Bruce Richards is gearing up for the next global recession, which he reckons could be less than two years away.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 30, 2017
Traders who left for hedge funds heading back to banks
Traders who fled banks for hedge funds are on their way back to Wall Street.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 4, 2017
Activist hedge fund battles 144-year-old firm to ditch low-return ventures
Katakura Industries Co., a Japanese company founded more than a century ago, is no stranger to reinvention. Once a silk producer, it has diversified into making underwear, manufacturing fire engines, operating shopping malls and even bee-keeping.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 24, 2017
Hedge fund Renaissance picks winner with hot firm V Technology
V Technology Co., a small Japanese supplier to display makers, added a surprising new shareholder last June: Renaissance Technologies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 13, 2016
Fintech venture takes on hedge funds with earnings estimates derived from big data
A Japanese startup is entering the equity research business in a bid to challenge the dominance of securities firms by using computers to crunch vast troves of information and predict companies' earnings.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 6, 2016
Sumitomo 'liquidating Japan hedge fund' as clients pull out
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. is liquidating a Japan-focused hedge fund after investors withdrew money following poor performance, according to people familiar with the matter, adding to the list of casualties as the industry suffers its biggest outflows since 2009.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2016
Japanese AI hedge fund paves way for evolution of trading
Yoshinori Nomura felt like weeping. It was the morning of June 24, Brexit day, and markets were moving against him.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 26, 2016
Avoid Japan's hedge funds, SkyBridge chief warns, citing unease over stimulus and debt
As one of the world's biggest investors in hedge funds, it is Raymond Nolte's job to find traders who can navigate even the toughest markets. Right now, he trusts nobody to do that in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2016
Simplex hedge fund takes investing lesson from Tsukiji fish market
Simplex Asset Management Co. is taking some lessons from Tokyo's iconic wholesale fish market as it starts a fund to invest in companies looking to move their listings to the Topix index.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 6, 2016
Myriad closes Japan hedge fund as Abenomics disappoints
Myriad Asset Management has closed down a Japan-focused hedge fund less than a year after opening it, after changing its view on the government's ability to end deflation through stimulus, said a person with knowledge of the matter.
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 22, 2016
Hedge fund's computer says sell Japan debt after 19% gain
For Kyo Yamamoto, leaving investment choices to a computer rather than making his own calls has been the best strategy as unorthodox global monetary policies only worsen market volatility. Right now, the machine says sell Japan government bonds.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2016
Nikon, Casio in short sellers' sights as tech pessimism abounds
Hedge funds have boosted their bearish bets on Japanese technology companies such as Nikon Corp. and Casio Computer Co. as the industry struggles to deliver the next killer product.
BUSINESS
Dec 11, 2015
Hedge fund founder says Abe's activist army 'doing it wrong'
Jamie Rosenwald, who's been buying Japanese shares since 1972, says short-sighted activists are failing to make the most of one of the biggest opportunities for investors in decades.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 8, 2015
Hedge funds seek returns in Japan as China bubble concerns mount
While China's world-beating stock market rally is generating headlines, some of the biggest Asia-focused hedge funds are looking further east for profits.

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