Incisive Views from Professionals
By Hedge Fund Insight staff In 1994 the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority introduced a registration regime for mutual funds established on the islands. Many Cayman Islands mutual funds are offshore versions of domestic (US) hedge funds (LLPs). As the concept of hedge fund strategies was adopted elsewhere Cayman became the global offshore hub. Twenty […] Read more »
Jim Chanos, founder of $6bn Kynikos Associates, has disclosed what he’s looking for as a short seller: an exodus from a company, a large amount of stock sales, and companies impacted by technological change (the internet being his perfect example). He advises that in shorting you have to be very careful of not shorting concepts […] Read more »
By Simon Kerr The FSA has been gathering information on the short positions held by investors for some time – it has been part of the Hedge Fund Survey for several years. During the Credit Crunch a disclosure regime for significant net short positions in the stocks of UK financial sector companies was introduced, and […] Read more »