Helix Partners

We’ve just updated the reference section of the website with 22 new citations. One of the highlights in explanatory factor research is a set of 3 papers on the information contained in short sales. There is also some great work in a paper on the history of predicting the cross-section of stock returns and one concerned with the marginal value of investment research in the first place. Finally, we have research that presents a brand new classification algorithm based on the L-infinity norm that is valuable for the way it deals with both dimensionality and computational complexity.

Read past the break for a few citations of the most interesting papers.

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Hedge Fund Net, a web resource for hedge fund news and performance data, released an article on Sept 15th about the announcement of Helix and Ascalon’s partnership.  Read the Article

NB: The article is unclear about the firms that Helix’s partners worked at before Macquarie Bank.  Matthew Perone worked for Citadel Investment Group, Justin Webb worked for Lehman Brothers, and Brandt Leahy worked for Delaware Investments.

The Financial Standard, an Australian online investment newspaper, has posted a note about the launch of Helix.  Read the Article

The Australian Financial Review reported today on the Ascalon seed for Helix Partners.  NB: While the article reports that Helix’s investable universe is about 1800 stocks, it is closer to 18,000.  Read the Article [Behind Subscription Wall]

The New York Times Dealbook Blog has picked up the bloomberg story on Helix Partners.  Read the Article

Global Investor Magazine has reported on Ascalon’s launch of Helix Partners.  Read the Article [Behind Subscription Wall]

FinAlternatives, a premier news outlet for the alternative investment industry, has posted an article about Helix Partners.  NB: The article states that we will be running the fund from New York, but we are actually located in Sydney.  Read the Article

Money Management, an Australian newsletter for investment professionals, wrote an article today on Ascalon’s acquisition of Helix Partners and the launch of the new fund.  Read the Article

Bloomberg has released an article in today’s news about the upcoming launch of Helix Partners.  Read the Article

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