Monthly Archives: July 2017

(Evestment) Hedge funds returned an average of +0.13% in June, +0.84% in Q2 and +3.26% YTD in 2017, according to the just-released June 2017 eVestment Hedge Fund Performance Report. Overseas and emerging markets funds continue to offer big returns, with […]

(Dealbreaker) Brevan Howard Asset Management is pretty sick, you guys. Howard’s not the richest hedge fund manager in Britain anymore, in part due to the fact that people won’t pay him to manage their money anymore. And there’s essentially no […]

(Bloomberg) Short sellers betting on a slump in the shares of Carillion Plc are in line for bumper profits after concerns of writedowns and speculation about a possible forced share sale wiped out more than half of the British construction […]

(FINalternatives) Tages Capital has unveiled a new UCITS-compliant global macro fund in partnership with New York-based alternative investment manager Atreaus Capital. To read this article:

(CNBC) A revitalization in the hedge-fund industry may be more dependent on machines than humans.After years of outflows, new reports show many of the larger funds and their current and prospective investors, are keenly focused on words like “quant” and […]

(Newsweek) Numerai is a hedge fund with big ideas and even bigger ambitions: using crowd-sourced machine intelligence to transform the way money is managed. Crowd-sourced investment strategies are many and varied, but Numerai has a novel way of applying technology. […]

(Agrimoney) The extent of selling by hedge funds in soft commodities makes the complex “collectively vulnerable” to a price spike, sector specialist Judith Ganes-Chase said, while naming cotton as her best bet….. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) Regulatory and fee pressures are forcing the hedge fund industry to evolve, but a lively panel debate at the annual Linedata Exchange Europe client conference in London affirmed that with the right investment approach, infrastructure and distribution strategy, hedge […]

(FINalternatives) New hedge fund Cryptocurrency Fund LP has filed to raise $200 million in capital to invest into blockchain-based assets like bitcoin, according to regulatory filings made with the U.S. SEC last week. To read this article:

(FINalternatives) Hedge funds ended their streak of five consecutive months of positive returns in June, according to a flash update of Eurekahedge’s Hedge Fund Index, while still underperforming broader market measures for the month. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) NRG Energy Inc. rose the most in almost nine years on news that it will sell off as much as $4 billion in assets, including potentially all of its renewable energy business. The company has been under pressure from […]