(Reuters) Hedge funds, following an extended period of low investor confidence and unspectacular returns, are poised to be great again, according to managers at a West Coast gathering of some of the world’s largest investors. To read this article:

(Reuters) – For all the bullish chatter, hedge fund managers have become cautious about increasing their exposure to crude oil, though they are becoming increasingly optimistic about the outlook for refined fuels again.Hedge funds and other money managers cut their […]

(Hedgeweek) Glencore Agriculture, located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Glencore Ltd of Stamford, Connecticut are to pay a USD2 million CFTC penalty for exceeding cotton futures position limits. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) The EQ Derivatives survey finds that alternative risk premia strategies have been adopted by innovative pension funds around the globe since the Global Financial Crisis, with assets invested in the strategies now poised to grow 35 per cent by […]

Hedgeweek) Unintended consequences of new regulations are hindering hedge fund managers from boosting returns for their investors. To read this article:

(New York Times) posted on Tue 1 May 2018 Permalink Print Anthony Scaramucci, the Wall Street investor whose short tenure as President Trump’s White House communications director elevated him to national prominence, is not going to sell his hedge fund […]

(Reuters) The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield’s rise above 3 percent last week for the first time in over four years may be cause for concern across wide swathes of financial markets, such as equities and emerging markets. To read this […]

(Reuters) A popular hedge fund bet on a fall in Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L) shares came unstuck on Monday after the supermarket group announced plans to merge with Walmart-owned WMT.L rival Asda. The deal, which would see the combined group leapfrog Tesco […]

(Bloomberg) Money managers are going all in on gasoline. Hedge funds boosted bets on rising gasoline prices to the highest on record. That’s as futures for the motor fuel jumped to the highest since August amid robust demand and inventories […]

(Bloomberg) David Einhorn’s main hedge fund at Greenlight Capital fell 1.1 percent in April, extending its loss this year to 14.9 percent, according to a client update seen by Bloomberg. The performance for his value-investing hedge fund strategy compares with […]

(Bloomberg) Steve Cohen’s hedge fund, Point72 Asset Management, named Dan Lota as head of U.S. trading. Lota, who has worked for Cohen for 15 years, was acting head of U.S. trading for the past six months, the Stamford, Connecticut-based firm […]

(CNN International) The bank was fined $110 million on Tuesday by the Federal Reserve and a New York state financial agency. To read this article: