(City A.M) The hedge fund industry is at an “inflection point”, according to titans in the sector, which could see the idea of “star managers” take a back seat to artificial intelligence (AI) and data-driven strategies…..Efficiency in markets and the […]

(Reuters) Well known U.S. activist investors including Nelson Peltz and William Ackman took a hit from the first-quarter U.S. stock market slump, with their funds losing money while some smaller players delivered gains. Peltz’s $11 billion Trian Fund Management lost […]

(Reuters) Hedge funds are making their biggest bet in seven years that the dollar will weaken as evidence mounts that U.S. economic momentum is slowing, thus limiting the scope for higher interest rates. The flattest yield curve in over a […]

(Reuters) U.S.-based investment fund Manikay Partners will buy 19.9 percent of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in a deal valuing it at 551 million shekels ($156 million) while at least 30 percent of the exchange will be sold to the […]

(The Business Insider) Norwegian has for long been one of the most shorted stocks in the Nordic stock market with north of 9 percent of its shares shorted. One of the hedge funds that held a negative position in the […]

(CNBC) Stocks have been on a bumpy ride lately as concerns over a trade war prompt investors to rethink their appetite for risk.But what prompts people to take risks in the first place? A desire for wealth? Fear of failure? […]

(Reuters) Zimbabwe stuck on Monday to its plan to clear its debt arrears by September with the aim to tap international capital markets by the end of the year, though that timeline would be “very fast-tracked.” Zimbabwean officials met with […]

(Portfolio Adviser) Jupiter Asset Management has appointed a former alumnus of Steve Cohen’s hedge fund, Darren Starr, to its growing liquid alternatives business as it plans to launch a US equity long/short fund. To read this article:

(Harvest) We are in the early days of one of the most innovative times in history. Our in-depth fundamental research process focuses on investing in the companies that are capitalizing on innovation and avoiding those that are being disrupted. To […]

(Bloomberg) Cantor Fitzgerald LP’s Shawn Matthews is stepping down as head of the firm’s broker-dealer unit and plans to start a hedge fund. Matthews spent nine years atop the division, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., working to wrest talent and market […]

(Bloomberg) Someone is about to catch a bullet in the silver market. Commodity funds are betting that the metal is headed for a fall. The net short position that money managers have in Chicago silver futures touched a record 39,604 […]

(Bloomberg) Glen Point Capital LLP, a London-based hedge-fund firm that counts billionaire George Soros among its investors, has started a new strategy to target trading opportunities in emerging-market debt. The Glen Point Emerging Markets Debt Fund started trading in March […]