(Marketwatch) Kyle Bass’s market bet against a Texas real-estate lender seemed like an astute move. Throughout 2015, the hedge-fund manager accused the lender, United Development Funding, of operating like a Ponzi scheme. Authorities opened civil and criminal investigations into UDF, […]

(CNBC) Until fairly recently, activist hedge fund Elliott Management’s core technology investing strategy was pretty straightforward: Target a smallish company known for selling software to businesses, agitate for a sale — sometimes by offering to buy the company — and […]

(CNBC) Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s two days of Congressional testimony is a highlight in the week ahead, and markets will watch him with a wary eye after the Fed’s sober assessment of the economy spooked investors.Retail sales is the most […]

(Hedgeweek) Managed futures strategies slipped deeper into the red over the past week, having already started to give back many of their early strong 2020 gains last month – but short-term trend followers appear to have weathered the recent reversal. […]

(CNBC) Stock futures fell in overnight trading on Sunday, pointing to more losses ahead, as investors grapple with signs of a second wave of coronavirus cases amid the reopening economy. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped about 350 […]

(Opalesque) Report from ShareAction finds that none of the world’s 75 largest asset managers have a dedicated biodiversity policy, while many are still underplaying climate risks. The report by London based NGO pointed out that asset managers have a lot […]

(Hedgeweek) Managed futures strategies experienced an entire year’s worth of performance dispersion during a dramatic first three months of 2020, with trend-following hedge funds’ returns hinging as much on luck as skill, a new deep-dive analysis by multi-manager CTA portfolio […]

(Opalesque) The $715 billion global impact investing market, or assets devoted to investing to achieve positive social and environmental impact as well as a financial return, is maturing, driven by strong performance and better measurement said a study. To read […]

(Reuters) – Activist hedge fund Jana Partners on Thursday disclosed a new stake in Perspecta Inc (PRSP.N), which provides information technology services to government customers, and said it will speak with executives about changes that could lead to a merger […]

(Hedgeweek) Rhenman & Partners Asset Management, a Stockholm-based sector-specialist hedge fund firm, says 2020 is poised to be “a good year” for its flagship healthcare strategy, after it posted a double-digit return for the second month in a row. To […]

(Opalesque) Hedge fund managers were up 2.16% in May, reducing their year-to-date loss to 2.53%, said Eurekahedge. Market optimism towards the resumption of economic activities and supportive monetary and fiscal policies boosted the performance of risk assets during the month. […]

(CNBC) The five most valuable tech companies lost more than $269 billion in value on Thursday, the worst day for U.S. stocks since March. Microsoft was the biggest loser, shedding more than $80 billion in value as shares dropped more […]