(Reuters) – Billionaire hedge fund investor William Ackman on Tuesday said he has moved to protect the firm’s $6.6 billion portfolio, which includes restaurant chain and hotel stocks, as the spread of the coronavirus has sparked prolonged panic selling in […]

(Bloomberg) Two of the best performing macro hedge funds of recent weeks have a tip for investors: buying the dip in stocks may not work this time. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) JP Morgan Alternative Asset Management is rolling out a new long/short ESG-focused hedge fund strategy, which aims to generate alpha by trading a range of global sustainability themes – but warns that more work is needed on ESG education […]

(Opalesque) Hedge fund performance improved over 2019, but investors are demanding more from hedge funds. “Performance resurges from 2018, but investors are looking to rebalance their portfolios in what could be a make-or-break moment for the asset class,” revealed Preqin […]

(Opalesque) With more than 1,500 outbound and than 1,300 inbound mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals, the US occupied the top position in terms of outbound and inbound M&A deal volume and value in 2019 To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) Alternative investment manager FS Investments (FS) has closed its previously announced acquisition of Chiron Investment Management (Chiron). To read this article:

(Opalesque) CTAs, Special Situations, and L/S Equity Directional strategies suffered the most this week from their long exposures to equities, said Lyxor in its weekly brief. Merger Arbitrage strategies benefited from their lower correlation with equity markets and outperformed. To […]

(Opalesque) The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has published its latest Quarterly Statistical Release describing the trends in the European investment fund industry in the fourth quarter of 2019 as well as a summary for the full year. […]

(Opalesque) Institutional investors across the world are shifting their interest from listed assets to private markets, said a new survey by BlackRock Inc. To read this article:

(Opalesque) Boston-based middle-market private equity firm BV Investment Partners has closed its tenth fund on its $1.1 billion hard cap in a first and final close. BV Investment Partners Fund X’s target was $1 billion. Fund X is 47% larger […]

(Opalesque) New York-based growth-focused private equity firm Bregal Sagemount has closed its Bregal Sagemount Fund III, at a hard cap of $1.5 billion, exceeding its $1.35 billion target. To read this article:

(Opalesque) Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have a more significant effect on sovereign credit spreads in developed markets than emerging ones, says a study. A research by Federated Hermes said there is a significant correlation and a “meaningful” relationship […]