(Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group Inc (BX.N) has secured $3.4 billion from investors for its first fund dedicated to investments in the life sciences sector, targeting $4.6 billion in total, a regulatory filing showed on Thursday. To […]

(Reuters) – Even before Iranian general Qassem Soleimani was killed by a U.S. air strike on Jan. 3, ratcheting up tensions across the Middle East, hedge funds had become very bullish about oil prices. Fund managers amassed an unusually large […]

(Hedgeweek) The oil price surge following the deadly US airstrike against Iranian general Qassem Suleimani is unlikely to be sustained, commodities-focused hedge fund managers have told Hedgeweek. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) Semper Capital Management’s Semper Short Duration Fund (SEMIX, SEMRX) has surpassed USD500 million in assets under management as a result of strong performance and investor demand since inception in December 2010. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) Invast Global is to donate all trading commissions earned on 31 January to the NSW Rural Fire Services to support the volunteer firefighters and the victims of the ongoing bushfire crisis in Australia. To read this article:

(Reuters) – Managed Funds Association (MFA), a hedge fund lobby group in the United States, on Wednesday named Bryan Corbett its new chief executive officer. Corbett was most recently a partner and managing director at investment firm The Carlyle Group […]

(AlternativeSoft) Less than 9,000 hedge funds now exist globally. It’s been widely believed that there are too many hedge funds for quite some time now. Therefore, it may be welcomed news for many to hear that more hedge funds were […]

(Opalesque) In the hedge fund space, Lyxor believes that Global Macro and Merger Arbitrage strategies are the most appealing hedge against a worst-case scenario of renewed geopolitical tensions. In Q2-15, such strategies outperformed while CTAs suffered a sharp drawdown, said […]

(Opalesque) HIG WhiteHorse, the credit affiliate of global alternative asset management firm HIG Capital (HIG), has closed the HIG WhiteHorse Principal Lending Fund with capital commitments of approximately USD1.1 billion. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) Skylight IPV Limited, an independent price verification company, has closed a funding round, securing significant investment from ETFS Capital. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has successfully integrated Powernext and Gaspoint Nordic as of 1 January 2020. All required approvals have been received to integrate the natural gas spot and derivatives markets into EEX. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) PEGAS registered a total natural gas volume of 190.6 TWh in December, a raise of 20 per cent year-on-year (December 2018: 158.1 TWh). To read this article: