(Reuters) – Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world’s largest pension fund, has suspended stock lending for short selling, calling the practice inconsistent with its responsibilities as a long-term investor. To read this article:

(Reuters) – Activist investor William Ackman’s hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management has raised its stake in real estate company Howard Hughes Corp. (HHC.N), according to a regulatory filing made on Wednesday.The New York-based investment firm reported having a 14.8% […]

(Bloomberg) Every morning at 11:30, hedge fund manager Michael Hintze rallies his troops at the office of CQS in London. Portfolio managers and analysts stand at a podium to offer their assessment of whether they’ll make or lose money because […]

(Opalesque) In the week ending November 29th 2019, research from Preqin showed that the hedge fund industry lost $34.4 billion in the third quarter. This was the sixth-straight quarter that outflows outpaced inflows. That said, the strong performance across hedge […]

(Opalesque) The longer the holding period for buyout funds of any size, the lower the performance, according to financial software provider eFront’s latest research on time-to-liquidity risk. This finding relates only to standard 10-year buyout funds, and is not a […]

(Bloomberg) Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates LP, the world’s biggest hedge fund, has fallen out of favor at UOB Private Bank, which advises some of Asia’s wealthiest people.The unit of Southeast Asia’s third-biggest bank has been recommending since around mid-year that […]

(Opalesque) New York-based private-equity firm Dyal Capital Partners, a division of Neuberger Berman, closed its latest fund on more than $9 billion.Dyal Capital Partners IV was heavily oversubscribed at the final close with more than $3.5 billion above the fund’s […]

(Bloomberg) The private investment vehicle of billionaire hedge fund manager Steven Cohen has cut its stake in Metro Bank Plc for the third time in less than a week. Cohen Private Ventures reduced its holding in Metro from 7.7% to […]

(Reuters) – Hedge fund investors in Inmarsat said they would not object to the satellite company’s takeover by a private equity-led consortium at a court hearing on Tuesday after the buyers said on Monday they would not increase or extend […]

(Reuters) – Hedge funds resumed heavy buying of crude oil and petroleum products last week, with the previous week’s bout of profit-taking halted by increasing optimism over the global economy and hopes for more output cuts by Saudi Arabia To […]

(Hedgeweek) Just under two months out from the 2018/19 tax return submission deadline, KPMG is warning offshore fund investors to check their tax reporting, before HMRC does. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) New London-based investor, Inspirit Capital, is to focus on acquiring and transforming small and medium-sized businesses that are experiencing strategic, operational or financial complexities. To read this article: