(Hedgeweek) Napoleon Capital, with the support of BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’), has launched Napoleon World Equities AR Dynamix Fund, providing access to an absolute return quantitative strategy investing in global equities. To read this article:

(Opalesque) Dallas-based alternatives manager Satori Capital announced an investment and acceleration partnership with Pavise Capital Management, which manages a long-biased event-driven U.S. large-and mid-cap equity strategy. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Standard General LP, the hedge fund that once sold a collection of newspapers to Warren Buffett, is back in the media business with a stake in TV broadcaster Tegna Inc. and is on the hunt for a deal. To […]

(Opalesque) San Diego-based fintech company Bridgeport Financial Technology has announced the launch of its private fund investment platform, BridgePort. The private fund investment technology firm claims that BridgePort will transform the transaction and reporting environment for the hedge fund, private […]

(Opalesque) Volatility regimes are decisive for most investment approaches, particularly hedge funds. For both top-down players (CTAs, Global Macro, FI Sovereign Arb.) and bottom-up strategies (L/S Equity, Event-Driven, Credit Arb.), volatility deeply influences their universe and the trendiness of opportunities. […]

(Hedgeweek) Hedge fund managers were down 0.32 per cent in September, dragging their year-to-date return to 5.67 per cent despite the recovering investor risk sentiment, which pushed the global equity market up 2.04 per cent over the month. To read […]

(Hedgeweek) Following a period of strong performance, CTAs gave back some of August’s gains in September, closing the month at -3.21 per cent, but the YTD figure is still up by +8.75 per cent. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) says its Exception Manager platform has passed an important milestone, managing more than two million records related to 849,556 transactions/trades/exceptions and representing over USD100 billion in market activity. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) A new study by the law firm Seward & Kissel of the hedge fund industry’s use of side letters – special agreements between hedge funds and their investors – shows a marked decrease in the share of side letters […]

(hedgeweek) Nomura Asset Management UK (NAM UK) has launched its Alternative Alpha Fund which seeks to provide investors access to returns uncorrelated to major asset classes, targeting a return of 10 per cent per annum with an average volatility of […]

(Bloomberg) Arrowgrass Capital Partners slashed the valuation of its stake in Britain’s oldest surviving amusement park, piling further losses on investors in Nick Niell’s shuttered hedge fund. To read this article:

(CNBC) A hedge fund that owns equity in Juul Labs reportedly slashed the value of its stake by more than a third to a price that values the e-cigarette maker at $24 billion. Darsana Capital Partners recently wrote down the […]