(Hedgeweek) Specialist fund management company Liontrust has completed the acquisition of Neptune Investment Management Limited. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) Intercontinental Exchange, an operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, and MSCI, a provider of decision support tools and services for the global investment community, have expanded their existing relationship to include […]

(Opalesque) Institutional investors are pivoting to private assets as increasing geopolitical tension and fear of a global economic slowdown soar, according to Schroders Institutional Investor Study. To read this article:

(Opalesque) FCLTGlobal, a think-tank founded in 2016 by BlackRock, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, The Dow Chemical Company, McKinsey & Company, and Tata Sons, has published a paper with relevant insights into factors associated with long-term performance of asset managers, […]

(Opalesque) Mark Okada is retiring from Highland Capital Management a firm he co-founded with Jim Dondero in 1993. Okada will assume a senior advisory role through the end of the year to support transition activities. He will retain his ownership […]

(Reuters) – Italy’s Bio-on SpA (ON.MI) reported a collapse in first-half revenue and slashed its full-year sales forecast on Tuesday, blaming what it said was unfounded criticism of its accounts by a U.S. hedge fund and almost halving its market […]

(The Guardian) Hedge fund millionaires backing Boris Johnson will make a killing from a no-deal Brexit, according to the former chancellor Philip Hammond. The claim is these “short sellers” are betting on big falls in share prices and the value […]

(Bloomberg) Samuel Barnett, 30, founded SBB Research almost a decade ago in his dorm room, transforming a college side gig into a hedge fund that managed more than $400 million. How did he pull it off? The U.S. Securities and […]

(Bloomberg) David Einhorn’s value-oriented Greenlight Capital hedge funds surged in September amid the market’s temporary shift away from long-favored momentum stocks and toward inexpensive equities. Greenlight gained 8.4% across its funds To read this article:

(Bloomberg) In 2017, Patrick J. Aregger took over an obscure hedge fund based in a sleepy Swiss town. He moved its base to Zurich, shook up operations — and trounced the trend-following competition. Quantica Capital AG’s flagship fund is up […]

(Bloomberg) Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of the world’s biggest hedge fund, said preliminary discussions on limiting U.S. investments in China make him wonder if the Trump administration is “inching toward bigger moves.” To read this article:

(Opalesque) The Secretariat for the Operating Principles for Impact Management today announced that 18 more organizations have adopted the Operating Principles for Impact Management-a new set of standards for impact investing. With these new Signatories, the total number is 76. […]