(Reuters) U.S. hedge fund Starboard Value LP revealed here a 7.5% stake in cloud service provider Box Inc (BOX.N) on Tuesday, calling its shares “undervalued”.Box shares were up about 7% at $15.84 after the bell. Up to Tuesday’s close, the […]

(Hedgeweek) Globally coordinated monetary stimulus prevented a potential economic meltdown in 2008 and helped create a quick rebound in the capital markets. We have since seen the longest economic expansion on record. Unfortunately, the effectiveness of monetary stimulus declines the […]

(Hedgeweek) Waratah Capital Advisors has launched the firm’s first liquid alternative mutual fund, the Waratah Alternative Equity Income Fund To read this article:

(Reuters) – Mexico has made the first moves to launch its annual $1 billion oil hedging program by asking banks for quotes, sources familiar with the deal said, while buying in financial oil options contracts for 2020 has risen in […]

(Bloomberg) Commvault Systems Inc. plans to buy startup Hedvig Inc. in a bid to bolster the software maker’s capabilities in the competitive data-storage market. Commvault Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Mirchandani told Bloomberg in an interview that his company will buy […]

(Opalesque) The outlook for the private equity and venture capital industry in Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is promising, said Preqin. Fundraising has hit new highs in recent years – a record 17 ASEAN-focused venture capital funds raised $0.9bn in 2018, […]

(Opalesque) Investment firm VanEck and financial technology company SolidX Management LLC will sell shares in a limited version of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), using a rule that exempts the shares from securities registration, under which shares can be sold […]

(Reuters) Scopia Capital last week promoted Joshua Cherney to head the hedge fund’s business development and investor relations group after Quinn Fionda, who had been with the firm for nearly 11 years, left, a source familiar with the moves said […]

(Hedgeweek) Fund managers may be unaware as to exactly where and how much money is being spent with brokers due to a failure to fully review all their relationships qualitatively and quantitatively. To read this article:

(Opalesque) Many investors are dissatisfied with the performance of the natural resources asset class in recent months and, for the second consecutive year, the proportion looking to invest more capital in the asset class over the next 12 months has […]

(Opalesque) M&A patterns are showing healthy dynamics and a healthy number of hostile deals (usually riskier but more profitable) tend to concentrate on smaller targets, said Lyxor in its weekly brief. Jumbo deals are increasingly funded by stock and cash […]

(Reuters) – Scopia Capital last week promoted Joshua Cherney to head the hedge fund’s business development and investor relations group after Quinn Fionda, who had been with the firm for nearly 11 years, left, a source familiar with the moves […]