(CNBC) A top-performing hedge fund is more than doubling its bet on gold and is ruling the industry with a nearly 30% return this year on its long positions. Sandler Capital Management, with $2.1 billion in regulatory assets under management, […]

(Reuters) – Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass told CNBC on Tuesday that he sees a “shallow recession” potentially in 2020, also adding that he thinks U.S. interest rates will follow the global interest rates all the way down to zero. […]

(Opalesque) In Q2 2019 venture capital (VC)-backed companies in the Asia region raised $10.1bn across 484 deals, says KPMG. Overall deal value and volume remained low during Q2 2019 in Asia, well off last year’s record pace, the KPMG report […]

(Opalesque) Harrison Street has raised $1.6bn for its seventh US opportunistic real estate fund – Harrison Street Real Estate Partners VII. The Chicago-based firm said that the fund closed at its hard cap of $1.3bn, above its original $950m fundraising […]

(Opalesque) Strong uptrends in equities, bonds, the US Dollar and gold helped push managed futures funds to another profitable month. CTA funds posted a 0.98% return in July 2019, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division […]

(Opalesque) Investment advisers, hedge and private fund managers and U.S.-resident entities should review whether they have any filing obligations under Treasury International Capital Benchmark Form SHL. Form SHL is a five-year benchmark filing requirement administered by the Federal Reserve Bank […]

(Reuters) Hedge funds cut their bullish positions in petroleum last week for the second week running as anxiety about the slowing global economy and oil consumption trumped optimism over production restraint by OPEC and its allies. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Midwestern money manager O’Brien-Staley Partners acquired hundreds of New York City taxi medallion loans, becoming a major player in an industry upended by Uber and Lyft. O’Brien-Staley, founded by two former Cargill Inc. executives, bought performing loans secured by […]

(Reuters) General Electric Co reinforced its defense of its accounting practices on Monday after investors asked more questions about an unusual research report last week that accused the jet engine and power plant maker of financial fraud. To read this […]

(Opalesque) The largest pension fund in the world has been clarifying its sustainability goals in the last few years and fund managers ought to take note, as it is an initiator and it is working with other large asset owners. […]

(Hedgeweek) Angele Paris – There is a growing interest in offering unlisted, interval and tender-offer closed-end funds to retail investors, providing them access to alternative, potentially higher yielding strategies. To realise this growth, the industry needs to support and educate […]

(Opalesque) Nearly 200 US-based venture capital funds closed in H1 2019; however, there are still another 1,004 funds in the market collectively seeking over $95bn, revealed a Preqin report. To read this article: