(Reuters) – Balyasny Asset Management, a Chicago-based hedge fund that shed $4 billion in assets last year and cut 20% of its staff, was back in positive territory for the first half of this year, suggesting its massive overhaul might […]

(Reuters) – Hedge funds and other money managers left their petroleum positions essentially unchanged last week as the poor outlook for consumption offset production concerns stemming from tensions in the Middle East. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds have been in the doldrums and face mounting pressure to justify their fees. Will artificial intelligence come to the rescue? A growing number of hedge funds are putting money behind the idea that a branch of AI […]

(Opalesque)The aggregate funding ratio for S&P 500 companies sponsoring defined benefit plans increased by 1.7 percentage points to 87.5% as of June 30, 2018, from 85.8% as of the end of fiscal year 2017. According to Wilshire Associates’ 2019 Corporate […]

(Opalesque) The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for June 2019 measured 1.67%. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index declined 1.28% in July. “Given that the month of July typically […]

(Bloomberg) Cannabis investors banking on profitability in the second half of the year may have another thing coming: More losses at best, and maybe a surprise stack of writedowns. Although pot stocks have enjoyed a heady start in 2019 due […]

(Opalesque) Austin-based Vista Equity Partners has raised $850m for a fund that the private equity giant plans to use to buy up fast-growing software companies. Vista Equity Partners said that its Endeavor Fund II will focus on enterprise software companies […]

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds made a record bearish bet on cotton just before prices extended declines to hit a three-year low. To read this article:

(Opalesque) ILPA Updates Its Best Practices Guidance in “Principles 3.0.” Responding to private equity and other alternative asset investment trends and new issues, the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) recently released “ILPA Principles 3.0: Fostering Transparency, Governance and Alignment of […]

(Bloomberg) A macro hedge-fund manager who netted 33% riding the wild bull market in bonds is tuning out warnings that it’s running out of steam. To read this article:

(Opalesque) Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency and blockchain financial technology company, Diginex said that it is going public through a reverse merger with 8i Enterprises Acquisition Corp, the first Singapore-sponsored “blank cheque” company listed on Nasdaq. To read this article:

(Opalesque) Should investors only pay fund managers when they outperform? One emerging hedge fund manager says yes. Parplus Partners, a New York-based hedge fund manager, argues that investors should only pay fees when funds beat the market. To read this […]