(Hedgeweek) It’s just over a year since PAAMCO Prisma debuted Launchpad, a co-investment platform for seeding and supporting emerging hedge funds with Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) as its inaugural investment partner. Jeff Willardson (pictured), Managing Director, PAAMCO Prisma […]

(Reuters) – Gold prices ticked lower on Tuesday as the dollar held near multi-week highs on reduced expectations of an aggressive U.S. rate cut, although softer share markets capped the metal’s losses. To read this article:

(Reuters) – Hedge funds sold more Brent futures and options last week as concerns about the global economy trumped the decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies to extend output cuts. Hedge funds and […]

(Reuters) Shipping companies, refineries, freight derivatives or diesel cracks? Investment funds are placing their bets as the shipping sector prepares for new rules limiting sulphur emissions from ocean-going vessels. Ever since the International Maritime Organization said the maximum sulphur content […]

(Opalesque) Raffi Sosikian, principal of Pinnacle Quant, a CTA based in Los Angeles, CA, recounts his journey from his teenage years as a “techpreneur” to now, on Opalesque TV from the SALT conference. And despite his deep technical background, he […]

(Bloomberg) Renaissance Technologies, the hedge fund giant that Deutsche Bank AG has counted as one of its largest clients, has been taking money out of its prime brokerage accounts with the German lender over the past few months, according to […]

(Bloomberg) Fund managers are being squeezed as some of the largest pension funds bring investment functions in-house and push for an end to traditional percentage-based charges in favor of a flat-fee structure they say is fairer and more transparent. To […]

(Hedgeweek) Returns from the low end of investment grade debt are doing nothing to excite investors, so hedge funds are looking to higher yields … in China. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) PEGAS, a pan-European gas trading platform of EEX Group operated by Powernext, has reported a doubling of the volume of futures contracts traded on the platform in June 2019 compared to June 2018. To read this article:

(Reuters) – Financier Jeffrey Epstein was arrested late on Saturday on suspicion of sex trafficking of underage girls and will appear in federal court in Manhattan on Monday, a source familiar with the matter said, meaning he will face charges […]

(Yahoo Finance) Before we spend countless hours researching a company, we like to analyze what insiders, hedge funds and billionaire investors think of the stock first. This is a necessary first step in our investment process because our research has […]

(Bloomberg) Brevan Howard Asset Management’s flagship hedge fund returned 3.9% in June, capping off its best first half since 2009. The Master Fund is up 9.3% in the first six months, building on a 12.4% gain in 2018, according to […]