(Hedgeweek) Onchain Custodian (ONC), a digital asset custodian backed by Sequoia, Fosun and DHVC, has on-boarded its first customers. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.60 per cent in March, outperforming the -0.17 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. […]

(Bloomberg) The New York-based investment firm is reverting to a fee model that it held for the better part of the 2000s, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The new structure will charge 3 percent of assets […]

(Opalesque) Is blockchain the new cloud computing? Delegates at the recent Opalesque Dubai Roundtable suggest that blockchain will eventually take on the same strategic role as cloud computing, with the technology being used to power critical infrastructure and other strategic […]

(Opalesque) In the week ending April 19th 2019, a report from Hedge Fund Research said that hedge funds turned in their strongest first quarter in 13 years. HFR’s index of hedge funds saw a 5.7 percent gain in the first […]

(Opalesque) 69 hedge funds were launched in Q1 2019, the majority (84%) of which were single-manager funds, reports research house Preqin in its Q1 update. Furthermore, the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark returned +5.40% for the quarter. To read this […]

(Reuters) Hedge fund Third Point LLC, which sometimes pushes companies to perform better, said it is beginning to look more closely at corporate governance issues, including executive pay, as it evaluates future investments. “More carefully and systematically studying governance is […]

(Hedgeweek) Hedge fund flows turned positive in February, as a January stock market rebound, hopeful signs in US-China trade talks and indications of a pause in US interest rate hikes spurred investors to reverse a five-month trend of net redemptions. […]

(Reuters) British bank Barclays and hedge fund Red Kite Group have settled a legal dispute in which the fund accused the bank of manipulating the copper market and causing it to lose money. “Legal proceedings between the Red Kite group […]

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds shorting stock volatility en masse is the latest canary in the coal mine for those fretting dovish central banks are setting the stage for the next market blow-up. Not so fast, says a growing chorus of Wall […]

(Reuters) The new managers of Columna Commodities Fund, a Luxembourg hedge fund which went into liquidation in early 2017, have said they are suing its former managers Alter Domus for $56 million in lost assets and fees. Columna, launched in […]

(Reuters) The new managers of Columna Commodities Fund, a Luxembourg hedge fund which went into liquidation in early 2017, have said they are suing its former managers Alter Domus for $56 million in lost assets and fees. Columna, launched in […]