(Bloomberg) On the night of the Brexit referendum the British pound went into free fall, but while many watched with horror, a handful of hedge funds were making staggering profits. This is the story of the Brexit Big Short. To […]

(Bloomberg) Deutsche Bank AG and Commerzbank AG said they’re officially starting talks on a deal that could combine the two largest publicly-traded — and most storied — banks in Germany. The lenders — both based in Frankfurt and 150 next […]

(The Daily Mail) Two foreign hedge funds pushed Interserve into administration – and left 16,500 small shareholders with nothing.In a humiliating blow to the Government contractor’s chief executive Debbie White and chairman Glyn Barker, investors rejected a rescue package that […]

(Hedgeweek) After a dismal performance and significant outflows in 2018, trend following strategies are on the mend, according to the latest Weekly brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) Emerging market equities (EME) suffered heavy losses during 2018, however, they finished the year more strongly in relative terms, sustaining a 7.5 per cent loss of value during Q4, compared with a 13.5 per cent slide for the S&P500 […]

(Reuters) – Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, has turned bullish on Brazil, arguing that economic growth relative to potential will be the strongest in the world over the next year. Conditions are now in place to reignite the […]

(Reuters) – Hedge fund managers have become more cautious about buying oil since the end of February as doubts about the global economy resurface, dampening expected price rises from OPEC-led production cuts and U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela. Front-month […]

(Bloomberg) When no one swerves in a game of chicken, everyone gets hurt. Small investors in Britain will have U.S. hedge funds in their sights after Coltrane Asset Management LP torpedoed a restructuring plan agreed between Interserve Plc and the […]

(Bloomberg) Where’s corn going next? It depends on who you ask, as hedge funds and analysts make a strong split on the outlook. The funds have never been more bearish, increasing their net-short position to the largest ever as of […]

(CCN) Index funds are squashing hedge fund managers in the US stock market. No matter which way you look at it, the decade-long bull markets in the Dow Jones, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 have smoked the “smartest guys in the […]

(CNBC) Active managers who claim that they would do better during periods of heightened volatility are going to have to find another argument.last week, S&P Dow Jones Indices released its annual report on how actively managed funds performed against their […]

(CNBC) The Fed’s meeting is the big deal for markets in the coming week, and it is widely expected to send a message that investors in both bonds and stocks could find bullish. But analysts in both markets say the […]