(Reuters) A growing number of hedge funds are moving into shipping debt, an asset class few have invested in before, looking to buy up loans and bonds as banks cut their exposure to the troubled sector. World economy worries and […]

(Opalesque) Investor optimism spurred by a variety of favorable conditions pushed hedge funds to a solid start in 2019 with a 3.88% return in January, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. […]

(HITC) Not a bad day at the office. To read this article:

(Reuters) Assets under management at GAM Holding AG continued to fall at the end of last year, the Swiss group said on Thursday as it forecast a “challenging” 2019 ahead. GAM had a torrid year after being forced to write […]

(Hedgeweek) OKEx, a Malta-based digital asset exchange, recorded 223 per cent growth in monthly trading volume in the two months following its launch. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Paul Tudor Jones sat with Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, on Saturday night in Palm Beach. It might’ve been the closest the hedge fund manager has come to achieving alpha in his decades-long fight for […]

(Hedgeweek) Caspian, a full-stack crypto trading, portfolio and risk management platform for institutional and sophisticated traders, has partnered with Blockfills, an electronic, off-exchange digital liquidity provider, to provide institutional clients with access to deep liquidity and real-time continuous pricing. To […]

(CNBC) Hedge funds loaded up on tech stocks at their fourth-quarter bottom, just in time to cash in on the double-digit To read this article:

(Bloomberg) British hedge fund titan Crispin Odey, who has bet that shares of beleaguered fintech Wirecard AG will plummet further, said Germany’s financial regulator has opened to door to potential lawsuits after it took the unprecedented step of banning short […]

(Bloomberg) The key to getting monster-sized returns in mining equities is to be small, according to managers of the Plethora Precious Metals Fund. With only 18 million euros ($20 million) in assets, Plethora Precious Metals is a minnow in contrast […]

(Reuters) Papa John’s International Inc founder John Schnatter welcomes hedge fund Starboard Value LP’s investment in the pizza restaurant chain, his lawyer said, even as he filed an updated lawsuit on Monday against the company. To read this article:

(Irish Independent) Troubled airline Flybe has snubbed a rival takeover proposal from US airline Mesa Air Group and hedge fund Bateleur Capital, with support from Stobart Group former boss Andrew Tinkler. In a brief statement Flybe, which in Ireland operates […]