(Hedgeweek) The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for December 2018 measured -1.35 per cent. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) The Lyxor L/S Equity strategy outperformed this week, mostly from beta, according to the latest Weekly Brief from the firm’s Cross Asset Research team. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) Hedge fund investors are growing more concerned over slower economic growth in the year ahead, which could be prompting a noted shift toward global macro managed futures strategies, according to the results of a survey published today by BarclayHedge, […]

(Bloomberg) A few dozen newspaper employees staged a protest last May outside the New York City office of their owner — the hedge fund Alden Global Capital. Carrying signs that read “Invest or Sell Now,” the journalists chanted, “Hey Hey, […]

(Financial Times) Two decades after the near-collapse of Long-Term Capital Management threatened to demolish Wall Street, regulators are still struggling to understand whether hedge funds could endanger the stability of financial markets. Global regulators want to analyse hedge funds’ use […]

(Bloomberg) Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group has been the poster child of the hedge fund industry’s ill-timed stock-market bets on the troubled utility PG&E Corp., which announced plans for bankruptcy. It turns out, though, that Baupost’s stock purchases, valued at $873 […]

(Bloomberg) Crispin Odey of Odey Asset Management, and a supporter of Brexit, thinks the U.K. will now stay in the EU and is betting on U.K. To view this story:

(Opalesque) Nick Neri joined Circle Partners as Vice President of Business Development U.S. subsidiary. He brings 20+ years of industry experience within the traditional and alternative financial markets with an emphasis on Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Crypto Currency, Emerging Managers, […]

(Opalesque) Hennessee Group LLC announced today that the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index decreased -0.34% for the month (+0.13% YTD), while the S&P 500 was up +1.80% (+3.50% YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased +1.7% (+2.71% YTD), and the NASDAQ […]

(Reuters) Jana Partners LLC, founded by Barry Rosenstein, is shutting down two stock-picking hedge funds following losses and will focus instead on its main strategy of investing in a handful of companies and pushing management to improve their performance. The […]

(Bloomberg) A Canadian investment firm that crushed the returns of its peers last year is looking to raise C$500 million ($377 million) for what would be one of the country’s largest hedge funds. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was down 3.85 per cent in 2018, outperforming the MSCI AC World Index (Local) which declined 10.18 per cent over the year. Throughout the year, the global hedge fund industry saw performance-based losses and […]