(Bloomberg) Turiya Advisors Asia Ltd., the Hong Kong-based hedge fund firm led by former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. trader Davide Erro, is the latest to be hit by industry woes, cutting jobs after losing investors’ money. Turiya let go of […]

(CNBC) Another sharp sell-off has investors reeling on Friday, as the Dow and S&P 500 both dove back into correction territory. The downturn has put more than half of S&P 500 stocks in a bear market, which means they are […]

(CNBC) Stocks saw a huge reversal on Monday as investors are trying to sort out which of the litany of market factors will have the biggest impact on their portfolios in 2019. Fears of slowing global economic growth, a hiking […]

(Hedgeweek) The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned -0.10 per cent in November, outperforming the -0.62 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. […]

(Hedgeweek) When President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Act) last December, one of the key points that the media focused on was the reduction in corporate tax from 35 per cent to 21 per […]

(Bloomberg) Philippe Jabre is returning money to investors after an “especially challenging” year, adding to the swelling list of hedge-fund veterans giving up on an industry where money-making opportunities have dwindled. Geneva-based Jabre Capital Partners SA is selling positions in […]

(Straits Times) Hong Kong has proposed widening tax breaks to include hedge and private equity funds that are domiciled in the city, which market watchers say should encourage more of them to move there. Locally domiciled vehicles that can be […]

(Opalesque) After several rough years, CTAs are looking new ways of trading beyond trend following, according to delegates at the recent Opalesque Chicago Roundtable. “We see a lot of volatility based programs now,” said Jeff Malec, Managing Director at RCM […]

(Bloomberg) Activist hedge fund Quarz Capital Management Ltd. said Singapore’s Sunningdale Tech Ltd. is “severely undervalued” and urged the company’s management to boost investor confidence by providing more information on its products, businesses and strategic plans…..Quarz has accumulated an almost […]

(Hedge Nordic) Nordic equity hedge funds declined 0.5 percent on average in November (89 percent reported), taking the group’s year-to-date performance into negative territory at 0.6 percent. Equity hedge funds part of the Nordic Hedge Index (NHX), as expressed by […]

(Yahoo News) Indian hedge funds had just caught a break in a lousy year when the shock exit of central bank Governor Urjit Patel sparked a sell-off Tuesday. Now things are looking grim again. Funds running strategies focused on Asia’s […]

(Opalesque) 80% of the surveyed wealth managers think their firm’s technology is not good enough said a recent survey which demonstrates the digital crisis facing the industry, with money managers under-prepared for the next generation of investors. The vast majority […]