(Opalesque) South Korea-based investors are looking beyond the domestic market to invest in alternative assets funds around the globe, according to intelligence provider Preqin. Preqin tracks 154 institutional investors in South Korea, more than either Singapore or Hong Kong, of […]

(Harvest) Interest rates have been moving up, and the good part of that is cash yields have been going up. What’s not great is to shift assets from your long-term asset allocation into cash. You should think about how much […]

(Opalesque) Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Despite bumpy performance, 2018 has still been a generally positive year for alternatives according to a recent survey from Cayman law firm Walkers. The annual report on trends in the alternative investment industry shows […]

(Bloomberg) Michelle McCloskey, president of Americas at Man Group, examines how hedge funds dealt with market volatility in the selloff, looks forward to the latest 13F filings expected this week, and discusses hedge funds’ fee structure. She speaks on “Bloomberg […]

(Hedgeweek) The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed and settled charges against Jacob Bourne, a former managing director of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc, for fraudulently mis-marking swap valuations to conceal significant trading losses. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) – “Not my problem gov” has long been the response from the major investment managers when it comes to settling transactions. In fairness, why should a BlackRock or Fidelity really care? After all, most of the time their brokers […]

(Hedgeweek) BCS Global Markets (BCS GM) has partnered with Tigress Financial Partners LLC, to provide proprietary US equity market research to its clients, as part of their recently-announced strategic partnership. To read this article:

(Reuters) – British Brexit minister Dominic Raab’s “thumbs up” after a cabinet meeting on talks with the European Union was all sterling needed to jump nearly half a percent last Tuesday. To read this article:

(Reuters) – Hedge funds have sold the equivalent of almost half a billion barrels of crude oil and refined products in the last six weeks, as worries about slowing demand replaced earlier concern over sanctions on Iran. To read this […]

(Bloomberg) In a month when hedge funds globally registered their biggest drop in seven years, waning Chinese demand for luxury goods helped one Asian firm beat the odds. Optimas Capital Ltd. profited on bets that European luxury-goods companies would suffer […]

(Reuters) Private equity firm Veritas Capital and hedge fund Elliott Management have agreed to acquire U.S. healthcare software maker Athenahealth Inc for $5.5 billion in cash, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. Athenahealth, whose cloud-based service is used […]

(Pension & Investments) The secondary market in alternative investment funds is sizzling, as institutional investors and managers attempt to clean up their portfolios before the next economic downturn. Not only are investors selling alternative investment limited partnership interests on the […]