(Reuters) – British investor Martin Taylor, who closed his $1.5 billion hedge fund Nevsky Capital and retired at 46, plans to get back in the market with a fresh perspective and a new firm. In December 2015, Taylor and Nick […]

(Evening Standard) Embattled French retailer Casino and parent Rallye on Thursday filed a criminal complaint with French prosecutors over British and American hedge funds shorting its shares. The firm accuses hedge funds of price manipulation, dissemination of false or misleading […]

(Bloomberg) As the economic cycle in the U.S. and Europe nears its late stage, investors should consider “taking a turn to the East,” according to Bob Prince, who helps oversee the world’s biggest hedge fund at Bridgewater Associates. In a […]

(Bloomberg) An equities rout that wiped out the year’s gains in U.S. stocks took a breather Thursday, as futures advanced with European shares, even as Asia gauges extended declines. The euro climbed ahead of a European Central Bank policy meeting. […]

(Reuters) Britain’s financial watchdog is to meet with polling companies to check if private polls for hedge funds need regulating during events like the Brexit referendum campaign.Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority, has asked to meet the […]

(Evestment) Investors removed an estimated $14.72 billion from hedge funds in September pushing Q3 net flows into negative territory with an estimated $5.71 billion leaving the industry in Q3, according to the just-released September 2018 eVestment Hedge Fund Asset Flows […]

(Hedge Fund Law Report) Advisers who invest in initial coin offerings and other digital assets may run afoul of federal securities laws when those assets are deemed to be securities. In a recent enforcement proceeding, the SEC claimed that a […]

(Opalesque) According to Arthur (Art) Holly, who last year launched Blue Wave Global Investors LP, a U.S. equity long/short hedge fund, some of what is happening in the financial markets feels like 2007 all over again. When the Dow Jones […]

(Institutional Investor) Fahmi Quadir, the young female pharmaceutical analyst whose work exposing problems at Canadian drug company Valeant Pharmaceuticals International earned her a star turn in the Netflix’s “Dirty Money” documentary, has found running a hedge fund quite the challenge,… […]

(WSJ) GAM, the beleaguered Swiss investment manager, bled a fifth of assets from its range of funds in the three months to the end of September as its controversial decision to erect a redemption gate in a popular bond strategy […]

(Gulf-times) Hedge fund managers accelerated their profit-taking in crude oil and refined fuels last week, as confidence in the previous price rally faltered and the market fell. Hedge funds and other money managers cut their combined net long position in […]

(Fox News) An explosive device was found on Monday at the Westchester, N.Y., home of billionaire George Soros…The Wall Street Journal, citing local law enforcement, reported that police received a phone call from the residence about a suspicious package. Soros […]