(Hedgeweek)The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for October 2018 measured 2.66, down from 3.35 per cent in September. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Pacific Investment Management Co. is prepping for the next downturn, betting high-fee private funds can turbocharge its growth. The firm, widely known for its publicly traded bond funds, is floating a private variation of Chief Investment Officer Dan Ivascyn’s […]

(Hedgeweek) Hedge fund capital began Q4 2018 at a new record level for the ninth consecutive quarter as investors continued the Q2 redemption trends from Macro, Event-Driven, and Relative Value strategies, while Equity Hedge strategies also experienced small outflows in […]

(Bloomberg) Genesis Global Trading, one of the largest over-the-counter cryptocurrency dealers, said it has loaned digital assets valued at more than half a billion dollars to institutional borrowers including hedge funds and other financial firms. The New York-based firm began […]

(eFinancial) Adrien Cohen, a former junior macro trader at Societe Generale in London, joined Point72 in October as a global macro portfolio management analyst based in the U.S. Meanwhile, former Citadel commodities analyst Christoph Weiss joined Point72 in London last […]

(Alpha-Week) Nasdaq subsidiary eVestment sent AlphaWeek its monthly “most searched funds” list; these are the fund most reviewed bu asset owners and their consultants on the eVestment platform each month. Federated Investors’ Alternative Bear Equity Composite led the way last […]

(Opalesque) The public debate about hedge-fund activism has long been informed by academic literature that found increases in shareholder value and operating performance after activist interventions. But do hedge-fund activists actually do any long-term good for the companies that they […]

(Hedgeweek) Opalesque posted on Fri 19 Oct 2018 Permalink Print Hedge funds have recovered from negative performance in August, with the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark returning 0.14% in September 2018. Credit strategies have enjoyed another month of positive returns […]

(Hedgeweek) The flash estimate for the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, indicates a 0.19 per cent loss in September. Year to date, the Index is down 1.53 per cent. “The US economy continues to strengthen in spite of pervasive […]

(Bloomberg) After the storm comes the calm: Volatility gauges across currencies, stocks and bonds around the world are signalling a return to tranquility as option traders seek to shrug off recent market turmoil. Expansive corporate earnings have given money managers […]

(Bloomberg) The descendants of Campbell Soup Co.’s founder are standing by the company’s directors, dealing a blow to activist investor Dan Loeb’s efforts to oust the entire board. Relatives of John Dorrance that together hold about 41 percent of the […]

(Boston Globe) A 70-year-old hedge fund manager from Allston pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to an array of counts in connection with a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, prosecutors said. Raymond K. Montoya pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud, […]