(Hedgeweek) Hedge funds enjoyed their strongest demand in nine months in August as investors brushed off a global equities sell-off, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator. Data drawn from more than 5,000 hedge funds in the BarclayHedge database estimated […]

(Hedgeweek) Hedge funds were down last week, though they outperformed equity benchmarks and a diversified 60/40 equity/bond portfolio, according to: To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds that doubled down on bearish gold wagers are facing a gut check. The shiny metal is in the middle of a surprise advance, posting the fastest rally since the Brexit vote as a surge in haven demand […]

(Bloomberg) For hedge funds, shifting sands in the global credit cycle offer a bounty of opportunities to extract yield — trades that favor Europe over U.S. Investors should consider relative-value trades using European credit default swaps on high-yield debt, Societe […]

(Institutional Investor) Exis Capital has to pay damages to Fairfax more than a decade after the company filed its lawsuit alleging stock manipulation by short-sellers. To read this article:

(Opalesque) The investment management company DECALIA continues to develop its range of funds with the launch of a merger arbitrage strategy. This strategy aims at generating an attractive absolute performance with low volatility, while remaining uncorrelated with conventional assets. Management […]

(eFinancial) Remember Bobby Vedral? He’s the former Goldman Sachs partner who managed cross asset global market strats for Goldman’s securities division. Vedral left Goldman in March and has just turned up running a little advisory operation of his own..,. To […]

(Opalesque) Since the commencement of 2018, cryptocurrencies have begun to enter the mainstream of the finance world, with such major announcements as the commencement of trading in Bitcoin futures on the CBOE, Nomura Holdings announcing a foray into cryptocurrency storage […]

(Harvest) Fidelity’s Dirk Hofschire, senior vice president of asset allocation research, examines major themes in global financial markets and presents his investment outlook for the fourth quarter of 2018. To read this article:

(Hedge Fund Law Report) In a recent case, a Cayman Islands court followed a strict literal interpretation of a fund’s constitutional documents – even where that interpretation ran contrary to market practice. Although the case is under appeal, the strict […]

(CNN) Who turned out the lights? Here’s a little-known fact: The biggest buyer of shares during the bull market hasn’t been individual investors nor large institutions. It’s been Corporate America itself. Encouraged by low rates and record profits, US companies […]

(Bloomberg) In the weeks after Donald Trump’s stunning election win, Rick Gerson cropped up in some interesting places for a relatively unknown hedge fund manager. He was at the Four Seasons in New York for a meeting with members of […]