(Institutional Investor) Financial advisors that want to keep expensive hedge funds in investors’ portfolios are switching them out of traditional managers into low-cost passive funds to save costs elsewhere… To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) Hedge funds were down last week, though they outperformed equity benchmarks and a diversified 60/40 equity/bond portfolio, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) Man Group has reported funds under management (FUM) of USD114.1 billion at 30 September 2018, a slight increase on the USD113.7 billion under management at 30 June 2018. To read this article:

(South China Morning Post) China’s securities regulator said it had met investors after the nation’s stock market fell to its lowest level in almost four years last week, pledging its commitment to protect their interests and ensure a fair and […]

(Bloomberg) Activist investor Carl Icahn has come out against Dell Technologies Inc.’s plan to return to public markets, arguing that the proposed transaction undervalues shares that track its stake in VMware Inc. The billionaire said he would solicit votes against […]

(The National) If there’s an upside to a downturn it’s that short sellers get to make a buck. By borrowing shares, investors can sell what they don’t own. If the price falls, they buy the stock back at a cheaper […]

(Citywire) Several Asian hedge fund managers underperformed in September, contributing to losses for the year, according to Eurekahedge data. Asia ex-Japan hedge fund managers lost 1.8% in September, barely ahead of the benchmark MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex-Japan index, which […]

(Harvest) Legg Mason fixed-income managers Brandywine Global and Western Asset both currently see attractive potential for income and long-term total return in emerging market debt with select emerging markets seen as fertile ground for identifying securities that are mispriced relative […]

(Times Online) The billionaire David Einhorn founded Greenlight Capital, a New York-based hedge fund, which has bought a “medium-sized position” in BT. To read this article:

(Reuters) Canadian gold miner Detour Gold Corp said on Friday that its settlement offer regarding management changes, which included a plan to appoint a new chief executive officer, was rejected by hedge fund Paulson & Co….The settlement would have resulted […]

(Bloomberg) The $10 billion firm, run by industry titan Lee Ainslie, is getting hit hard by wagers against three stocks, each of which has gained more than 60 percent since April… The positions make up 11 percent of Maverick’s main […]

(The Technical Analyst) The DAX is close to confirming a huge topping formation, says Frank Cappelleri, Chief Market Technician at Instinet. Cappelleri says that if the DAX breaks below the neckline of a potential head-and-shoulders pattern on a closing weekly […]