(Hedgeweek) The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned -0.27 per cent in May, underperforming the 0.26 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. […]

(CNBC) Today’s definition of capitalism needs an overhaul because of income inequality, billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones tells CNBC.”Capitalism may need modernizing,” the reclusive trader says. Jones points to economist Milton Friedman’s nearly 50-year-old definition that the “social […]

(Bloomberg) Rob Citrone is seeing a comeback in his hedge fund Discovery Capital Management after profiting last month from the market turmoil in Europe. His main fund surged 10.6 percent in May, paring losses this year to about 2 percent, […]

(Bloomberg) Ever wonder why hedge fund managers are so willing to get up on a stage and tell the world about their best ideas? A new study suggests an answer: the ideas are getting old, and they need a spot […]

(Reuters) Investors continue to reduce their bullish position in crude oil futures and options, after a blistering rally over the last year but…Hedge funds and other money managers cut their net long position in the six most important futures and […]

(Reuters) Toshiba Corp unveiled a higher-than-expected $6.3 billion stock buyback that sent its shares up as much as 11 percent, as the Japanese firm followed up on a pledge to share proceeds from an $18 billion sale of its memory […]

(Hedgeweek) Nasdaq is establishing connectivity to three data centres in Hong Kong to increase its service to the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region through a Nasdaq Point of Presence (POP) To read this article:

(Reuters) Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of what has been a bumpy ride for world financial markets this year is how stubbornly low volatility is. It’s as if investors have given up on hedging, which is exactly what appears to […]

(Bloomberg) A record spike in equity volatility couldn’t get the quants to sell, but bubbling market stress below the surface has finally spurred them to offload. Quantitative hedge funds on Credit Suisse’s prime services platform have ended their 18-month streak […]

(Reuters) Finnish utility Fortum (FORTUM.HE) is set to gain unconditional EU approval to acquire a 46.65 percent stake in German energy group Uniper (UN01.DE) from E.ON (EONGn.DE), three people familiar with the matter said on Monday. State-controlled Fortum’s bid has […]

(Bloomberg) Following the disastrous Group of Seven summit this weekend, where President Donald Trump upended a carefully crafted effort at unity among the world’s top economic powers, it’s safe to say that most investors were probably expecting equities to stumble […]

(Reuters) Two shareholders of U.S. utility Sempra Energy – Elliott Management and Bluescape Resources Co – on Monday recommended six new directors for the company’s board and urged a strategic review of its business. The hedge funds said Sempra was […]