(Benzinga) The year 2015 saw three major themes dominate: 1) Falling Commodity and Forex Prices, 2) China, Europe and Emerging Markets Slowdown and 3) Fed Rate Hike. No. 1 Falling Commodity And Forex Prices The year started with extreme volatility […]

(Bloomberg) Former Long-Term Capital Management executives have started a firm that will connect Chinese investors with international hedge funds, as turmoil in the world’s second-largest equities market spurs demand for overseas assets. John Meriwether is an early financial backer of […]

(CNBC) For the average hedge fund, 2015 was nothing to brag about, and even may have proved humiliating. But a handful of portfolio managers outperformed their peers by a big margin, largely thanks to smart stock picking and shorting in […]

(CNBC) Money spent on the high fees that come with investing in hedge funds might seem to have been a waste over the last six years, considering the performance of traditional assets. But with the bull market in stocks now […]

(Business Insider) Texan hedge fund manager J. Kyle Bass, founder of the $1.6 billion Dallas-based Hayman Capital, says there’s a “massive opportunity in energy.”Like many investors last year, Bass had been predicting a rebound in oil prices in 2015. That […]

(Seeking Alpha) In a new piece for Seeking Alpha, hedge fund manager Chris DeMuth, Jr. wrote a tongue-in-cheek piece spelling out some popular trading ideas for 2016 that he believes are among the worst trades to make. Here’s a look […]

(HITC Business) The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that two traders in China and Hong Kong have agreed to pay more than$920,000 to settle an insider trading case against them. Cousins and business associates Zhichen Zhou and Yannan Liu, […]

(Bloomberg) The main investment pool managed by Chris Hohn, the London-based founder of The Children’s Investment Fund Management UK LLP, gained 14 percent in the 11 months through November, according to a person familiar with the matter.The Children’s Investment Fund, […]

(Reuters) Almost half of hedge fund firms plan to roll out a new hedge fund by the end of next year despite regulations challenging how they market, the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) said on Monday.The hedge fund trade body’s […]

(Harvest) In general, I find reading short reports to be a very valuable exercise. I don’t do much shorting in my accounts for clients, but I find that for the most part, short sellers provide a useful service to the […]

(CNBC) Just as it seemed as if 2015 would be a total wipeout for hedge funds, October brought the industry some life.As a whole, the $2.8 trillion industry rebounded to a 1.8 percent gain in October, according to numbers released […]

(Variety.com) Filmmakers who would like to make the submarine action thriller “Hunter Killer,” attempting to extricate their film project from bankrupt Relativity Studios, accused the company and its founder Ryan Kavanaugh of operating a massive “sham,” which hedge funds continue […]