Monthly Archives: May 2017

(FINalternatives) Global independent fund administrator Apex Fund Services has entered into agreements to be recapitalized by middle-market private equity company Genstar Capital and simultaneously acquire Equinoxe Alternative Investment Services. To read this article:

(Reuters) Supply of copper scrap has tightened recently after growing in the first quarter, while disruptions at major mines earlier in 2017 are hitting availability of the metal, the co-founder of metals hedge fund RK Capital Management, said on Wednesday. […]

(Reuters) Platform FAB Partners on Tuesday said it had acquired a majority stake in London-based equities hedge fund manager Halkin Asset Management, a letter to investors seen by Reuters showed. Global alternative investment platform FAB completed the deal at the […]

(Bloomberg) Money managers including David Einhorn and Bill Ackman descended on New York’s Lincoln Center on Monday where about 3,000 people gathered at the annual Sohn Investment Conference, one of the hedge fund industry’s marquee events, to hear the latest […]

(Bloomberg) When billionaire Carl Icahn bought into Hertz Global Holdings Inc. in summer 2014, he said he thought the shares were undervalued. With prices down almost 90 percent in the years since, he might be wishing he could take that […]

(The Business Insider) Two Sigma Securities, the market-making affiliate of the $30 billion hedge fund firm, is growing its brokerage business. The New York-based firm is acquiring the US options-market-making business of Timber Hill, a subsidiary of Interactive Brokers Group… […]

(FINalternatives) Hedge funds treaded water last week as gains by CTAs were not enough to outweigh underperformance among macro managers hammered by the steep drop in oil prices, according to new data from Lyxor Asset Management. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) Hedge funds posted their fourth consecutive month of gains this year, up 0.54 per cent during the month of April, while underlying markets as represented by the MSCI AC World Index (Local) were up 1.17 per cent over the […]

(Hedge Fund Law Report) A recent program presented by BakerHostetler provided timely insight on how the SEC and its enforcement priorities may evolve under the new president’s regulatory agenda, as well as how the new administration may affect the markets […]

(Harvest) We’ve all seen the news reports – lines for food and basic staples that stretch for blocks, increasing violent crime, kidnappings and corruption are making day-to-day life in Venezuela a real struggle. It wasn’t always like this, but in […]

(Harvest) US gross domestic product (GDP) rose only slightly in the first quarter, but this result was in line with Invesco Fixed Income’s expectations and we still expect solid growth this year. While output grew by only 0.7% annualized between […]