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Bloomberg – Third Point, the hedge fund led by billionaire Daniel Loeb, took a stake in Dow Chemical and called for a spinoff of its petrochemicals business to improve profitability. Third Point’s stake in Dow is its largest current investment, […]

MJ – The offices of the world’s first water-focused hedge fund overlook a parking lot in a subdivided landscape developers call the Golden Triangle. The neighborhood gets its water from the Alvarado Water Treatment Plant, run by San Diego’s Public […]

47/Wall St – Shares of struggling electronics retailer RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) were up more than 16 percent on Wednesday on news that a hedge-fund manager who likes investing in troubled companies has taken an 8.1 percent stake in the […]

Bloomberg –  Managers of long-only funds in Singapore that invest mainly in Asian stocks are winning client money, shrugging off difficulties in raising capital faced by smaller hedge funds in the region. Assets under management of such funds in the city-state […]

CNN – Hedge funds just keep getting larger and larger. Too bad their returns aren’t. Money invested in these high-octane investment vehicles surged 17% to a record $2.6 trillion in 2013, according to a report from Hedge Fund Research Inc. […]

Reuters – Hedge funds are approaching Wednesday’s Bank of England minutes betting the pound will extend its surge to a one-year high against the euro but wary the bank could signal interest rate rises may be pushed back. Many hedge […]

Philly.com – Third Point L.L.C., the hedge fund led by the billionaire Daniel Loeb, has taken a stake in Dow Chemical Co. and called for a spin-off of its petrochemicals business to improve profitability. Third Point’s stake in Dow is […]

FN – The company, which incubates small hedge funds and brokers, has benefited over the past two years as the top-tier investment banks have trimmed their smaller, less profitable clients. Lees, who built the execution business of French brokerage Cheuvreux, […]

Bloomberg – Hedge funds and other creditors in Iceland’s failed banks are trying to get a response from the nation’s authorities on the status of their claims as the government considers amending the bankruptcy law. More than five years after […]

FinAlternatives – A hedge fund helmed by a trio of former Goldman Sachs bankers has launched its Japan-focused maiden offering. Golvis Investment rolled out its maiden hedge fund earlier this month with employee capital, Bloomberg Newsreports. Early returns are good, with […]