(Institutional Investor) When hedge funds blow up, they tend to inflict lasting damage on managers’ careers, a new study has shown. The study — “Career Risk and Market Discipline in Asset Management,” published through the University of Indiana’s Kelley School […]

(Hedgeweek) Hedge funds are up 7.27 per cent for the year, posting better performance compared to a modest 3.68 per cent gains last year, according to Eurekahedge’s final monthly report for 2017….. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) A London hedge-fund analyst convicted of stealing millions of dollars of secret algorithmic trading strategies can’t be stopped from being deported by his former employer, Trenchant Ltd., a judge ruled. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) A donation to a worthy cause during the holidays gets you a warm feeling, a tax deduction and maybe a better world for the kids. Some hedge fund managers give for an additional reason — to get money-making assets. […]

(The Business Insider) Investors are increasingly wagering on stock market volatility, according to a measure of options trading…. Traders are betting more and more that the stock market will soon snap out of its prolonged slumber…. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) I’ll say this for Mick McGuire, Activist Investor™: The man knows how to make a buck. As 2017 winds down, his hedge fund, Marcato Capital Management LP, is up around 24 percent, five percentage points better than the S&P […]

(The Business Insider) Pantera Capital’s bitcoin fund has delivered a 24,004% return for investors since its launch in 2013. The blockchain-focused hedge fund was among the first to invest in the nascent digital coin market….The investing firm’s Pantera Bitcoin Fund […]

(The Business Insider) Being long bitcoin is the most crowded trade in the world, according to a fund manager survey conducted by Bank of America Merrill Lynch….Managers of large funds can’t help themselves from chasing the explosive returns offered by […]

(Bloomberg) First came the wave of pension funds and other institutions stepping away from hedge funds. Now big-time managers themselves have decided they’ve had enough. While hedge fund closures have been ticking up since 2014, this year has been different: […]

(Hedgeweek) Hedge funds edged higher last week as CTAs and Global Macro strategies outperformed and the remaining hedge fund strategies were flat, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. To read this article:

(FINalternatives) The 20-person real estate team at Harvard University’s $37 billion endowment will reportedly spin out and become part of a new Bain Capital real estate investment group formed to bring the group aboard. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds are pulling out of gold bets as more exciting moves in equities and cryptocurrencies make safe-haven investments look boring. Money managers cut their bets on a bullion rally at the fastest pace in five months as prices […]