(The Business Insider) Dan Sundheim, the former chief investment officer at Viking Global Investors, is expected to launch a hedge fund next year. And we keep hearing the fund launch is going to be one of the biggest in recent […]

(Bloomberg) The hedge fund industry may be getting one step closer to its robot-guided future. Seventy percent of new hedge funds that will start next year will include investment processes that use computer models, including artificial intelligence and machine-learning technologies, […]

(Bloomberg) Rogue banker confessed to running a Ponzi scheme. But was he hiding a bigger crime? Fabien Gaglio confessed to running a $100 million Ponzi scheme on his own terms. At 9 a.m. on a Wednesday in Paris, dressed elegantly […]

(Harvest) Chair Janet Yellen’s last FOMC decision was talked into financial markets months, if not years in advance. And the Fed increased its economic forecasts somewhat. But not all market participants – or FOMC members, see the future the same […]

(Harvest) The general view is that an investor should pick good managers who have had a track record of success, but a more nuance look at data suggests that buying when good managers underperform can be valuable. Whether past performance […]

(Harvest) Managed futures, as a hedge fund strategy, have moved off of its max drawdown since June, its worst drawdown in the last five years, as measured by the SocGen CTA index. For some investors this type of drawdown means […]

(Bloomberg) John Griffin told investors he’s closing his $6 billion Blue Ridge Capital, ending a three-decade career in hedge funds as the eight-year bull market weighs on his industry. 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 […]

(Bloomberg) For most of the year, trouncing the crowd in equities meant sitting on your technology stocks and waiting for the clock to run out. Over two weeks starting in late November, money managers on Wall Street got a reminder […]

(Bloomberg) Billionaire Alan Howard may be having the worst year of his career as a hedge-fund manager, but the 54-year-old isn’t ready to throw in the towel. His firm, Brevan Howard Asset Management, is bracing for at least $1 billion […]

(Reuters) From Essex binmen to Liverpool councillors, government pension schemes in England and Wales are investing more in hedge funds whose bets, sometimes dictated by algorithms, have included exotic holdings such as Puerto Rican debt. Those running local authority retirement […]

(Reuters) Deckers Outdoor Corp beat back a challenge from activist hedge fund Marcato Capital Management, but shares of the maker of UGG boots fell more than 4 percent on news that all its directors had been re-elected. Shareholders voted to […]