(Opalesque) Effective today, SPR & Co LP, the company created to assume portfolio management of the Canadian diversified asset business of Sprott Asset Management LP, has been re-named Ninepoint Partners LP. The rebranding completes the transition initiated with the August […]

(Opalesque) The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for September 2017 measured 3.72%, up from 3.55% in August. “SS&C’s Forward Redemption Indicator for September 2017 fell to 3.72% as compared to the 4.22% reported for the same period a year ago […]

(Harvest) There’s a slew of new terminology popping up in papers and on the alternative investment conference circuit of late around portfolios which engage strategy types designed to perform well in a crisis. Of course, this has been the main […]

(Bloomberg) Technology tycoons lost $15.5 billion from their fortunes on Monday as a sell-off of the sector’s most valuable companies intensified. Facebook Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg saw the biggest drop in net worth of $3.2 billion, followed by a $1.3 billion […]

(CNBC) Blackrock may be prohibited from collecting some state government fees because an executive made a donation to a presidential candidate last year, according to Reuters. Mark Wiedman, a BlackRock senior managing director, donated $2,700 to the presidential campaign of […]

(Evestment) After a tough run with performance and investor redemptions in the past few years, investors have come back to hedge funds in a big way, adding $13.4 billion to global hedge funds in August. Those new investments coupled with […]

(FINalternatives) Hedge funds posted mild gains last week as continued recovery in global macro and fixed income strategies outweighed renewed weakness in CTAs, according to Lyxor Asset Management’s most recent Weekly Brief. To read this article:

(Reuters) The largest corporate proxy fight in history, between Procter & Gamble Co (PG.N) and activist investor Nelson Peltz, may ultimately be decided by small shareholders like Tom Neubecker. The Cincinnati retiree is among the company’s vast army of individual […]

(Bloomberg) After hitting the $1 trillion milestone this month, the Norwegian wealth fund can expect even more scrutiny going forward. The government is currently looking at a proposal from a committee led by a former central bank governor to separate […]

(Reuters) The Bank of England just gave hedge funds a bloody nose. Warnings from BoE officials – as sudden as they were stark – that interest rates could soon go up have sparked the biggest ever reversal of hedge fund […]

(Bloomberg) Things are looking up for oil and it’s bringing hedge funds back. They haven’t been so bullish on Brent crude since March, and they increased their net wagers on rising West Texas Intermediate prices by the most since December. […]

(FINalternatives) Investment portfolios that include managed futures funds perform better and reduce more risk than those without them, according to new research from the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA). The new paper, entitled “Riding the Wave,” was published jointly by […]