(Agrimoney) Hedge funds returned to net selling in agricultural commodities for the first time since June, as the exit of risk premium from grains more than offset a scramble to cut bearish bets on softs – in cocoa, at the […]

(Reuters) Former Millennium Capital Partners and Brevan Howard Asset Management trader Arnaud Langlois is preparing to launch equities hedge fund Terreneuve Capital, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Langlois plans to launch Terreneuve – which will use a […]

(Bloomberg) Trading in blue-chip stocks and trillions of dollars of derivatives could be thrown into turmoil by the European Union’s MiFID II regulatory overhaul unless the bloc acts fast to give financial firms full freedom to transact in foreign markets. […]

(Business Live) Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest lender by assets, plans to start a prime brokerage next month to benefit from regulatory changes in SA it expects will boost the hedge fund industry. The bank anticipates having five hedge fund […]

(Harvest) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s declining clout could affect BOJ policy.After Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his Cabinet on 3 August, the big question is whether his administration can regain public support. In just the last two months, Abe’s […]

(Harvest) Earlier this summer we traveled to India—it was a good time to visit. The country has put through some ambitious reforms in recent years under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who took office in May 2014. India’s […]

(HedgeWeek) Following a frustrating period in June, three of the Societe Generale’s CTA indices posted positive performance in Jul, with the SG CTA index was up 0.73 per cent, but still down year to date at -2.74 per cent, the […]

(FINalternatives) Strong performance among Asian hedge funds through the second quarter is having an effect on asset flows, according to new data from Hedge Fund Research, with the alternative investment segment seeing its first quarterly inflows in two years and […]

(FINalternatives) Investors have continued to redeem their capital from beleaguered hedge fund manager Och-Ziff Capital Management, pulling a total of $2.9 billion out in the last four months, although at a slower pace as the company posts strong performance and […]

(FINalternatives) Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management has taken an 8% stake worth about $4 billion in payroll and benefits giant Automatic Data Processing, and is pushing the company for board seats in what ADP characterized on Friday as a […]

(FINalternatives) Infamous former hedge fund manager and one-time pharmaceuticals company CEO Martin Shkreli was found guilty of three securities fraud-related charges on Friday, capping a month long trial and five days of jury deliberations. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Shares of India’s banks may be set for a pullback, according to Vikas Gattani, chief investment officer at Singapore-based fund manager Progress Asia Capital and Advisors Pte. “In the absence of any sharp uptick in banking credit and a […]