(Bloomberg) America’s second-longest bull run in stocks on record will end by late 2018, when U.S. credit also will enter its first bear market since the global crisis, according to a Bloomberg survey of fund managers and strategists. The poll […]

(Reuters) Marcato Capital Management LP demanded on Tuesday that Rent-A-Center Inc start the process of selling itself or the activist hedge fund threatened to work to throw out board members up for re-election at next year’s annual meeting. The San […]

(The Business Insider) Jefferies has hired Peter Seccia, a former Goldman Sachs partner, as global head of equity derivatives. He will be based in New York, and will work closely with global head of equities Peter Forlenza and Matt Foulds, […]

(The Business Insider) A $13 billion hedge fund says there’s an aspect to Jeff Bezos’ bid for Whole Foods that is “pure genius” – the fact that Amazon is valued so highly by the market. Highfields Capital Management, a Boston-based […]

(Harvest) Growth and momentum again topped factor performance in the second quarter of 2017, with smaller-cap versions of both factors outpacing their large-cap counterparts. Growth stocks were in such favor during the quarter that the Russell 2000 Pure Growth Index […]

(Harvest) From personal assistants like Siri, to movie suggestions on Netflix, artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming ubiquitous in everyday life. As this technology continues to advance in capability and prevalence, we sought to explore AI and several closely related […]

(Opalesque) The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for July 2017 measured 2.57%, down from 3.59% in June. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator of 2.57% for July 2017 represents a year-over-year improvement from the 2.95% reported in July 2016,” said Bill […]

(The Business Insider) A hedge fund started by a Steve Cohen protégé is up double-digits in 2017. David Fiszel’s Honeycomb Asset Management is up 12.2% after fees over the past six months in its Class A shares.. To read this […]

(FINalternatives) Investor sentiment seems to be broadly catching up with improved investment performance, as capital flows to the hedge fund industry were positive in both second quarter and first half of 2017. However, June’s flows were negative again, notes industry […]

(FINalternatives) The pace of hedge fund redemptions moderated in July from June’s elevated pace and remains below last year’s levels, according to new research from fund administrator SS&C GlobeOp. To read this article:

(FINalternatives) Hedge funds were flat again last week as gains in event-driven, L/S Equity and CTA funds were offset by a decline in Global Macro strategies, according to Lxyor Asset Management’s latest research. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Dan Och still runs the show at Och-Ziff Capital Management Group. He’s the chief executive officer, the chairman of the board and very much the face of the hedge-fund powerhouse he founded more than two decades ago. But in […]