(FINalternatives) A rising number of newly launched hedge funds are employing non-equity-based investment strategies, according to a new study released by alternative investments law firm Seward & Kissel. To read this article:

(FINalternatives) Hedge funds benefitted from strong performance in U.S. equities in February and encouraging economic data in the region, according to a flash reading of Eurekahedge’s Hedge Fund Index, with 11% of managers posting returns greater than 5% during the […]

(Opalesque) Hennessee Group LLC announced that the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index gained +0.99% for the month (+2.97% YTD), while the S&P 500 rose +3.72% (+5.58% YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased +4.77% (+5.42% YTD), and the NASDAQ Composite Index […]

(Opalesque) Hedge funds gained 0.99% during the month of February. Meanwhile underlying markets as represented by the MSCI AC World Index (Local) gained 2.72% over the same period. February was marked by strong performance in US equities on the back […]

(Risk.net) The growth of shale oil production and the increasing dominance of financial markets on the oil price mean the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) is reversing its distaste for hedge fund investors. To read this article

(Bloomberg) Billionaire Paul Singer is reopening his hedge fund to additional cash to take advantage of upcoming investment opportunities, according to people familiar with the matter.Investors will be able to start committing their money to the multistrategy hedge fund in […]

(Financial Post) This hedge fund is only looking one day ahead. That delivered a 30 per cent return in 2016 for the London-based Runestone Capital Fund, which crunched more than 700 variables to develop a quantitative model for trading U.S. […]

(Valuewalk) The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), one of the world’s largest hedge fund allocators, has officially changed the fee structure it will pay fund managers, ValueWalk has learned. We first reported the proposed move to change the hedge […]

(Bloomberg) Months of losses and a decision to cut long-running short bets prompted clients of Horseman Capital Management to pull about 10 percent of the money in its flagship global hedge fund. The Horseman Global Fund, which is overseen by […]

(Bloomberg) Short-term investors are escaping emerging markets ahead of a likely U.S. interest-rate hike this week amid concern a strengthening dollar will undermine credit quality in developing nations. Meanwhile, longer-term investors have increased their exposure, pointing to equity and currency […]

(Reuters) Brevan Howard Asset Management, a British hedge fund, has sought an injunction to prevent Reuters publishing a story that the firm says is based on confidential information. A spokesman for Brevan Howard, one of Europe’s biggest hedge fund management […]

(FINalternatives) Global alternative asset manager Carlyle Group has named former First Avenue Partners executive Ben Schryber as a managing director in the firm’s New York office, where he will lead credit sales and business development efforts globally. To read this […]