(Reuters) A government watchdog group, Public Citizen, said on Wednesday it will ask lawmakers to investigate whether billionaire investor Carl Icahn should have been subject to lobbying disclosure laws when he advised President Donald Trump to overhaul the U.S. biofuels […]

(Bloomberg) U.S. stocks have piled up $1.5 trillion in market value this year, but hedge funds are bracing for tough times ahead. Based on buying and selling in 2017, managers have stopped loading up on bullish positioning. They’ve also become […]

(Reuters) Innoviva Inc said activist investor Sarissa Capital Management LP had nominated four directors to replace a majority of the drug company’s board. The company’s shares were up 3.1 percent at $12 in early trading on Tuesday. Innoviva, formerly Theravance […]

(Reuters) Entertainment featuring Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and even Harry Potter are now part of a U.S. regulator’s expanded lawsuit accusing two New York men of running a Ponzi scheme centered on the resale of tickets to […]

(Reuters) Key world equity markets fell on Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump’s accusations that he was wiretapped by his predecessor dimmed U.S. tax reform plans, while the dollar rose on improved chances an anti-EU candidate will become France’s president. […]

(Bloomberg) U.S. stocks have piled up $1.5 trillion in market value this year, but hedge funds are bracing for tough times ahead. Based on buying and selling in 2017, managers have stopped loading up on bullish positioning. They’ve also become […]

(FINalternatives) Global alternative investment giant KKR has announced the final close of its latest flagship fund, raising an extraordinary $13.9 billion in capital commitments for its twelfth buyout vehicle. To read this article:

(FINalternatives) Hedge funds dipped slightly last week as global macro funds were impacted by a stronger euro and lower European bond yields, short-term CTAs outperformed and event-driven funds notched their fifth positive week in a row, according to Lyxor Asset […]

(FINalternatives) Alternative investment specialist Investcorp has completed the acquisition and integration of 3i Group’s $11 billion debt management unit and rebranded it as Investcorp Credit Management. To read this article:

(Benzinga) The career of Jacob Wohl, the 19-year-old “Wohl of Wall Street” hedge fund manager, seems to be coming to a quick end. The high school jock who started his own hedge fund as a teenager and reported questionably high […]

(CNBC) Hedge funds, as a group, have a lower return than straight-up market indexes do….A majority — 53 percent — of those surveyed said they expected to produce higher overall earnings for themselves in 2016 compared with 2015… To read […]

(Reuters) Bank stocks are back in vogue for hedge funds, which have shunned the industry over the past seven years due to a squeeze on banks’ profitability from low interest rates and because of their opaque balance sheets. The election […]