(Harvest) We’re coming to the end of another wild year. In January, the markets recorded the worst start to any year in history . . . and now we’re floating towards DOW 20,000. Just a crazy roller coaster ride! Regardless […]

(Bloomberg) Investors just keep pulling money from the funds…Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., for example, noted in an investor call Friday that it planned to reduce its hedge fund allocation to just $800 million by the end of next year, from […]

(Harvest) We are forecasting a pickup in growth in Emerging Markets in 2017. However, of course, the outlook from the returns perspective could be influenced by what’s happening in the U.S., given that interest rates have started to move upwards […]

(Forbes) On November 30, President-elect Donald Trump announced his pick for Secretary of Treasury: Goldman alum Steven Mnuchin, who was identified in a statement from Trump’s team as chairman and co-CEO of “one of the country’s premier investment firms.” What […]

(Valuewalk) Certain hedge funds have taken it on the chin in 2016. New data from Hedge Fund Research (HFR) shows new launches down year-over-year amid a higher number of closings and steadily falling hedge fund fee revenue. The moves come […]

(The Business Insider) Ben Axler’s Spruce Point Capital Management, a stock-focused hedge fund, has released a new report on Ultimate Software, a tech company…… To read this article:

Citadel, the $26 billion hedge fund run by Ken Griffin, has a new offspring. Fortune posted on Mon 19 Dec 2016 Permalink Print Joseph Rotter, a former top Citadel exec, has launched a fund at Neuberger Berman. It is the […]

(Bloomberg) Investors just keep pulling money from the funds…Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., for example, noted in an investor call Friday that it planned to reduce its hedge fund allocation to just $800 million by the end of next year, from […]

(Telegraph) One of the world’s most formidable activist investors played a pivotal role in triggering 21st Century Fox’s bid £11.7bn bid for Sky, it has emerged. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Gold is in the doldrums.Prices have fallen for six straight weeks, the worst streak in a year, as prospects for higher U.S. borrowing costs damped demand for gold, a for non-interest-bearing asset. Investors don’t seem too optimistic about the […]

(CNBC) Hedge fund liquidations in 2016 are on track to hit the highest number since the financial crisis, while launches during the third quarter slumped to lows not seen since the first quarter of 2009, according to data from Hedge […]

(Bloomberg) After the financial crisis, regulators were worried about too much risk being concentrated in too few hands.They are still concerned, but the hands have changed. The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Financial Research is devoted to worrying about everything and […]