(Bloomberg) The pound approached the three-decade low set in the days following the Brexit referendum after U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May said she’ll begin the process of withdrawal from the European Union in the first quarter of 2017. Sterling dropped […]

(Bloomberg) At the turn of the century, hedge-fund billionaire Daniel Och sent protege Michael Cohen, still in his twenties, to spearhead Och-Ziff’s expansion into Europe. Cohen’s team bet so successfully on equities and corporate deals that less than a decade […]

(Hedgetracker.com) The Top Technology, Media and Telecom Hedge Funds now manage $196.4 billion in assets, having seen their assets increase by $7.9 billion, or +4.2% quarter-over-quarter. Twenty-five of the hedge funds on the top TMT list have seen their assets […]

(Hedgetracker.com) The top Quantitative & Arbitrage Hedge Fund Managers now manage $235.8 billion in U.S. equity assets, having seen their assets increase by $11.7 billion, or +5.2% year-to-date. Nearly 60% of the Top Quant Hedge Funds on the list have […]

(Bloomberg) Greenlight Capital, the hedge fund firm led by David Einhorn, posted a decline of 0.9 percent in its main fund in September, paring gains to 4.5 percent for the first three quarters of 2016. The average hedge fund has […]

(Bloomberg) Beneath calm stocks, the volatility market is jumping.Take futures on the CBOE Volatility Index, whose volume surged 50 percent this month and is on pace for a record year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Belying the lull evidenced […]

(FinAlternatives) Canadian investment management company Fiera Capital has agreed to buy London-based emerging market specialist Charlemagne Capital in an all-cash deal valued at around $53 million. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Beneath calm stocks, the volatility market is jumping.Take futures on the CBOE Volatility Index, whose volume surged 50 percent this month and is on pace for a record year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Belying the lull evidenced […]

(Bloomberg) Add China’s quant shops to the list of hedge funds branching out across Asian markets. Quantitative money managers from the world’s second-largest economy are opening offshore funds at a never-before-seen pace, according to Marlon Sanchez, the Asia-Pacific head of […]

(Fin Alternatives) Investors and their advisors are still miles apart in return expectations, according to a new survey by Natixis Global Asset Management, although the vast majority of advisors are turning to tools such as liquid alternatives to diversify their […]

(Reuters) Deutsche Bank shares were indicated down 6.2 percent ahead of the opening of the Frankfurt market on Friday, after Germany’s largest lender admitted it had an image problem with investors as fresh concerns over its stability emerged.The lurch followed […]

(Fin Alternatives) Recent policy decisions by the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan have given a second wind to beleaguered risk parity strategies at managers such as Bridgewater and AQR that rely on rock-bottom interest rates and low market volatility […]