(Bloomberg) One attorney who specializes in hedge funds told me that private-placement memorandums and a hedge fund’s founding documents typically contained boilerplate language that used to give the fund a lot of discretion regarding expenses and fees. So long as […]

(The Telegraph) The UK is a particularly attractive destination for activists, he adds. Unlike in continental Europe, many British companies have dispersed shareholder registers, making it easier for funds to build stakes and push for change. Policymakers also increasingly want […]

(Bloomberg) Yoshinori Nomura felt like weeping. It was the morning of June 24, Brexit day, and markets were moving against him. Well, not against him, exactly. It was the hedge fund manager’s self-learning computer program that had placed the bet, […]

(Bloomberg) It might be considered absurd, if not for the unprecedented contortions in global financial markets. Pacific Investment Management Co.’s largest international bond fund and China are piling into negative-yielding Japanese debt, buying securities that pay out less than the […]

(Bloomberg) Investor interest in hedge funds betting on distressed credit is growing as weaker economic growth creates more investment opportunities, according to Morgan Stanley. Almost half of investors surveyed by the U.S. bank’s prime brokerage unit said they may start […]

(CNBC) With the Nasdaq composite just below record highs, here are the stocks the best tech stock-picking hedge funds think will ride any rally higher.CNBC PRO used Symmetric.io, a hedge fund tracking research firm, to find the top tech stocks […]

(Fin Alternatives) Hillary Clinton is heavily favored to win the November presidential election, according to a new survey by the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable, despite mixed opinions about which candidate would be better for the economy and stock market. […]

(Fin Alternatives) Investors pulled an additional $5.7 billion from hedge funds in July, the third consecutive monthly outflow, to bring total redemptions to $20.7 billion over the period. To read this article:

(Fin ALternatives) Hedge funds continued to trim equity positions in the second quarter despite improving market sentiment, according to the latest edition of S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Hedge Fund Tracker report. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones, who’s facing his worst performance since the global financial crisis, wants to show investors he hasn’t lost his mojo. Jones, the legendary macro trader, boosted the amount of money he’s managing, including borrowed capital, to […]

(Bloomberg) Poor, poor hedge funds.Returns have plummeted and investors are fleeing. Pensions headed for the exits, and now endowments are close behind.No hedge fund seems to be immune from the fallout. Brevan Howard and Tudor Investment are just the latest […]