(New York Post) The hedge fund at the center of a municipal union kickback scheme just got kicked in the pants again. Platinum Partners, which allegedly paid a $60,000 kickback to Norman Seabrook, the then-president of the New York City […]

(Reuters) Continued hedge fund liquidation of former bullish bets on oil and the establishment of new short positions have kept crude prices on the defensive over the last month.Hedge funds and other money managers cut their bullish bets on crude […]

(Bloomberg) Poor performance by hedge funds continues to be a hot topic, but no one wants to take the blame for low returns. A survey conducted by Morgan Stanley Equity Strategist Adam Parker highlights the ostrich-like way much of the […]

(FinAlternatives) Investors will boost allocations to alternative investments within the next five years, according to a new survey from financial services giant Northern Trust, and increase their focus on environmental, social and governance factors in the process. To read this […]

(FinAlternatives) Hedge fund returns stayed in positive territory last week as the CTA winning streak rolled on, according to the latest edition of Lyxor Asset Management’s Weekly Brief. To read this article:

(Hedgetracker) The impact of the recent Brexit vote in the UK is still being analysed by many international and London based fund managers. The Brexit decision has caused uncertainty in the asset management sector in London, with managers exploring the […]

(The Business Insider) An emerging-markets hedge fund run by Man Group’s Numeric Investors has had a stellar start to the year. The fund is up 7.75% this year through June, according to a person familiar with the returns. The $1 […]

(Forbes) Hedge fund activists have attracted hundreds of billions of dollars in investor capital over the past decade with a strategy to bring accountability into corporate boardrooms….But who is holding the activists accountable? Missing from the debate on hedge fund […]

(Bloomberg) The future of London as the hedge-fund capital of Europe, along with the 700 billion pounds ($906 billion) of assets money managers control, may be determined by a market watchdog this month. The Paris-based European Securities and Markets Authority […]

(Bloomberg) Kieran Cavanna, who ran external investments for billionaire George Soros’s family office until last year, started a fund of hedge funds that will focus on equities and macroeconomic trends, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Cavanna, […]

(Reuters) – Wall Street’s top banks were almost evenly split over whether the Federal Reserve would raise U.S. interest rates in 2016, with a poll following Friday’s strong jobs data showing a razor-thin majority expect the central bank to raise […]

(FinAlternatives) Hedge Fund Research’s HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index is the latest industry benchmark to show the global hedge fund industry came through June in decent shape, despite massive dislocations in currency, equity, fixed income and commodity markets following Britain’s […]