(Bloomberg) The tax man cometh for some of the richest money managers in the U.S. They’ve had eight years to dream up a dodge. So far, no luck. The deadline they face is Dec. 31, 2017. That’s when a loophole […]

(Bloomberg) Troy Dixon had hit the big time: he’d gone, as they say in his old neighborhood, from “Hollis to Hollywood.” It was a June night last year at the Apollo Theater, the legendary Harlem spot that’s helped launch stars […]

(Bloomberg) The fallout from hedge funds’ roughest stretch since the financial crisis is seeping into the world’s investment haven. Caribbean-domiciled investors, considered a proxy for hedge funds and other leveraged accounts, dumped Treasuries by the yacht-load in April, offloading a […]

(Yahoo News) Pieter Taselaar, Lucerne Capital Management Hedge Fund Manager, discusses his European plays and what investors should be looking at ahead of the Brexit referendum. To read this article:

(Financial Review) Hedge fund giant Fortress Investment Group has attacked a deal which could hand poker machine king Len Ainsworth a near $500 million fortune as proxy investors near a deadline to cast their votes on the controversial transaction. The […]

(Reuters)) Blackstone Group LP, the world’s biggest investor in hedge funds, said on Wednesday that it bought a minority stake in $13 billion hedge fund Marathon Asset Management. Marathon, which was founded by Bruce Richards and Louis Hanover in 1998, […]

(HITC Business) And now it looks as if he could lose his freedom too. A New York hedge fund founder who before turning age 30 lost nearly all of the roughly $57m he oversaw in less than three weeks is […]

(Bloomberg) Hedge-fund managers are sensing opportunity. After enduring the worst first-quarter returns since the start of the financial crisis, the prospect of Britain voting to leave the European Union is creating the market turmoil that can make them money. As […]

(Reuters) Hedge funds cut their net long position in the main crude futures and options contracts by 63 million barrels, 10 percent, in the week to June 14, as the rally in oil prices showed signs of running out of […]

(Agrimoney) posted on Tue 21 Jun 2016 Permalink Print Hedge funds hiked their net long in agricultural commodities to the highest in more than two years, led by the most bullish positioning in softs since 2008 – but providing ammunition […]

(HFMWeek.Com) Brevan Howard co-founder James Vernon has relinquished his role as group COO to take on a non-executive role, HFMWeek can reveal. The move means Vernon no longer has any day-to-day involvement with the global macro manager he founded in […]

(Reuters) Hedge funds, banks and insurance companies have recently jumped into “marketplace lending,” drawing the attention of U.S. regulators, who said on Tuesday they are concerned that borrowing by consumers and small businesses through online platforms may pose risks to […]