(The Business Insider) Swiss bank UBS Group is expanding an internal hedge fund under new chief investment officer Kevin Russell. UBS O’Connor, the $5.6 billion multi-strategy fund unit of UBS Asset Management, has hired 7 portfolio managers for new roles […]

(Bloomberg) Forget about the “precarious” state of China’s banking system seen by hedge fund manager Kyle Bass. And the George Soros notion that China resembles the U.S. before its 2008 subprime crisis. Long-time China bear Jim Walker says the biggest […]

(Daily Alts) Institutional Investors Turn to Alts to Boost ReturnsBNY Mellon has partnered with FT Remark to produce a white paper titled Split Decisions, based on the survey responses of 400 senior executives at institutional investment firms (conducted by BNY […]

(Harvest) After seven years of expansion, the US economy appears to be headed for a recession. Earlier this month, a weak jobs report bolstered fears that hiring has been slowing and hundreds of thousands have been dropping out of the […]

(Hedgetracker) The Top Energy Hedge Funds list has been released, revealing that the largest hedge fund investors in Energy companies manage more than $81 billion in energy assets. 13 of the hedge funds on this quarter’s list devoted more than […]

(Forbes) One of the most successful REIT investors today is an activist in the tradition of Carl Icahn, only a lot smaller. Meet Jonathan Litt of Land & Buildings Investment Management, a hedge fund based in Stamford, Conn. His specialties […]

(Reuters) A Manhattan hedge fund manager was charged on Wednesday with trading on confidential tips about drug approvals, in one of the biggest insider trading cases since a 2014 court ruling made it harder for U.S. prosecutors to pursue them. […]

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds will be asked to take a hit as Iceland embarks on the last crucial step in dismantling its more than seven-year-old capital control regime. The central bank is on Thursday offering part of its foreign currency reserves […]

(Bloomberg) In a historically bad year for hedge funds, one of their close relatives is thriving. Computer-driven quants, which pick shares based on factors like momentum and size, have been the only hedge fund category to increase stock holdings in […]

(FinAlternatives) Hedge funds were up in May but underperformed world market benchmarks, according to a flash update from Eurekahedge, while nearly half of the managers in the company’s universe remain in the red for the year. To read this article:

(FinAlternatives) Investors have amassed their largest cash pile since 2001 and cut equity holdings to a four-year low, according to a new survey by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Worries over a Brexit and policymakers’ ability to bolster a fragile […]

(Reuters) The world’s biggest banks including Citi and Goldman Sachs will draft in senior traders to work through the night following Britain’s referendum on EU membership, set to be among the most volatile 24 hours for markets in a quarter […]