(Yahoo Finance) For decades, the US dollar has held the title as the world’s de facto reserve currency, providing significant benefits for the American economy. But the dollar would likely lose value during a Trump presidency, says Bremmer. Given Trump’s […]

(Reuters) – UK-based Aon Plc’s human resources and consulting services unit Aon Hewitt hired Alison Trusty as hedge fund researcher in its liquid alternatives manager research team, the company said. In her new role, Trusty will be responsible for sourcing, […]

(Bloomberg) Blackstone Group LP, the world’s largest private equity manager, expects this month to finish raising the biggest buyout pool yet designed to mimic the long-term, buy-and-hold strategy of Warren Buffett. New York-based Blackstone expects to garner about $5 billion […]

(The Business Insider) The billionaire investor and founder of Icahn Enterprises decided on Thursday to dredge up one of his old feuds. He told CNBC that Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman was “dead wrong” in his short position in Herbalife, a […]

(Reuters) Financial markets, particularly equities, may be under-pricing the risk of Britain leaving the European Union, the world’s largest asset manager said on Thursday, two weeks before Britons vote in a referendum on EU membership. Owen Murfin, co-lead manager for […]

(Hedgetracker.com) The top Mid-Sized Hedge Funds now oversee a combined $65.8 billion in assets, according to Hedge Tracker’s most recent rankings. This quarter’s list is led by Aravt Global, Lumina Fund Management and Fine Capital Partners. Notably, twenty-one hedge funds […]

(Deal Book) Hedge fund titans once ran their firms like elite private clubs, picking who made it past the velvet rope and how much they would pay for access to supercharged performance.Years of poor performance have now led a number […]

(Bloomberg) June 24 will be a day of superlatives for the pound, whichever way Britain votes. The day after next week’s referendum on European Union membership, the pound will either sink to the lowest level in more than three decades […]

(Insider Monkey) Our analysis of the latest round of 13F filings has shown a number of stocks that saw increased interest from hedge fund managers, that more than doubled the value of hedge funds’ holdings at the end of the […]

(HITC) UBS, which said last month it’s looking for ways to cut costs, is eliminating some management positions in its U.S. wealth unit and reducing the number of financial advisers recruited from competitors…..And Goldman Sachs has cut staff in Russia […]

(CNBC) We might be at the very end of this economic cycle, and the remarks by legendary investors Carl Icahn and George Soros signal it, said Jeff Rosenberg, BlackRock’s chief investment strategist for fixed income. “I think the message there […]

(Hedgeweek) The latest report from Preqin finds that increasing numbers of active investors and a positive general view of performance among existing investors have driven inflows into CTAs over recent quarters. The number of institutional investors actively investing in CTAs […]