(Bloomberg) Billionaire George Soros cut his firm’s investments in U.S. stocks by more than a third in the first quarter and bought a $264 million stake in the world’s biggest bullion producer Barrick Gold Corp. The value of Soros Fund […]

(Bloomberg) Ray Dalio’s $154 billion Bridgewater Associates became the first foreign hedge fund manager to win approval to set up a wholly owned investment-management business in China, according to Shanghai-based consulting firm Z-Ben Advisors. Bridgewater won permission to set up […]

(Reuters) Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) revealed a more than $1 billion stake in Apple Inc (AAPL.O) in a rare foray into the technology sector, which Buffett has largely shunned apart from a poorly performing investment in IBM (IBM.N). […]

(Bloomberg) Forty-five days after the end of each quarter, investors scour the quarterly filings of hedge fund managers to glean trading ideas and suss out trends. Here are some highlights from the latest round of 13F filings, which list the […]

(CNBC) Hedge funds are well and truly back in vogue, according to a new report by global bank Citi, which has outlined some of the fastest growing investment products in the entire asset management industry… To read this article:

(Reuters) Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund with around $150 billion in assets under management, has set up an investment management unit in Shanghai, according to a Chinese government website filing, signaling that the firm is looking to expand […]

(Daily Alts) Virtus Shutters Trio of Alternative Mutual FundsEven as some asset managers continue to expand their alternative platforms, others are cutting back or even pulling the plug entirely. Virtus Investment Partners, which launched a trio of alternative mutual funds […]

(The Huffington Post) Hedge funds are waging lobbying wars that would boost their profits by billions of dollars. Take Robert Shapiro. A Harvard-trained political economist, Shapiro is the head of a consulting firm called Sonecon. That business card doesn’t do […]

(Marketwatch) Gold prices have risen nearly 20% since January 1, making the opening months of this year the best time to be a gold bug in three decades….The demand for physical gold was up 21% in the first quarter of […]

(Bloomberg) Soybeans got another bullish boost from hedge funds. In the week ended May 10, speculators increased net-long positions in the oilseed by 20 percent on the Chicago Board of Trade to 201,782 futures and options contracts, the highest since […]

(Bloomberg) Russian assets, which are among the most volatile in the world, are bringing hedge fund managers the best returns in emerging markets. Funds with a geographical focus on the country have gained an average 29 percent since the start […]

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds expanded their bullish bets on silver to an all-time high even as this year’s hottest metals rally began to fade. Money managers added to their net-long positions in silver for the fourth time in five weeks, chasing […]