(Daily Alts) VC Funding Down in Q1 But Report Predicts ReversalGlobal venture capital (“VC”) funding took a major dip in the fourth quarter, and the declines extended into the first quarter of 2016, according to a new report from KPMG […]

(CNBC) Sterling may lose one-quarter of its value if the U.K. votes to leave the European Union in its upcoming referendum, the head of a top London hedge fund told CNBC…. To read this article:

(HITC) UBS boosted its recommended allocation to hedge funds for the second time in as many years, saying that the strategy will provide stability amid volatile markets. Bloomberg News reports that the bank increased the share of hedge funds in […]

(Harvest) We are excited to release the full white paper on why Math Matters: Rethinking Investment Returns & How Math Impacts Results by Micah Wakefield, CAIA Director of Research and Product Development, Swan Global Investments. To read this article:

(Reuters) Hedge fund Citadel is launching a new stock-picking unit later this year and has hired industry veteran Richard Schimel to run it, illustrating the $24 billion firm’s commitment to a sector where it has expanded dramatically in the last […]

(Bloomberg) Billionaire investor George Soros said China’s debt-fueled economy resembles the U.S. in 2007-08, before credit markets seized up and spurred a global recession. China’s March credit-growth figures should be viewed as a warning sign, Soros said at an Asia […]

(The Huffington Post) Donald Trump was full of bluster and vitriol when he talked about the financial industry eight months ago. He accused hedge funds of using the tax code to “[get] away with murder.” Trump’s bare-bones tax plan called […]

(Reuters) The exclusive club of Americas-based hedge funds managing more than $1 billion in assets shrunk a bit in 2015 after market gyrations in the second half of the year took a bite out of returns and prompted some investors […]

(Bloomberg) Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Mike Siegel, who oversees about $190 billion at the bank’s asset management arm, said insurers should consider adding to hedge fund holdings, even after such investments slumped, to help diversity portfolios comprised mostly of low-yielding […]

(Reuters) The spread between futures prices for oil delivered in June and July has moved into a backwardation of 17 cents per barrel from a contango of almost 50 cents at the end of last month. Contango tends to be […]

(Daily ALts) Strategic Investor Radio Charley WrightIn this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charlie Wright interviews Ryan Ballantyne of Reality Shares, a San Diego-based asset management firm focused on dividends. Reality Shares issued its first ETF in December 2014 […]

(Bloomberg) The nine-week rally that has restored $3 trillion to U.S. equity values could potentially spur further demand from a group of quantitative traders who make buy or sell decisions based on price trends, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. […]