(Marin Independent Journal) Hedge fund manager James Michael Murray has been sentenced to 15 years in prison following his conviction for 23 felonies — including wire fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft — as well as contempt of court. […]

(Bloomberg) For global equity investors and Shinzo Abe, it’s splitsville. Starting in the first days of 2016, foreign traders have been pulling out of Tokyo’s stock market for 13 straight weeks, the longest stretch since 1998. Overseas investors dumped $46 […]

(Bloomberg) After the worst start to a year since 2008, hedge funds repaired some of the damage in March as investments in equities, fixed income and commodities fueled the best monthly gains in two years. Almost 70 percent of hedge […]

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds are close to calling it quits on the dollar’s best run in a generation.Large speculators cut net bullish positions on the greenback to the lowest in almost two years last week. If they keep trimming at the […]

(HedgeCo.Net)–Ramius LLC (“Ramius”), the global investment management business of Cowen Group, Inc. (“Cowen”) (Nasdaq:COWN), today announced a partnership with Samantha Greenberg’s newly-launched Margate Capital (“Margate”). Margate, a multi-sector equity long/short alternative asset manager, will leverage the institutional infrastructure and operational […]

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds and other large speculators set the biggest bet against Treasuries in five months as Federal Reserve officials debate when to raise interest rates. Net short positions in 10-year futures contracts increased to 117,305 last week, which was […]

(Evestment) Hedge funds are attracting smaller flows in 2016 than in years past. High-net-worth investors are diversifying more broadly outside of the hedge fund space, through liquid alternatives and other similar vehicles. Last year, few hedge fund strategies were successful […]

(The Daily Mail) The departure of one New Jersey resident to Florida has gotten so much attention that lawmakers are calling for changing the state’s tax structure…. The spotlight turned to hedge fund manager David Tepper this week when legislative […]

(Forbes) Hedge Fund Manager Ray Dalio’s flagship Pure Alpha hedge fund is off to a bad start this year and is down 6.75% in 2016. Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s biggest hedge fund firm, which manages […]

(Reuters) Hedge funds investing in China lost an average of 7.4 percent in the first quarter of 2016, the fallout of a turbulent three months for the world’s second largest economy, all but wiping out all the previous year’s profits, […]

(Bloomberg) Managers of some of the best-performing funds from Berlin to New York are buying Russian ruble assets as the currency has rebounded 23 percent from a record low. Stuart Sclater-Booth, who helps oversee more than $40 billion at Stone […]

(Reuters) A New York state judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by one hedge fund manager against another, finding the plans the two made to launch a new fund weren’t definite enough to form an enforceable contract. Jonathan Lipton sued Michael […]