(Reuters) To make money from the sharp fall in oil prices this year, it helped if you weren’t human.While a handful of big name traders have profited from some of oil’s 35 percent plunge, it has been computer-based or “systematic” […]

(HITC) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been building its own algorithms over about the past two years to better police trading of securities tied to mortgages and auto loans. In doing so, it says it’s now uncovered billions […]

(Bloomberg) Hedge fund managers have complained all year about a lack of liquidity and volatile markets in explaining some of the worst performance since the financial crisis. Yet a handful of multi billion-dollar firms including Blackstone Group LP, D.E. Shaw, […]

(Wall Street Journal Interactive) One of the country’s biggest traders is going to war with its regulator. Don Wilson Jr.,the founder of DRW Investments LLC, is fighting allegations by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that his firm placed manipulative bets […]

(Reuters) Former Millennium Capital Partners portfolio manager Marko Soldo is planning to launch an equities hedge fund firm, Talarium Capital, sources familiar with the plans said.Backed by Sweden’s Brummer & Partners, the fund would start with at least $100 million, […]

(Harvest) Another year is almost in the books and 2015 was most certainly a wild ride for ETF investors. Nearly every corner of the market experienced its fair share of volatility this year. However, several unique corners of the ETF […]

(Bloomberg) SunEdison Inc. sank the most in a month after Appaloosa Management LP, a hedge fund run by billionaire David Tepper, sought documents from TerraForm Power Inc. on a recent management shakeup there and on acquisitions its parent company recently […]

(Bloomberg) Claren Road Asset Management, the hedge fund manager majority owned by Carlyle Group LP, suffered $950 million in withdrawal requests in the fourth quarter, according to a person familiar with the matter, leaving assets 85 percent below their peak […]

(New York Times) Martin Shkreli, who was arrested last week on securities fraud charges, has been ousted from his second pharmaceutical company. KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, a California biotechnology company that Mr. Shkreli gained control ofin November, announced on Monday that he […]

(The Business Insider) Norges Bank Investment Management has sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission supporting IEX Group, the stock-trading venue at the center of Michael Lewis’ book “Flash Boys.” The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, which manages $824 […]

(New York Post) The Securities and Exchange Commission just can’t let go of Michael Steinberg. The regulator said in court papers on Monday that it will try to use the former SAC Capital trader to prove its “failure to supervise” […]

(Valuewalk.com) Niche Hedge Funds – Illustrating how relatively niche hedge funds are dominating the HSBC Hedge Weeklyperformance rankings in 2015, the $53 million Higher Moment Capital Opportunities fund is currently leading the performance reporting list as the year end approaches. […]