(Value Walk) Hedge funds posted their fifth consecutive month of gains, returning 0.54% in May, while the MSCI World Index was up 0.81%. Asian hedge funds were strong performers this month with both Japanese and Asia ex -Japan hedge funds […]

(CNBC) “Barring a large and unexpected global or financial event, hedge funds are positioned for another year of solid growth,” industry data tracker eVestment wrote in a new report. The company predicts that investors will add about $100 billion or […]

(Financial Times) Mario Draghi has denied that one of the European Central Bank’s top officials disclosed privileged financial information to a select group of hedge fund managers and bankers, saying the facts were already publicly available. FOr More: wwwifinancial times.com

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The chief executive of Henkel & Co KGaA AG (HNKG_p.DE) poured cold water on speculation the consumer goods maker was preparing to buy hair care firm Wella from Procter & Gamble Co (PG.N), saying his company didn’t […]

(Wall Street Journal) A legal victory for J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. stung Appaloosa Management LP and other hedge-fund firms last week, the latest in a streak of soured Wall Street bets on litigation outcomes. Appaloosa was among holders of […]

(Sun Sentinel) A New York hedge fund has acquired 7.1 percent of Fort Lauderdale-based Citrix Systems’ shares and has requested a meeting with the board about operational changes it believes would improve the software company’s stock price. Elliott Management Corp. […]

WINDSOR, Conn. , June 11, 2015 /CNW/ — The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for May 2015 measured 2.20%. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.31% in June. […]

(Reuters) The world’s largest investors in hedge funds added to their holdings over the last year, in spite of the sector’s weak average performance, a study by Preqin showed. Fifty one investors raised their hedge fund allocations to $1 billion […]

(Seeking Alpha) A recent article in Seeking Alpha focused on the traditional role of some of Wall Street’s biggest players: hedge funds. In the six-year bull market that has taken the S&P 500 to new all-time highs, there has been […]

(Reuters LTD) In an article published in Reuters, Hedge fund and activist shareholder FrontFour Capital Corp said on Tuesday it plans to vote against the proposed sale of troubled Canadian producer Legacy Oil + Gas to Crescent Point Energy Corp […]

(Bloomberg.Com) The U.S. has taken Russia’s crown as the world’s biggest oil and natural-gas producer, illustrating the seismic shifts in the global energy landscape caused by America’s shale fields. BP’s Take on the World’s Energy Needs — At A Glance […]

(Reuters.Com) U.S. activist hedge fund Elliott said on Tuesday it is seeking an injunction against Samsung C&T Corp and its directors to block a proposed $8 billion takeover offer from Cheil Industries Inc. Elliott, in a statement, said the deal […]