NYP – Hedge fund mogul Paul Singer started off 2015 with a rare miss — the first quarter in almost three years that one of his hedge funds has been down and one of only 12 in his stellar 38-year […]

Forbes – Two Sigma Investments, the Manhattan-based quantitative hedge fund that manages $24 billion, sued a former vice president on Thursday who had been working to start his own hedge fund firm. Two Sigma claims that Sergey Fein, 34, a […]

NYT – The two men share a passion for unbridled markets, concerns about the Internal Revenue Service and a skeptical view of climate change. Now the two — Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, and Robert Mercer, a Wall Street […]

Forbes – Everyone is looking for certainty in investing. How about an investor that has made money on 88% of their activist investments? To be sure, it’s an amazing win rate, and the investor behind it is the activist hedge […]

CNBC – The steep decline in oil prices is seen as an opportunity by many hedge funds. But picking out the bonds of distressed oil companies can also be a dangerous game. Take Kamunting Street Capital Management, which is essentially […]

CNBC – Hedge funds that rely on sophisticated computer algorithms to invest are once again producing the industry’s best returns. Funds managed by ISAM, Cantab, AHL, Systematica and others produced double-digit gains over the first three months of 2015, according […]

Reuters – Former Taconic Capital Advisors portfolio manager Kelly Hampaul is preparing to launch his own hedge fund in the second half of the year, sources said, joining a string of other high profile European start-ups expected in coming months. […]

Bloomberg – Klagenfurt has long been a magnet for visitors from around the world, attracted by the idyllic Woerthersee lake and the Karawanken mountain range that the region shares with Slovenia. Now this city of 97,000, the capital of the […]

Arab Times – The co-founder of privately-owned Kuwaiti oil firm Zahra Group is set to launch a new $100 million global equities hedge fund targeting ethical investments, the biggest Gulf launch for five years. The fund will invest using the […]

Bloomberg – Billionaire John Paulson’s merger strategy has gained 10 percent this year lifted by consolidation among drugmakers. The $19.3 billion New York-based firm posted a 0.7 percent return last month in a merger fund that uses leverage to amplify […]

Bloomberg – For U.S. shale drillers, the crash in oil prices came with a $26 billion safety net. That’s how much they stand to get paid on insurance they bought to protect themselves against a bear market — as long […]

WSJ – A well-known hedge-fund manager is taking a novel approach to making money: filing and publicizing patent challenges against pharmaceutical companies while also betting against their shares. Kyle Bass, head of Hayman Capital Management LP—which made a fortune wagering […]