Bloomberg – Hedge funds cut bets on rising oil prices at the fastest pace since December 2012 as U.S. inventories expanded to the highest in more than three decades. Speculators pared their net-long position in West Texas Intermediate crude by […]

AgriMoney – Hedge fund optimism in agricultural commodity prices, as measured by positioning in derivatives, plunged at its fastest rate in 20 months, led by a surge in pessimism over values of wheat and sugar, in which bearish bets hit […]

ValueWalk – Although the hedge fund industry has been steadily recovering from when it hit rock bottom in 2008, it still is underperforming some key benchmarks. Nonetheless, institutional investors are still happy with the industry’s performance, as IBISWorld reports that […]

Arabian Business – Dalma Capital Management Limited, a Dubai-based hedge fund manager, has announced that high profile business tycoon Mishal Kanoo has been appointed to its board as a licensed director. Mishal Kanoo is also the deputy chairman of The […]

Scotland Herald – One of Scotland’s best known law firms is being sued for £28 million in connection with alleged fraud at a failed hedge fund, it has emerged. Glasgow-based Levy & McRae is being pursued by the liquidator of […]

CNBC – Tiger Consumer Management, the nearly 15-year-old hedge fund firm led by Patrick McCormack and with close ties to Julian Robertson’s Tiger Management, is shutting down at the end of March. “Managing a fundamentally driven, long/short equity hedge fund […]

Reuters – Eric Mindich’s $9 billion hedge fund Eton Park retured 3.7 percent in February, having made money by betting against the Japanese yen and euro and by putting on new positions in Asian dairy companies, an investor in his […]

Benzinga – Who will be the next Apple? What company with what disruptive idea will turn the world of technology upside down? In this series, Benzinga interviewed CEOs of several technology startups that are making waves today in hopes of […]

Sydney Morning Herald – High-flying hedge funds are increasing their bets there will be more corporate takeovers in Australia – but they insist retail investors need to do a lot more homework than simply following suit in a frothy market. […]

Reuters – Long-time Viking Global Investors executive Tom Purcell is leaving the $32 billion hedge fund to invest his personal fortune and pursue other interests, the firm said this week in a letter to investors. Purcell, 44, who joined Viking […]

Business Times – Morgan Stanley is reviving after a two-year absence an annual event in China that showcases Asia-focused hedge funds to potential investors, said people with knowledge of the matter. The bank plans to hold this year’s Asian hedge-fund […]

NYT – Goldman Sachs is moving a top executive, David Z. Solomon, from a post working with the bank’s hedge fund clients to a new position that entails working on one of Goldman’s in-house hedge funds. The bank announced the […]