Guardian – With growing inequality and the civil unrest from Ferguson and the Occupy protests fresh in people’s mind, the world’s super rich are already preparing for the consequences. At a packed session in Davos, former hedge fund director Robert […]

Bloomberg – In the hedge-fund world, there is no more closely guarded secret than what stock a firm is preparing to target. But recently, a few fund managers have discovered that their plans may not be as secret as they […]

JBD – Besides climbing to the top of the hedge fund world, activist investor Bill Ackman has become one of the most successful hedge fund managers of all time after his Pershing Square made huge profits from big bets on […]

Bloomberg – Hedge funds boosted bearish wagers on oil to a four-year high as U.S. supplies grew the most since 2001. Money managers increased short positions in West Texas Intermediate crude to the highest level since September 2010 in the […]

Forbes – It wasn’t a fantastic year for the world’s largest hedge fund firm, but Bridgewater Associates’ key All Weather fund did finish in solid positive territory in 2014, returning 8.6% net of fees, according to an investment report reviewed […]

Reuters – Man Group’s computer-driven hedge funds gained up to 5.7 percent through mid-January, party benefiting from the Swiss National Bank’s move to get rid of a cap on the franc that sent the Swiss currency soaring last week. Man’s […]

Business Insider – Hedge funds are known for pulling in the big bucks, and with that comes compensation. Lots of it. However, according to data from the online investor network SumZero, the majority of hedge fund analysts don’t actually make more […]

Reuters – Former global head of foreign exchange at Citigroup, Anil Prasad, is preparing to launch his own macro hedge fund in early April with initial start-up capital of at least $500 million, three sources familiar with the matter said. […]

CNBC – A hedge fund manager told clients he is “truly sorry” for losing virtually all their money. Owen Li, the founder of Canarsie Capital in New York, said Tuesday he had lost all but $200,000 of the firm’s capital—down […]

BuisnessWeek – Lynx Asset Management AB, which operates Sweden’s top-performing hedge fund, says the recent surge in market volatility has driven its best performance since it was created 16 years ago. “It’s become more exciting,” Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder […]

NYP – Wall Street is buzzing about hedge-fund hotshot Zach Schreiber, whose New York firm reaped $1 billion last year betting on the oil bust, Bloomberg News reported. Schreiber — a relative unknown even in hedge-fund circles — sounded the […]

ValueWalk – London is one of the most expensive cities in the world to live in, but if you are employed in the financial industry and can hang on for a few years, you will certainly be able to afford […]