Bloomberg – Axonic Capital LLC, LibreMax Capital LLC and Saba Capital Management LP are among firms positioning to provide loans as more than $1 trillion in commercial real-estate debt originated before the property crash comes due over the next three […]

Bloomberg – Traders who anticipated a year when riskier bets would pay off are overhauling their foreign- exchange positions after an emerging-markets rout led to the biggest currency-fund losses to start the year since 2004. Hedge funds and other large speculators […]

CNBC – The chief investment officer of $1.23 billion hedge fund firm Apex Capital wrote a scathing letter on Feb. 3 to the board of business intelligence software company MicroStrategy, calling for a new CEO and various corporate changes. But the […]

Reuters – Arden Asset Management, which has been offering retail clients at Fidelity a way to sample hedge funds for more than a year, is branching out with a second mutual fund that will give other brokerage customers similar access […]

IntelliHub – This week 50-year-old Mike Dueker,  the chief economist of a US investment bank was found dead close to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington State. Dueker is the fourth banker to be reported dead this week under suspicious circumstances, with all four […]

Reuters – U.S. financial regulators have formed a working group to coordinate implementation of the Volcker rule, which bans banks from proprietary trading, top regulatory officials plan to tell lawmakers on Wednesday [Feb. 5]. The group has already met to […]

Independent – Owl Creek Asset Management, one of last year’s best-performing hedge-fund firms, is betting against Denmark’s sovereign bonds in anticipation of a debt crisis, sources told Bloomberg. Danes owe their creditors 321pc of disposable incomes, a world record that […]

International Business Times – Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass believes investors can still profit by lending to Argentina, Latin America’s third-largest economy. Bass does not think Argentina’s $475bn (£291bn, €351bn) economy will burden creditors with losses an eighth time. Read Complete […]

NYP – Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square has climbed into the top ranks of hedge funds in January with a 4 percent gain, according to investor reports. Pershing Square’s $12 billion firm outdid the S&P 500, which had a glum month, […]

Motley Fool – The latest 13F season is here, when many money managers issue required reports on their holdings. It can be worthwhile to pay attention, as you might get an investment idea or two by seeing what some major […]

Reuters – Hedge fund Elliott Management Corp, which owns a 6.2 percent stake in Juniper Networks Inc , has prepared a slate of directors in the event that the network equipment maker’s pending turnaround plan does not achieve goals laid […]