Barron’s – Here are some of the opportunities hedge-fund investors are likely to hear more about in 2014. In many cases, these are risk-taking opportunities, from syndicated loans to mortgages, that U.S. and foreign banks can no longer afford to […]

Bloomberg – Copper analysts are the most bullish in three weeks after manufacturing expanded from the U.S. to Europe and hedge funds bet on higher prices for the first time since November. Fourteen analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News expect prices to gain this week, four are […]

WSJ – Tucked away in a river bend behind a curtain of redwood trees, Scotia is an old-fashioned company town with a contemporary twist: The company that owns the town is a New York hedge fund. Marathon Asset Management, with […]

NYP – It could be one heckuva New Year’s Eve party for hedge fund titan David Tepper — again. The founder of Appaloosa Management, with more than $20 billion under management, is looking at a possible $3 billion-plus payday in […]

Reuters – Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. will compensate firms on Tuesday [Dec. 31] for qualifying claims related to Facebook Inc.’s botched May 2012 initial public offering, the exchange operator said in a note to traders on Friday [Dec. 27]. Nasdaq said […]

BusinessWeek – Japanese hedge funds are heading for record returns this year as investors bet that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s policies will succeed in reviving the world’s third-largest economy. Stratton Street Capital LLP’s warrant fund returned more than 300 percent, […]

ValueWalk – Several hedge funds closed up shop this year or returned capital to maintain their size, but at the same time there were some who took this year to launch new funds and increased their size with new staff. As the year is […]

BizJournal – One of Raleigh’s premier hedge funds is set to come under new ownership, pending the results of a stakeholder vote scheduled for late January. In October, Hatteras Funds Group agreed to be acquired by RCS Capital Corporation (NYSE: […]

CBN – The hedge fund subsidiary of US-based commodities giant Cargill Inc. has raised its stake in publicly listed agro-commercial company AgriNurture Inc. In a disclosure to the stock exchange, AgriNurture said Black River Capital Partners Food Fund Holdings (Singapore) […]

Business Standard – Barely a year old, the Indian hedge fund sector is already experimenting with the global standard fee structure for such investment vehicles. Hedge funds the world over typically charge a two per cent management fee and also […]

Bloomberg – Hedge funds got less bullish on gold before prices dropped to the lowest level since 2010, leaving the metal poised for the worst annual loss in 32 years as investors dump bullion at a record pace. Money managers […]

Washington Post – Robert W. Wilson, a retired New York hedge-fund founder who committed his life to donating his fortune to charities, died Dec. 23 in Manhattan. He was 87. He leaped from his 16th-floor residence at the San Remo […]