P&I – It’s a bit early to be thinking about the Oscars, but investment analytics consultant PPCA Inc. has already self-nominated its animated short feature “Send in the Clones” for the Best Revelation award. First, queue up the five-minute movie below. […]

Bloomberg – There’s a place for hedge-fund professionals where everyone knows your name, and it’s not the offices of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Adam Weinstein, a managing director at New Mountain Capital LLC, David Cielusniak, chief operating officer of […]

Yahoo – Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s historic bankruptcy burned the once-highflying securities firm’s investors, employees and many others. But five years later, a group of hedge funds has found a way to profit handsomely from it. In the past 18 […]

BusinessWeek – Breezing into a sunlit conference room near London’s Hyde Park Corner wearing an open-collared white shirt that frames his square jaw, Loic Fery exudes the confidence of a soccer club owner who’s enjoyed success on the pitch and […]

CNBC – Deepak Narula, who runs a group of real estate hedge funds, told CNBC on Thursday that there is still “plenty to do” in the mortgage market, despite rising rates and an impending taper of the Federal Reserve’s asset […]

FN – Kerim Kaskal was announced as the Tredje AP-Fonden’s new investments chief earlier this month, and will take up the position on October 1. He was previously deputy chief investment officer at Nektar Asset Management, Brummer’s €3.5 billion macro […]

Bloomberg – 36 South Capital Advisors LLP, whose Black Swan Fund returned 204 percent in 2008, has doubled bets this year on greater fluctuations in markets including currencies, commodities and equities. The manager overseeing $626 million has increased volatility investments to 90 […]

Reuters – Three hedge funds who tendered shares enabling Vodafone to successfully bid for Germany’s largest cable firm plan to sue for a better price for their outstanding holdings, three financial sources with knowledge of the matter said on Friday. […]

ValueWalk – Hedge fund icon and former Chairman, President and CIO of Duquesne Capital, Stan Druckenmiller joined Bloomberg Television’s Stephanie Ruhle and Erik Schatzker on “Market Makers” for a full hour and said, the government must address entitlement spending “This […]

BusinessWeek – Mastic Investment Advisory AG, the Zug, Switzerland-based commodities hedge fund, appointed James O’Brien as chief executive officer and chief risk officer. O’Brien is a former colleague of Mastic Chief Investment Officer Kieran McKenna from Goldman Sachs Group Inc., […]

ValueWalk – Asia-Pacific has been a growing region in the hedge fund industry in recent years as both investors and managers have realized the potential of this emerging region for alternative investments. However, the industry in the region has still […]