Crain’s – Firms that invest in hedge funds on behalf of large institutions and wealthy individuals—an industry that got its U.S. start in Chicago more than 40 years ago—are recasting their businesses as clients unhappy with an extra layer of […]

Business Insider – Goldman Sachs recently released its new “Hedge Fund Trend Monitor,” giving clients a glimpse into the investment moves and strategies by 708 of the world’s biggest funds. In the report, Goldman lays out the 20 most “concentrated” […]

24/7 Wall St. – The hedge fund industry sure seems and looks different now when compared to a decade or two ago. We recently wrote about how the 2% and 20% pricing strategy long imposed on hedge fund investors may […]

TheStreet – Hedge funds have made Apple (AAPL_) their top stock holding, surpassing Priceline (PCLN_), and Google (GOOG_) remains the top holding among mutual funds. Apple narrowly beat out Priceline and iPhone supplier Qualcomm (QCOM_) for first place among hedge […]

Bloomberg – Hedge funds and other speculators raised bets on higher gold prices to the most in six months as signs of slowing U.S. growth drove bullion above $1,400 an ounce for the first time since June. The net-long position increased 29 percent […]

Reuters – German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp, which has said it risks breaching loan covenants, is in talks with hedge funds to persuade them to buy into an issue of new shares, two people familiar with the matter said. One of the […]

Investment News – A pair of funds that track hedge fund filings are turning out to be much better at producing alpha than the real McCoys, but questions remain about how they will do if stocks head south. The $117 […]

Bloomberg – Citigroup Inc’s former global head of emerging markets equity research, Rhys Summerton, plans to start his own hedge fund in September with at least $20 million of assets. Milkwood Capital Ltd. will be a global equity long and short […]

Hedge funds as well as pretty much all investment managers are recognizing the wealth – the liquid assets – controlled by family offices. Additionally, there’s a boom in the number of family offices making this cohort all the more attractive and […]

CCTV – The hedge fund industry has been in the limelight recently—for all the wrong reasons. In a landmark deal, hedge fund billionaire Phil Falcone admitted he improperly used investor funds to pay his personal taxes in his settlement with […]

Telegraph – The founder of Polygon Investment Partners is seeking to build underneath two adjacent Ladbroke Grove homes to house two underground swimming pools, a games and cinema room, and a spa and treatment area. Continuing the recent craze of […]

Chicago Tribune – Two top executives of Millennium Management LLC are preparing to start a $1.4 billion hedge fund in Asia, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, in what would be the region’s largest such fund launch. The Millennium […]