MarketWatch – Foreigners bought a net $29.9 billion of Treasurys in December, the strongest gain in four months, according to a report released by the Treasury Department on Friday. Foreigners also purchased $18.1 billion of mortgage-backed securities, likely due to concerns […]

aiCIO – Foreigners bought a net $29.9 billion of Treasurys in December, the strongest gain in four months, according to a report released by the Treasury Department on Friday. Foreigners also purchased $18.1 billion of mortgage-backed securities, likely due to […]

CNET – Hedge funds that drove up the price of Apple’s stock were also responsible for driving it down, Reuters reported yesterday. After reaching a high of $705 in September, shares of Apple started getting battered in the fourth quarter. Read […]

Following continued growth, Maples Fiduciary Services, a leading global fiduciary services provider, has expanded its Investment Funds Team in the Cayman Islands with the addition of Abali Hoilett as Senior Vice President and Fund Director. Abali has extensive experience in […]

Reuters – U.S. motorists searching for someone to blame for the highest gasoline prices ever at this time of year have an easy target: hedge funds who have been quietly amassing winning bets on hundreds of millions of barrels of […]

Reuters – Barclays is halting agricultural trading with hedge funds in a move to burnish its reputation amid a major overhaul, but will still market index-linked investment products in the sector. The British bank (is among several financial institutions to […]

BusinessWeek – Banks may be helping hedge funds avoid rules meant to reduce market risks by routing trades through overseas offices, the top U.S. derivatives regulator said in testimony prepared for a hearing on the Dodd-Frank Act. Overseas affiliates of […]

MarketWatch – George Soros became famous as the man who “broke the Bank of England” in 1992. In 2012 – and 2013 – Soros and other hedge fund magnates are scoring massive profits by effectively betting on the Bank of […]

Reuters – Winton Capital, one of the world’s most successful hedge fund firms, has seen clients pull $1 billion of cash out of its portfolios amid falling returns from computer-driven fund managers. The firm set up by Cambridge physicist David […]

P&I – Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, like Goldman Sachs and Neuberger Berman Group, soon will buy minority stakes in hedge fund managers. Anthony Maniscalco joined the BAAM investment team as managing director to assist in building out the hedge fund stake-taking program, according […]

Reuters – SunTrust Banks Inc sued a Connecticut-based hedge fund on Wednesday to block arbitration of a $13 million dispute over mortgage-backed securities. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. district court in Manhattan, is the latest one brought by a bank […]