CNBC – “A man’s got to know his limitations,” says “Dirty Harry” Callahan, the gun-toting, rule book-ignoring cop immortalised by Clint Eastwood in Magnum Force. It is a principle the US Federal Reserve – which earlier this month embarked upon […]

Barron’s – Risk has become the ultimate four-letter word for managers of investments of major institutions such as pension funds and endowments. And risk, as they see it, extends beyond the chance of loss in overpriced stocks such as Facebook (ticker: FB), […]

Forbes – As part of a fundraising event by hedge funds known as Trading Day for Kids, three of the industry’s titans convened to share their feelings on the likely direction of the markets over the next few weeks and […]

Opalesque – 100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF), Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company, LLC (PAAMCO), and the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Foundation today announced the 10 recipients of the second annual 100WHF/CAIA Scholarships. The scholarship program, administered by the […]

Insider Monkey – Facebook Inc. has caused many a headache in the investing world. After the so-called debacle that was the Facebook Inc. IPO, with the company now down 40% since its opening price, we found it interesting that many funds were increasing […]

Bloomberg – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Cabinet will vote on a bill tomorrow that limits high-frequency trading even for market participants outside Germany and requires automated orders to be marked as such, a government official said. High-frequency traders will have to […]

Daily Rep – For three excruciating weeks in May, Renee Haugerud, the founder of New York hedge fund Galtere Ltd., agonized that her wager on corn was a massive mistake. She had started buying in March, when futures contracts averaged […]

Seeking Alpha – I recently had a discussion with a friend of mine who manages money for a hedge fund. The conversation was very illuminating, and also convinced me – once again – that savvy individual investors can beat the […]

Reuters – U.S. pension funds, charitable groups, endowments and other large institutional investors are taking on more exposure in non-traditional “alternative” investments — such as private equity and hedge funds — to buffer against volatile stock markets, an investor survey […]

BusinessWeek – Hedge funds cut bullish commodity bets for the first time this month as weaker manufacturing from China and Europe eclipsed central banks’ efforts to boost growth, driving down prices the most since June. Money managers decreased their net-long […]

InAudit – The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a former member of the board of directors at a North Carolina-based insurance company with illegally tipping inside information about an impending merger The SEC alleges that H. Thomas Davis, Jr., […]

Reuters – Hedge fund manager Man Group on Monday unveiled details of a corporate restructuring plan aimed at streamlining its bloated capital base, increasing its financial flexibility and ability to maintain its dividend policy. Man is to consult shareholders on […]