The Chronicle – Hedge funds raised bearish bets on natural gas to the highest level in five weeks as increased output sent stockpiles toward a record. The funds and other large speculators more than doubled wagers on falling prices in […]

Bloomberg – Citigroup Inc., the third-biggest U.S. lender, invested about $800 million of shareholders’ money in its own private-equity and hedge funds during the third quarter as regulators seek to curtail the practice. The bank invested the money in “Citi-advised” […]

Bloomberg – California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the largest U.S. public pension fund, is likely to increase or maintain hedge fund investments next year after a review, Chief Investment Officer Joseph Dear said. Calpers staff is scheduled to make recommendations […]

eFinancial News – Hedge funds are having a lousy sovereign-debt crisis. The average fund has failed to protect investors’ capital, losing more than 5% of its value this year, according to Hedge Fund Research. Event-driven, macro and market-neutral strategies are […]

Dow Jones – Roger Gray became chief investment officer of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, the UK pensions fund for employees in higher education, two years ago. Here, he talks about the scheme’s strategy. Financial News: What are your scheme’s statistics? […]

Reuters – Commodities trading house Trafigura is planning to double the size of its fund arm Galena with the launch of a new private equity fund and the roll out of a macro fund to outside investors, according to an […]

The Grapevine – Senior IT professionals working for hedge funds will receive an increase in bonuses of up to 60% this year, according to research from ReThink Recruitment. Bonuses for some of the top performing IT staff – who work […]

Opalesque – The new 2011 Opalesque Boston Roundtable offers plenty food for thought, advice and strategies how hedge funds can market to family offices, fund of funds, pension funds, consultants, foundations and endowments, registered investment advisors and ERISA investors, and […]

WSJ – A handful of mutual-fund companies say they’ve built a better mousetrap when it comes to investing like a hedge fund. But for investors, these funds require a very close look under the hood. For many years, mutual funds […]

Hindu Business Line – Voluntary disclosures by hedge funds about their monthly investment performance are unreliable and a substantial number of funds end up revising statements, new research by scholars, including one of Indian origin, suggests. The researchers of the […]

Reuters – Dealbook’s Azam Ahmed explains why hedge fund Hutchin Hill has hired this year’s Economics Nobel laureate, Thomas Sargent: While some of that research is pretty lofty, the rationale for hiring someone like Mr. Sargent is simple — that […]

The Guardian – Iran has warned the US not to set the two countries on a collision course over Tehran’s nuclear enrichment programme, as diplomatic tensions reflected growing concern that the Middle East might be on the verge of new conflict. […]