San Francisco Chronicle – – Barton Biggs, who last week called U.S. equities a “strong buy,” said he cut risk in his Traxis Partners LP hedge fund, echoing trading last year when he sold stocks as Europe’s debt crisis spread. “I’ve taken […]

Hedge Funds Review – The UK-based Hedge Funds Standards Board (HFSB) is seeking to sign up more US and Asia-based managers to its best practice protocols. The UK-based Hedge Funds Standards Board (HFSB), established in 2008 to develop and promote a […]

Reuters – Hedge funds, considered the stalwarts of the investing world, are feeling the pain just like everyone else. Monday’s panicked U.S. stock sell-off, which drove the S&P 500 down more than 6 percent, is affecting investors from average Americans […]

Dow Jones – For all the talk of the need for investors to avoid panic, hedge funds have been dumping the shares and debt of many of their favourite companies, according to investors and traders, contributing to a downdraft in […]

CPI – ProShares has launched the ProShares Hedge Replication ETF. HDG’s benchmark is based on Merrill Lynch’s hedge fund replication model. HDG is attempting to provide the risk/return characteristics of a broad universe of hedge funds without many of the […]

Reuters Africa – Big-name hedge funds such as Brevan Howard, Man Group’s AHL and Winton are making money for investors despite  Europe’s deepening debt crisis which has plunged global financial markets into turmoil. As global stocks sank for an eighth […]

Forbes – Despite the record highs in gold prices, hedge fund managers still like the precious metal in the intermediate term. Outside of the precious metals, high-yield corporate and local currency emerging market debt are another trade favorite that has […]

The Australian – “I would say it was one of the most interesting and challenging deals in a lot of ways because of the share register,” says Minter Ellison partner Costas Condoleon, who worked on the deal for Rio. “The […]

Irish Times – Hedge fund managers are seeking legal advice about the worth of their credit default swap contracts amid plans for a voluntary exchange of Greek government bonds as part of the country’s rescue plan, advisers say. David Geen, […]

Forbes – Looks like the biggest derivatives trade of the week is buying VIX options. That’s the way most hedge fund managers are going to protect themselves from wild swings in the market, expected all week long thanks in part […]

San Francisco Chronicle – R-SQUARED, a $220 million Japan- focused hedge fund, bought put options and credit default swap indexes and sold cash bonds in anticipation of a U.S. sovereign- rating downgrade, said Tan Maruyama, the fund’s manager. The hedge fund, run […]