Reuters – Why do American hedge funds make so much money? Macroeconomic Resilience reckons that most of it comes, ultimately, from the government: Just because hedge funds do not directly benefit from a state guarantee doesn’t mean that central bank […]

EasierFinance – J.P. Morgan Asset Management has established that on average UK institutional investors are currently allocating 28% of their portfolios to alternative assets, an increase from 21% three years earlier. In its most recent survey of UK institutional investors […]

Wall Street Journal – India-focused hedge funds have been among the better performers so far this year, but data provider HedgeFund.net said they underperformed India’s equities index long term because most are equity oriented with a long bias. “India focused […]

Bloomberg – Marble Bar Asset Management LLP, the London-based hedge fund firm focused on Europe, has closed its Asia fund and is considering options for its team in Singapore, three people with knowledge of the matter said. The firm has […]

The Wall Street journal – The troubles surrounding the Commonwealth Games in Delhi and the performance of India-focused hedge funds might seem to have no co-relation. But that didn’t stop a new report covering the funds to weigh in on […]

The Business Insider – Hedge funds remain an appealing investment vehicle with the capacity to improve diversification and risk-adjusted returns for their investors. Suboptimal performance and unappealing historical comparisons of Fund of Funds have led investors to revisit the expensive […]

Reuters – Man Group said clients pulled out assets for an eighth straight quarter, confounding hopes that a recovery in its flagship fund would help it follow the wider hedge fund industry and attract investors once again. Man, which is buying […]

UPI – A new player is complicating the Tribune Co. bankruptcy case, parties on all sides said as talks began Sunday. Aurelius Capital Management, a New York hedge fund, has been buying up Tribune bonds in recent months and has […]

New York Times – Hedge fund operators don’t have much to complain about. The latest evidence is Blackstone’s seeding of a new fund last week to be run by commodity traders leaving Credit Suisse. With even foreign financial institutions wary of breaching […]

Bloomberg – Senrigan Capital Group Ltd., backed by Blackstone Group LP, and Turiya Advisors Asia, founded by a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. trader, at least doubled their assets, according to four people familiar with the matter, in a year […]

Belfast Telegraph – Wall Street hedge funds are thought to be leading the campaign to “short sell” Irish government bonds, making vast profits in the process. US hedge funds Groveland Capital and Corrientes Advisors are thought to have taken major […]

Telegraph – The founder of hedge fund Winton Capital Management received a £54m dividend last year, according to accounts just filed at Companies House. As the ultimate controlling party of Winton Capital, Mr Harding is also likely to be its […]