Bloomberg – Investors were the most bearish on U.S. stocks in at least four years as money manager scaled back their outlook for global growth and raised their cash holdings, a BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research survey showed. A net […]

City AM – One of the survivors of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM), the US hedge fund infamously bailed out by Wall Street in the late 1990s, has resurfaced at London-based Capula Investment Management. Ayman Hindy became a partner at Capula […]

All About Alpha – You’d be excused if you felt confused about recent changes to the prime brokerage, custody and fund administration business. Goldman Sachs is working with BNY Mellon; Deutsche Bank has a new platform; Merrill Lynch heralds changes […]

Washington Post – Two key Republicans said Monday that they plan to support a far-reaching bill to overhaul financial regulations, all but ensuring that the landmark legislation will sail through the Senate in coming days. GOP Sens. Olympia J. Snowe […]

JS Online – Stark Investments LP has told clients it will cut their fees if they agree to keep their money with the St. Francis hedge fund manager for another year. The offer follows news that five of Stark’s 15 […]

International Business Times – No other hedge fund region in the world has seen such wild swings in fortunes as India over the last five years. At first there was nothing (before 2004 there were a handful of managers investing […]

Guardian – Hedge funds and other investors are preparing to profit from the latest chapter of the European sovereign debt crisis: the publication of the results of bank stress tests on 23 July. Investment banks have been compiling research notes […]

Bloomberg – Gartmore Investment Management Ltd.’s Christopher Palmer needed only a day in Rio de Janeiro to scout for investment opportunities while visiting Brazil six years ago. Now half a week in the city isn’t enough. A half a century […]

Bloomberg – Hedge funds slashed bets that oil would rise last week to the lowest level in more than a year just before crude began its biggest advance since May. So-called long positions on the New York Mercantile Exchange dropped […]

NYT – Most hedge funds managed to come through the market tumult of the first half with flat to slightly lower returns, but that kind of ho-hum performance may not satisfy wealthy investors going forward, Reuters reported. For the year […]

BBC – Is gossiping in the office divisive and damaging to team morale? A top hedge fund boss on Wall Street, Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates, has told his staff that they risk losing their jobs if they gossip in […]

Gambling News – A startup hedge fund based in London has turned a novel idea into a profit machine. Rather than pouring investments into traditional markets, the group has decided to use its investor’s funds to bet on sports in […]