WSJ – Equity hedge fund managers have taken their most bullish stance in more than three years in the run-up to the end of the decade, defying fears of a fall in markets. Long/short equity funds were about 45% net […]

WSJ – The House is likely to vote to extend a package of tax breaks this week, but elements of the plan — including higher taxes on investment-fund managers — are likely to prove controversial, and the Senate could substantially […]

Reuters – Two hedge fund veterans who worked at SAC Capital Advisors, LP and Pequot Capital Management, long considered among the industry’s most successful, are launching their own firm next month, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. Larry […]

Bloomberg – TNT NV, Europe’s second-biggest express-delivery company, rose to the highest level in 14 months in Amsterdam trading after two investors disclosed their stakes, fueling speculation of a break-up of the company. Barry Rosenstein, who runs New York-based hedge […]

Reuters – A New York hedge fund manager indicted in April on charges of defrauding investors out of $150 million appears set to plead guilty on Friday, court records show. James Nicholson, 43, previously pleaded not guilty to an indictment […]

Bloomberg – Banyon Investments LLC, a hedge fund in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, invested $775 million in the alleged $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme run by Scott Rothstein, bankruptcy court records show. Banyon’s investments make it the largest creditor of Rothstein’s defunct […]

Reuters – The projected long-term cost of the U.S. government’s bailout of the nation’s big banks is going to be at least $200 billion less than previously thought, a Treasury Department official said on Sunday night. The Obama administration had […]

Business Week – It’s a sign of the times that even after a 65% runup in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index over the past nine months, investors still feel nervous about what 2010 may have in store for them. […]

WSJ – The financial crisis taught most of the investing world a lesson about managing risk. Asia’s sovereign-wealth funds appear to be taking some lessons from bad investments to heart. After the initial embarrassment of heavy losses on investments in […]

Bloomberg – Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP, Europe’s largest hedge-fund firm, limited the flow of money into three funds as client assets approached last year’s high, according to people familiar with matter. The firm closed its $2 billion Asia Fund […]

NYT – Their company names were conspicuously absent from their nametags, but that is how these hedge fund managers and analysts — members of a field known for secrecy — preferred it. They filled the party space at the W […]

Reuters – S.A.C. Capital Advisors, one of the world’s biggest and most successful hedge fund firms, is expanding its Asian operations by opening a new office in Singapore amid strong industry investment returns across the region. Two portfolio managers will […]