Finance24 – Spot silver held above $11 an ounce on Thursday, supported by buying by hedge funds who are trying to take new positions ahead of the second quarter on hopes that an exchange-traded fund(ETF) will launch soon. Firm silver […]

Reuters – Asian hedge funds, operating in an increasingly crowded market, have begun funding Chinese and Indian companies prior to their IPOs to get an inside track on hot stock listings and boostmedium-term returns. Hedge funds are becoming a quicker, […]

Reuters – Pension funds and endowments are using hedge funds to help boost returns and they plan to hire additional managers as they become more familiar with the lightly regulated $1.2 trillionindustry, a new survey shows. In the coming year, […]

Bobsguide – Hedge funds are planning an array of new strategies to continue to provide higher returns for investors, according to a leading expert. Fund manager PSolve Alternative Investments told Reuters that funds are being forced to devise new ways […]

Street.Com – Three hedge funds raised their stakes in Lexar Media (LEXR:Nasdaq –news – research –Cramer’s Take) last week, suggesting management at the flash memory company could face a proxy fight from itsmain shareholders. At issue is the company’s plan […]

Globe and Mail – Lawyers for Biovail Corp. shareholders said Tuesday they have launched a $4-billion (U.S.) lawsuit against Bank of America Securities, hedge fund S.A.C. Capital Management LLC, andothers for allegedly spreading false information in a “short-selling bear attack” […]

Financial.de – The private equity fund of funds König & Cie. International Private Equity GmbH & Co. KG, which was launched by bmp, has added another attractive target fund to its portfolio by investing in New Tech Venture Capital II, […]

International Herald Tribune – Lawrence Summers has a radical idea.   The way I interpret it, the former U.S. Treasury secretary and outgoing president of Harvard University is suggesting that the International Monetary Fund should stop being just a lender […]

Reuters – Hedge funds are cooking up new strategies in the loans, oil derivatives and agricultural futures markets to satisfy investor appetite for higher returns, PSolve Alternative Investments toldReuters. An excessive number of players in traditional markets such as stocks […]

Business Times – Hedge funds that buy and short-sell stocks are over-represented in Asia and new players that can offer more sophisticated strategies will find the best opportunities, industryexperts said yesterday. Potential growth areas include merger arbitrage funds, with the […]

Cayman Net News – Risk is an ever- present component of any investment strategy and is certainly present within the hedge fund industry. Traditionally focused more on controlling investment-related risks, the hedge fund industry if compared to say the mutual […]

FinanceAsia – Ashutosh Sinha teams up with his younger brother to launch an Asia long/short hedge fund. Ashutosh Sinha has left Morgan Stanley investment Management in Singapore to launch his own fund business. He is partnering with his younger brother, […]