(Seeking Alpha) In my most recent column, Lessons From 15 Years Of Short Selling: 12 Reasons Not To Short, I gave a dozen reasons why, based on my long experience running a long-short hedge fund, I recommend that most people […]

(Bloomberg) Last week it dipped below $8,000, marking a decline of more than a third this month alone. Its fellow digital currencies including Ripple and Ethereum have inflicted similar losses on holders — or hodlers, as crypto-fanatics call the ever-bullish […]

(Hedgeweek) The hedge fund industry overall had a negative month for returns in February losing 2.01 per cent, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Performance report, with managed futures funds producing their largest monthly loss in over 20 years, down […]

(Bloomberg) Wall Street’s main regulator has a new worry in its race to keep tabs on the cryptocurrency craze: hedge funds. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is examining the business practices of a cadre of funds set up to […]

(Bloomberg) China’s $814 billion sovereign wealth fund plans to expand investments in areas such as real estate, hedge funds, infrastructure and private equity for more stable returns, as it reduces exposure to volatile public markets. China Investment Corp., which recently […]

(Bloomberg) Some of the biggest investors in one of the world’s most technologically advanced corners don’t want robots to replace people when it comes to managing money. Ilmarinen and Varma of Finland, which oversee a combined 91.2 billion euros ($112 […]

(Reuters) Starboard Value LP, which is looking to replace the entire board of Newell Brands Inc (NWL.N), said on Wednesday three of its nominees would buy about $25 million in Newell stock with their own money if the activist hedge […]

(Bloomberg) Two Sigma, the $52 billion quantitative firm, is struggling to make money this year in some of its biggest hedge funds. Its Compass fund, which trades futures across markets from commodities to currencies, dropped 5.7 percent in the first […]

(Bloomberg) Credit Suisse Group AG was sued by an investor who got burned last month betting against stock-market turmoil, as more people seek to recoup steep losses on VIX exchange-traded products. Rajan Chahal filed the lawsuit Wednesday in federal court […]

(Bloomberg) Hedge fund billionaire Alan Howard made sizable personal investments in cryptocurrencies last year and plans to put more of his own money into digital assets and the blockchain technology behind them, according to people with knowledge of the matter.Other […]

(CNBC) Hedge fund managers have warned that Chinese authorities could soon retaliate against U.S. tariffs and vastly escalate a global trade war that has simmered for the last few of weeks… To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) Tom Mahala, former Global Head of Capital Introduction and Americas Hedge Fund Relationship Management at BNP Paribas, has launched Layton Road Group, which will offer capital introduction and placement agent services to the alternative asset management community through Profor […]