(Reuters) While February’s stock market sell-off and renewed volatility battered macro hedge funds, some escaped unscathed: Quest Partners’ flagship fund returned 18.9 percent in the year through mid-February for clients that include the pension fund for the New York police […]

(Nasdaq) Hedge funds rediscovered some of their confidence in the oil market in the final week of February, as OPEC reiterated its commitment to output restraint and benchmark prices stabilised above $60 per barrel…..Portfolio managers boosted their net long position […]

(Bloomberg)The Federal Reserve may be signaling an increasing chance of four interest-rate hikes this year, but plenty of doubters remain. Societe Generale SA and BlackRock Inc. are finding value in short-term Treasuries even as the chances grew on four rate […]

(Hedgeweek) Lighthouse Investment Partners is to acquire substantially all of the assets of Mesirow Advanced Strategies (MAS) multi-manager hedge fund division. To read this article:

(The Technical Analyst) The current correction in the S&P 500 will set the stage for its next leg upwards and what will be its tenth year in a bull market, according to Ron Meisels at Phases & Cycles. Meisels points […]

(CNBC) The hedge fund manager says job losses from steel and aluminum tariffs are a small price to pay for fighting back on longer-term trade issues. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Paul Singer’s Elliott Management Corp. is building a stake in Telecom Italia SpA as it seeks to counter how the Italian carrier’s largest investor, French media conglomerate Vivendi SA, is running the company, according to people familiar with the […]

(Bloomberg) As 2017’s roaring bull market gives way to a markedly choppier 2018, the buzz among Wall Street stock touts is that the best of the Trump Trade has passed. Sure, more gains could be wrung out, and probably will […]

(Straits Times) Singapore-based hedge fund Ascapia Capital is mulling over a possible partial takeover offer of cash-rich Datapulse Technology, in which it already owns some 410,000 shares, with the hope of setting things right at the firm. “That is the […]

(Hedgeweek) Lighthouse Investment Partners is to acquire substantially all of the assets of Mesirow Advanced Strategies (MAS) multi-manager hedge fund division. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s plan to fix a gaping loophole for hedge funds in President Donald Trump’s new tax law could face legal challenges. Tax experts say a notice from Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued Thursday fails […]

(Bloomberg) Canada’s biggest pension plan aims to back as many as four fledgling hedge funds a year at a time when investors are balking at high fees and disappointing returns from the industry’s biggest managers. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board […]