(Bloomberg) Andreas Halvorsen, who heads one of the largest and oldest equity-hedge funds, is stepping into the world of big data. The $25 billion Viking Global Investors has hired a small team to build a big-data platform, according to a […]

(CNBC) As institutional demand grows for cryptocurrencies, Genesis Global Trading is launching a digital currency lending business called Genesis Capital to enable investors to borrow bitcoin, ether and others for a fixed amount of time. One of the uses will […]

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds regained their mojo last year, with Hedge Fund Research’s index of global managers showing positive returns every single month for the first time since at least 2010. And Man Group Plc, the largest publicly-traded hedge fund, is […]

(Forbes) While individual investors share differing opinions on the cryptocurrency market, the market’s volatility is a dream come true for hedge funds….” To read this article:

(The Standard) JUPITER Fund Management says it is still justifying its higher fees, even as regulators and consumers campaign for lower costs….CEO Maarten Slendebroek says 81% of its funds are beating the market over three years. That puts it in […]

(Seeking Alpha) Technology remains the largest portfolio weight in hedge funds followed by Financials. The most concentrated hedge fund stocks have lagged the S&P 500 year-to-date following unusually weak returns in 2017. Hedge funds started 2018 with near-record leverage and […]

(Bloomberg) Stocks in Asia followed their U.S. counterparts lower after hawkish comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and weaker-than-expected economic data from China and Japan. The yen strengthened after the Bank of Japan reduced longer-dated bond purchases. The MSCI […]

(Reuters) Jame Donath plans to shutter his Magnolia Road Capital, the latest casualty in the $3 trillion hedge fund industry where many small firms are struggling to attract and retain capital, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Donath told […]

(Hedgeweek) Volatility finally roared back to abnormally tame markets, but most institutional investors were already bracing for impact; their efforts to diversify and build durable portfolios should now pay off, according to new survey findings released by Natixis Investment Managers. […]

(Reuters) British hedge fund firm Man Group said on Wednesday it had added $12.8 billion in new assets for the financial year ended Dec. 31, bringing its total funds under management to $109.1 billion. Man Group said strong client demand […]

(Bloomberg) Legendary oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens has closed his hedge fund, but the octogenarian’s name may live on on the New York Stock Exchange.NYSE Pickens Oil Response ETF, a spinoff of the wildcatter’s shuttered Dallas-based BP Capital LLC, submitted […]

(Reuters) Hedge funds were caught out by a big short in Provident Financial when the British sub-prime lender revealed plans to shore up its balance sheet on Tuesday, triggering a squeeze which drove a near 90 percent spike in its […]