(CNBC) VMware could buy Dell in massive reverse-merger, sources say. Dell currently owns 80 percent of Vmware. The deal would give Dell shareholders a way to profit from having taken Dell private in 2013 and help pay off some debt…. […]

(Harvest) Edward Lampert is the founder and chairman of ESL investments which manages RBS Partners, a hedge fund that invests in public equities. He is also CEO and chairman of Sears Holdings (NasdaqGS: SHLD), owner of Sears and Kmart. He […]

(Bloomberg) Former Credit Suisse Group AG trader Charlie Chan, whose macro hedge fund surged 47 percent last year to beat rivals, is holding on to bearish bets on the dollar. For now. Chan’s Splendid Asia Macro Fund, with just under […]

(Bloomberg) Polychain Capital, the crypto hedge fund backed by venture firms Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, has decided not to go public in Canada after holdings talks with bankers about an initial public offering. To read this article:

(Reuters) Eurobank’s chief economist Platon Monokroussos is leaving the bank to join hedge fund firm Brevan Howard, sources at Greece’s third-largest lender by assets told Reuters on Monday. Founded in 2002 by former Credit Suisse traders Alan Howard, Jean Philippe […]

(Reuters) TCW Group Inc, one of the largest U.S. asset managers, is being sued by a prominent female hedge fund manager who said she was fired in retaliation for complaining about being sexually harassed and “coerced” into sex by her […]

(Bloomberg) A London quant analyst convicted of stealing millions of pounds worth of secret algorithmic trading strategies has been stopped by his former employer, Trenchant Ltd., from being deported to China. Judge Antony Zacaroli ruled that Ke Xu must surrender […]

(Bloomberg) Noble Group Ltd. reached an in-principle deal to restructure $3.5 billion in debt, saving the troubled commodity trader from bankruptcy at the cost of handing control to creditors and all but wiping out current shareholders. After a three-year crisis […]

(Harvest) We suggested that the ongoing low-volatility, quantitative easing-driven, deflationary boom cycle would likely pivot toward an inherently more volatile fundamental environment. While longer term investment forecasts are by definition opaque, a great deal of clarity has been provided by […]

(Harvest) From the economy to the Fed and rising interest rates, four small-cap specialists reveal what surprises they think 2018 might have for investors. To read this article:

(Citywire) Neil Woodford has attacked Kerrisdale Capital, the US hedge fund seeking to undermine one of the top holdings in the Woodford Patient Capital Trust (WPCT), saying its claims about Irish biotech company Prothena are ‘totally inaccurate and unsubstantiated. To […]

(CNBC) A top fund manager at TCW is suing the firm for alleged sexual harassment. But she’s also claiming that investor funds were misused to retaliate against her. That could open the door for a deluge of shareholder lawsuits connected […]