Topic: Hedge Funds

New funds: Sep 6

Subscription page ? Signet, a $1.4bn (£907m, €1.1bn) fund of hedge funds manager, is the latest to expand into Ucitsland. The London and...

Big investors go for gold, bonds

The smart money has moved away from stocks. So is the era of stock investing over? . . It's too early to tell, but one thing is certain: "Money...
The official story line behind Wall Street firms selling off hedge funds is that the moves are driven by the Volcker Rule, which severely limited ...

Fund managers lured by alternatives

Fund managers are building up their holdings of alternative assets to pre-credit crunch levels, as they try to turn a profit in rocky markets.. ...
Here's a hilarious story coming the internet's way from Zombie Forbes/Slant: an executive at a billion-dollar hedge fund was caught running an...

Survival Tips for Prop Traders

Prop traders have become an endangered species as the Volcker rule forces banks to jettison their prop trading operations. But the betting money is ...
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) became the first investment bank to take steps to comply with the so-called "Volcker Rule" by shutting down its...

Friday links: plausible scenarios

Are stocks truly undervalued? (Marketwatch). . Is it time for the bid to come out of VIX futures? (SurlyTrader, FT Alphaville). . Liquidity...

Deals for hedge funds to soar?

Alternatives investments firms were seen as attractive properties for big banks before the financial crisis really took hold. Deals involving hedge...
Basis Capital, an Australian hedge fund suing Goldman Sachs for $1 billion for losses related to credit default swaps, made the deal in Australia...