Tourbillon Capital, a $3.4 billion hedge fund that's been sounding the alarm...
Tourbillon Capital is a $3.4 billion New York hedge fund led by Jason Karp.Karp has been warning of "frothy speculation,"in the markets and has been preaching patience.The firm's flagship fund is down...
View ArticleHedge funds have run out of ideas
Hedge funds are neglecting to protect against the downside in stocks, with one hedging gauge sitting close to the lowest in five years.These funds are also seeing a near-record concentration in a small...
View ArticleHedge funds are betting billions that these 17 stocks are going to implode
One way hedge funds make money is by betting against stocks that they see running into trouble. To get a sense of some likely targets of those funds, Goldman Sachs puts together a quarterly Very...
View ArticleA top hedge fund recruiter explains the 4 most misunderstood aspects of hedge...
Ilana Weinstein is the founder of The IDW Group, which focuses on recruiting investment talent for all kinds of investment strategies.We asked Weinstein about the biggest trends in the hedge-fund...
View ArticleHedge funds loaded up on these 10 stocks last quarter
Tech stocks have been on fire this year, and institutional investors have taken note.According to data from Citi’s equity research group, tech stocks made up eight of the top 10 stocks held by the 50...
View ArticleA top hedge fund recruiter explains what still surprises her after 15 years...
Ilana Weinstein is the founder of The IDW Group, which focuses on recruiting investment talent for all kinds of investment strategies.We asked Weinstein about the biggest trends in the hedge-fund...
View ArticleMichael Arrington, the TechCrunch founder, is starting a $100M hedge fund...
Michael Arrington is starting a new hedge that will be the first to denominate in crypto-currency.His currency of choice is XRP, a rival to bitcoin.The fund will invest in digital assets, including...
View ArticleSoros-backed hedge fund Glen Point gains 17.5% despite dropping in October
Soros-backed hedge fund Glen Point gained 17.5% through October.That's after the fund lost 4.2% last month, it's biggest monthly drop this year.The fund is still beating its peers by a wide...
View ArticleHere's a simple guide to what a hedge fund actually does
Hedge Funds are shrouded in secrecy, and can make investments many everyday investors can't.This infographic is a simple guide to how hedge funds invest and manage money. For many entry-level...
View ArticleGreg Coffey, a hedge fund star who retired at 41, is eyeing a comeback
Greg Coffey, a star hedge fund manager who retired from the industry in 2012, is eyeing a comeback, according to people familiar with the matter.The founder of Moore Capital, Louis Bacon, once...
View ArticleGOLDMAN SACHS: Here are the 17 stocks hedge funds love the most
Hedge funds make their money choosing which stocks they think will succeed and fail.Goldman Sachs recently updated its Very Important Position list of stocks, which are among the top 10 holdings for a...
View ArticleHedge fund titan Paul Tudor Jones once said the 'good news' is that everyone...
Paul Tudor Jones, a hedge fund titan, expressed his support for the disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in an email shortly before Weinstein was ousted from his own company, The New York...
View ArticleA $200 billion quant fund says one of the biggest concerns about how...
AQR Capital Management, a quantitative-focused hedge fund overseeing $208 billion, seeks to dispel what it sees as the four biggest myths associated with corporate share repurchases.The firm argues...
View ArticleWhat it takes to launch a hedge fund right now, according to the Wall Street...
A handful of hedge fund launches each year grab headlines – usually those expected to raise billions, like one from billionaire Steve Cohen and another from Millennium's ex- bond chief, Michael...
View ArticleA partner has left Tourbillon Capital, a struggling New York hedge fund
Kartik Joshi, a partner at hedge fund Tourbillon Capital, has left.The New York firm has struggled this year.Tourbillon's flagship fund is down -11.6% this year through November. Kartik Joshi, a...
View ArticleThe hedge fund world is talking about a huge new fund from the former...
Dan Sundheim, the former chief investment officer at Viking Global, is launching a new fund in 2018.It's still early days, but hedge fund insiders say the fund launch could be one of the biggest in...
View ArticleThe GOP tax plan separates Wall Street's rich from its filthy rich
The GOP tax bill separates owners from earners on Wall Street in a meaningful way.Many in the industry are worried about the cap on state and local tax deductions.That means the GOP is taking from a...
View ArticleMORGAN STANLEY: Investors pumped $2 billion into crypto funds this year — and...
MS: Over 100 crypto funds with an estimated $2 billion in assets under management, 2018 "will likely be bigger."New index tracking returns of cryptocurrency-focused hedge funds shows returns of 1,641%...
View ArticleThe Republicans' massive tax bill keeps a loophole that benefits fund...
President Donald Trump suggested during his campaign that he would close a tax loophole for hedge fund managers.But the Republicans' tax bill keeps that loophole, called the carried interest provision,...
View ArticleBritish hedge fund titan Crispin Odey's 2017 was even worse than we thought
Profits at Odey Asset Management drop by around 60% in the year to April 5.Bearish bets against bonds and assets inflated by recent loose monetary policy have so far failed to pay off.Crispin Odey was...
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