Hedge Funds Are Holding First-Ever Gold Net-Short Position

Hedge funds are holding the first ever bet on a decline in gold prices since the U.S. government started collecting the data in 2006.

Losses across the board for major hedge funds

Hedge fund titans might be crying at their Hamptons barbecues this Fourth of July, after the drubbing most of them took in June.

Hedge Funds Got Windfall From Runaway China Stock Rally in April

China’s runaway stock rally delivered a windfall for hedge funds focused on the world’s second-largest economy in April.

Former Permal Managing Director Plans Asia Fund of Hedge Funds

Steve Zhang, a former head of emerging markets investments at the Permal Group, plans to raise as much as $40 million by February for his own company to invest in hedge funds in the Asia-Pacific region.

Record Bets Against Japan Stocks Tell Investors Time to Buy

As bets pile up against Japanese stocks, investors with $293 billion in client assets see the pessimism as a signal to buy. History is on their side.

Argentina Hedge Fund Startup Leverages Rich Client Money

Three years ago, Daniel Melhem was kicked off a government delegation from Argentina that was trying to drum up investors from the Middle East after he said no one would be interested.

Calpers Boosts Property Investments as Hedge Funds Shrink

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the biggest U.S. fund, is increasing investments in real estate by about $6 billion within a year as it begins to exit hedge funds.

Euro Drop to $1.20 Seen by Nomura on No Crisis: Chart of the Day

The euro will weaken more than 5 percent against the dollar by June in a slide that option traders forecast will be slower than the tumble during Europe’s debt crisis in 2012, according to Nomura Holdings Inc.

UN urged to swoop on vulture funds

More than 130 developing countries have called on the UN to stop so-called vulture funds undermining debt restructuring deals like those at the centre of Argentina's US court battle.

London hedge fund executives see pay packets halve as bonuses plummet

Hedge fund executives in London saw bonuses plummet last year, resulting in their pay packets being less than half of what they were 12 months ago.

What hedge funds are buying

The 50 largest funds snapped up shares of big health care names such as Allergan (AGN), Actavis (ACT), and Covidien (COV) in the second quarter in an effort to capitalize on the wave of mergers and acquisitions in the sector, according to data from FactSet.

Ireland to give green light for hedge funds to lend

(Reuters) - Ireland, one of the biggest hubs for funds in Europe, will allow hedge funds based in the country to lend to companies under new rules drawn up by the central bank, the bank said.

Abu Dhabi Wealth Fund Adds Stocks in Europe to South Africa

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the world’s biggest sovereign wealth funds, said internal money managers allocated more assets to European and South African equities last year.

Argentina faces vulture funds in countdown to default

Buenos Aires (AFP) - Argentina risks technical default by the end of Monday in its combat with so-called vulture funds over a US court ruling that it must settle unpaid debts to bondholders.

Top 500 hedge funds control 90 pct of industry assets - Preqin

LONDON (Reuters) - The 505 largest hedge fund managers in the world, each with more than $1 billion under management, control 90 percent of the industry's assets, research by Preqin showed on Thursday.

Asian shares waver, euro steady but ECB talk weighs

(Reuters) - Asian stocks erased early modest gains on Tuesday, while the euro steadied but remained vulnerable after overnight comments from the European Central Bank chief heightened expectations of easing steps in the euro zone.

Exclusive hedge funds crack open door to Main Street

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - As a $14.8 billion hedge fund with a reputation for savvy mortgage trades and a record of double-digit returns, Pine River Capital Management has long signed up multi-billion-dollar pension and sovereign wealth funds as investors.

Hedge Funds Replace Banks as Europe Property Lenders

Investors in commercial mortgage bonds have grown so tired of waiting for Europe’s market to recover after the financial crisis that they are now lending directly to property developers.

Hedge funds pose biggest risks in crises: Fed study

(Reuters) - Hedge funds, not banks, may be the most important transmitters of shocks during financial crises, according a study published Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

Qatar Investment Official Said to Start Hedge Fund

LONDON — A top investment executive at Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund is leaving to start a hedge fund, people briefed on the development said.