Friday, May 27, 2016

Hedge funds, anticipating ECB buys, move into long-dated euro zone debt

LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge funds appear to have spotted an opportunity in the European Central Bank's bond-buying scheme and are snapping up long-dated debt in anticipation of profits from selling it...

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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Hedge fund TCI says first-quarter performance flat as VW, Porsche drag

LONDON (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund TCI, which has called for rapid reforms at Volkswagen, said the German carmaker and its Porsche unit were the biggest drags on the fund's flat first quarter...

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Hedge funds share Brexit views while guarding their bets

LONDON (Reuters) - Are some of Britain's largest hedge fund managers putting their money where their mouth is on Brexit?

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Friday, May 20, 2016

Hedge fund investors hold steady despite unsettled markets

LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge fund investors held on in April despite a weak first quarter in which funds lost 0.63 percent, according to SS&C GlobeOp data, although other data providers reported big...

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Friday, May 13, 2016

Brevan Howard winds down Argentina fund after returning net 18 percent

LONDON (Reuters) - Brevan Howard Asset Management, one of Europe's largest hedge funds, said it is winding down a fund that bet on Argentine assets after the country agreed a deal with creditors.

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

Activist investor TCI says VW campaign its own initiative

LONDON (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund TCI's campaign against German carmaker Volkswagen was launched as its own initiative and not on behalf of a broader investor group, a partner at the firm told...

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Brevan Howard opens funds to fresh outside investors - source

LONDON (Reuters) - Billionaire Alan Howard's hedge fund, Brevan Howard Asset Management, has opened two funds to additional outside investors, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told...

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Midas touch gone, hedge fund industry's influence may be waning

By David Randall, Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Lawrence Delevingne

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Saturday, May 7, 2016

Hedge fund rich list king Alan Howard dethroned

LONDON (Reuters) - Alan Howard, media-shy founder of Brevan Howard, has lost his top spot in the Sunday Times' list of Britain's richest hedge fund managers following a run of poor performances by...

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