Thursday, June 30, 2016

Hedge fund Brevan Howard up 1 percent on Brexit vote - source

LONDON (Reuters) - British billionaire Alan Howard's main hedge fund, one of Europe's largest, gained 1 percent on Friday after Britain voted to leave the European Union, a source close to the matter...

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Hedge fund Caxton gained 2 percent in Brexit vote aftermath - source

LONDON (Reuters) - New York-based global macro hedge fund firm Caxton Associates made gains of 2 percent on Friday after Britain voted to leave the European Union, a source told Reuters on Wednesday.

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Looking for Brexit-proof portfolios? Try drugs, alcohol and tobacco

LONDON (Reuters) - Health, safety and even some traditional 'sin stocks' have already shown signs of weathering Brexit-related storms in European equity markets over the past week.

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Saturday, June 25, 2016

Brexit more heartburn than heart attack for hedge funds

NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - UK voters' surprise decision to leave the European Union roiled markets on Friday, but hedge funds appear to have avoided crippling losses, according to market data and...

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Seventy-nine percent of European hedge funds expect Britain to remain in EU

LONDON (Reuters) - Seventy-nine percent of a total of 270 Europe-based hedge fund managers surveyed in early June believe Britain will remain in the European Union, according to a survey by...

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Friday, June 17, 2016

Brexit fears reopen euro zone bond market rift in echoes of crisis

LONDON (Reuters) - Tension emanating from Britain's Brexit debate has reopened a fault line between the haves and have-nots in the euro zone bond market in an echo of the debt crisis that threatened...

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Thursday, June 16, 2016

Deutsche and JP Morgan stay overweight UK equities even as Brexit fears mount

LONDON (Reuters) - Strategists at Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan backed staying "overweight" on UK equities on Monday, even as fears over Britain's vote next week on its membership of the European Union...

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Monday, June 13, 2016

Fund manager Hendry says German property is ultimate Brexit hedge

LONDON (Reuters) - Outspoken Scottish hedge fund manager Hugh Hendry says he is investing in residential German property as it can survive any "vial of poison" the market throws at it, and will gain...

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Friday, June 3, 2016

EU promises to flush out barriers faced by asset managers

LONDON (Reuters) - Blocks to selling mutual and hedge funds across the European Union will be "flushed out" to feed more savings into economic growth, the bloc's financial services chief said on...

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Thursday, June 2, 2016

World's biggest hedge funds lose market share

LONDON (Reuters) - The world's biggest hedge funds lost market share to smaller rivals over the last year as a result of underperformance, data tracker Preqin said on Friday.

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