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02/25/2015

Standard General Bars Entry for Newcomers

The window is closing for investors who want access to Standard General, an event-driven shop that has grabbed headlines for targeting RadioShack in a bold...

02/18/2015

Cap-Intro Survey Bodes Well for Fund Startups

Pensions, endowments, foundations and family offices are far more likely to back startup hedge fund managers today than they were just two years...

02/11/2015

Quant-Trading Firm Wins Paloma's Backing

Proprietary trading shop QTrade has landed a commitment from Paloma Partners — the quantitative-investment firm’s first from an outside...

02/04/2015

Bitcoin Beckons as Fair Game for Fund Shops

The bitcoin market is drawing interest from a growing segment of the hedge fund industry.

01/28/2015

Chapter Closes on Enduring Charter Oak

Charter Oak Partners is no longer running outside capital.

01/21/2015

Sanborn Kilcollin Team Retiring, Shutting Firm

Equity manager Sanborn Kilcollin Partners has wound down following a 13-year run.

01/14/2015

Quant Manager Misses Managed-Futures Rally

Short-term futures trader Quantitative Investment Management suffered a sharp loss in its main fund last year, extending a streak of weak performance and...

01/07/2015

Wainscott Begins Liquidating Fund

The shooting death of Wainscott Capital founder Thomas Gilbert has forced an immediate wind-down of the firm’s hedge fund.

12/17/2014

Bayview Offering More-Liquid MBS Vehicle

Mortgage specialist Bayview Asset Management is marketing a structured-product hedge fund that offers investors more liquidity than its other...

12/10/2014

New HBK Offering Targets Merger-Arb Plays

HBK Capital, an $8.5 billion fund shop founded in 1991, has made a rare addition to its product line.

12/03/2014

Fidelity Cools on Arden's Liquid-Alts Vehicle

Fidelity appears to be having second thoughts about a “liquid-alternatives” mutual fund it runs in partnership with Arden Asset Management.

11/19/2014

Hedge Fund Holdings Grow for Biggest LPs

The amount of money the world’s largest limited partners have invested in hedge funds increased by 10% in the past year, even as Calpers commenced a...