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07/18/2018

Trend-Following Issues Take Toll on ISAM

ISAM, a commodity-trading advisor whose trend-following program traces its origins to Man Group, is mired in a prolonged drawdown.

07/11/2018

Scaramucci Plans Revival of SALT Conference

Two months after returning to SkyBridge Capital, Anthony Scaramucci is setting the stage for the next SALT conference in Las Vegas.

07/04/2018

Former Perry Exec Uziel Back in Business

Former Perry Capital partner Ori Uziel is returning to the hedge fund business after a 10-year absence.

06/27/2018

Millennium Churns Pool of External Managers

Millennium Management’s investment in Teza Capital earlier this year marked the fifth time in 12 months that the multi-strategy giant hired an...

06/20/2018

Bass-Backed Blueport in Marketing Mode

Peter Blaustein and Arnau Porto, who since 2015 have been running money exclusively for billionaire Robert Bass, are seeking outside investors.

06/20/2018

Trade-Execution Shop Expands in US

Outset Global Trading, a London-based firm offering trade-execution services to hedge funds, is expanding its footprint in the U.S.

06/13/2018

BitGo Still Aiming for Custodian Role

Details are emerging about a plan by BitGo to offer qualified-custodian services to cryptocurrency hedge funds.

06/06/2018

Falcon Edge's Gerson Directs Seeding Effort

Falcon Edge Capital founder Richard Gerson, linked in recent news reports to meetings between Abu Dhabi officials and associates of President Trump, is...

05/30/2018

Funds Brace for Money-Laundering Rules

Hedge fund lawyers and administrators are busy helping managers of offshore funds comply with stricter anti-money-laundering regulations in the Cayman...

05/23/2018

Harvard Management Alums Ready to Go

Two former Harvard University endowment executives are putting the finishing touches on an equity fund that’s set to launch around midyear.

05/16/2018

Premium Point Debacle Detected Early On

A large fund-of-funds manager raised a red flag about Premium Point Investments’ asset-valuation policy seven years before a federal grand jury...

05/09/2018

New Energy Fund Employs Machine Learning

The founders of a technology company that uses machine learning to more accurately predict the capacity of oil-and-gas fields are marketing a fund that...