New York (HedgeCo.net) – As Chinese authorities continue to crackdown on institutional investors, Wednesday saw the police freeze approximately $1 billion in assets of Xu Xiang. Xu is a hedge fund manager and he is currently under investigation for insider […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Argentina has been the source of speculation for years for distressed debt hedge funds and there has been animosity between investors and the government. Even though the country has only gone through one round of its […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund management firm Bridgewater released performance results for its two main funds yesterday and both funds moved higher on the month. The All Weather Fund, which uses the recently criticized risk parity strategy, gained 4.1 […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Avenue Capital Group is one of the preeminent investment firms in the distressed investing space and in a sad, symbolic gesture, the firm announced that it will be closing its original hedge fund, Avenue Investments. The […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Verde Asset Management, the largest hedge fund in Brazil with approximately $7.9 billion in assets, has been adding to its holdings of Petroleo Brasileiro (NYSE: PBR) debt, but is issuing cautious statements about the state-controlled oil […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Leda Braga is considered one of the top ladies in the hedge fund industry and some consider her the top female manager. Braga had been with BlueCrest Capital Management from 2001 through the end of 2014. […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The old standard in the hedge fund industry used to be “2 and 20” which stood for a 2% management fee and a 20% performance fee, but those standards might be a little outdated at this […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The American Association of Individual Investors released their most recent sentiment survey last week and the results showed that the number of bulls to bears has been growing in recent weeks. The bullish percentage increased to […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The last few months have been tough on a good portion of the hedge fund industry and several big-name firms have announced fund closures, asset declines and staffing cuts. One of the latest firms to announce […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) By most indications, investors and advisors alike have increased their use of alternative investments since the financial crisis in 2008. The evidence is pretty clear given the growth in alternative mutual funds. According to a report in […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) After suffering through the worst quarterly loss in four years for the overall market, investors seem to be a little more uncertain about the fourth quarter and what it will bring to the market. We asked the […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) Last month we featured a story entitled Lack of Correlation Apparent Over Long Run. Since publishing that article, more articles have come to our attention mentioning or focusing on correlation. One particular article was from ValueWalk and […]