February decline is first monthly loss in past 16 months, ends longest positive streak since 2003/4

According to eVestment, hedge funds declined an average of 2.0% in February 2018, the industry’s lowest monthly return since January [Read More]
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Google cracking down on cryptocurrency ads pushes prices lower

Google announced today that it will ban ads promoting cryptocurrencies, effective June.  The ban includes ads promoting cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency exchanges, [Read More]
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Pershing Square sells 5M shares of ADP

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management has sold 5 million shares and options of Automatic Data Processing valued at $125 [Read More]
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Sightings…

  Kelsey Deshler has been hired by Carleton College as its new chief investment officer. Most recently, she had been [Read More]
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Dramatic reshaping of hedge fund landscape as fewer new funds employ equity-based strategies

Seward & Kissel’s 2017 New Hedge Fund Study finds a dramatic reshaping of the hedge fund landscape occurring as fewer [Read More]
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