Study: Political affiliation is an important bias in hedge fund manager performance

Posted: July 25, 2016

  During 16 years analyzed, there was only one 10-month period – December 2008 to September 2009 – when Democratic [Read More]
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UTIMCO board approves new asset allocation that would reduce hedge fund target allocation by four percentage points

Posted: July 25, 2016

At its July 21 meeting, the board of University of Texas Investment Management Co approved a new asset allocation that [Read More]
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Launches: Bluegrass Capital, Black and White Capital, Folium Capital

Posted: July 21, 2016

  Joe Cornell, who had been at Chilton Investment Company for the past five years and a managing director since [Read More]
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Hedge fund group sues Puerto Rico and governor

Posted: July 21, 2016

Aurelius Capital Management, Autonomy Capital, Covalent Partners, FCO Advisors, Monarch Alternative Capital and Stone Lion Capital Partners filed suit yesterday [Read More]
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Closings:  Two more Platinum Funds, Laurion Capital Global Markets Fund

Posted: July 21, 2016

Platinum Partners is liquidating two more funds, according to a letter sent to its investors.  Bart Schwartz of Guidepost Solutions [Read More]
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