Opalesque Exclusive: Kyria Capital Management bets on women hedge fund managers... [more]Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: As hedge fund assets top $3 trillion, and long/short strategies get more crowded than ever, with every manager hunting for even the tiniest bit of alpha, a new firm has emerged that claims its own edge – women. A recent Rothstein Kass study showed women-owned a

Opalesque Exclusive: Typhon Capital Management and Trevinici Capital Partners to merge... [more]Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Chicago-based Typhon Capital Management has completed a merger with Trevinci Capital Partners, the Chicago-based asset management affiliate of America’s largest crop insurance broker, Silveus Insurance Group. The transaction, which was finalized last week, invol

M&A – Gottex announces that it has FINMA approval for merger with EIM, Cantor Fitzgerald acquires wealth manager Capital Planning... [more]Gottex announces that it has FINMA approval for merger with EIM Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited, an independent global institutional asset management group, has received FINMA approval for its merger with EIM Group. The merger is expected to complete during the month of August.

Institutions – El Paso County eyes hedge fund-of-funds managers, New York pension funds gain 17.4% at year end... [more]El Paso County eyes hedge fund-of-funds managers From PIonline.com: El Paso County Retirement Plan, Colorado Springs, Colo., will hear recommendations on potential hedge fund-of-funds managers from its investment consultant, Watershed Investment Consultants, at its Aug. 25 board meeting,

Newedge Commodity Trading Index up 0.63% in June, 3.55% YTD... [more]From Automatedtrader.net: Newedge, a provider of multi-asset brokerage and clearing, has announced the performance for its suite of hedge fund indices for the month of June. Commodity funds, as represented by the Newedge Commodity Trading Index, were the best performers in June, finishing the

Performance – Steven Cohen is said to return 9% beating hedge funds with family office, Returns drive fees in private equity and hedge funds... [more]Steven Cohen is said to return 9% beating hedge funds with family office From Businessweek.com: Even after shutting down SAC Capital Advisors LP, Steven A. Cohen is still beating most hedge funds. The billionaire, who started Point72 Asset Management LP to oversee his own wealth, has gai

Investing – Hedge fund Elliott discloses bigger Juniper stake, tight-lipped on Argentina, Hedge fund Lakewood bets on Tetragon greed as CLOs jump... [more]Hedge fund Elliott discloses bigger Juniper stake, tight-lipped on Argentina From Reuters.com: Hedge fund Elliott Management told investors that it added to its stake in Juniper Networks last quarter and sees opportunities in real estate securities in Europe, but it said little about two

Politically connected hedge funds earn higher profits... [more]From Valuewalk.com: An article in Social Science Research Network on July 24th was designed to test the hypothesis that “hedge fund managers gain an informational advantage in securities trading through their connections with lobbyists.” Not surprisingly researchers Meng Gao (National University of

Regulatory – New York banking regulator wants monitors in Barclays and Deutsche Bank... [more]From IBTimes.co.uk: New York's banking regulator is looking to place government monitors in the American offices of Barclays and Deutsche Bank as part of its probe into alleged manipulation in the foreign-exchange market. The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), headed by Superinte

Argentina – Argentina’s economy is on the brink of default, If Argentina defaults, then what?, It’s not just hedge funds that own Argentine bonds... [more]Argentina’s economy is on the brink of default From News.com.au: It’s an 11th hour battle with billions of dollars on the line. Argentina’s entire economy could plunge into default for the second time in 13 years if it can’t find a resolution to a dispute with a group of aggressive hedge

Activist News – Cliffs Natural Resources stock surges as activist hedge fund wins board majority... [more]From TheStreet.com: Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF) shareholders have voted in favor of a majority slate of directors proposed by fledgling activist hedge fund Casablanca Capital, which has vowed to sell or spin the mining company's international operations and refocus on its iron ore business in the

News Briefs – Hedge fund warns against mega sun storm, Dream Alternatives announces first accretive renewable power acquisitions, accretive loan... [more]Hedge fund warns against mega sun storm Perhaps more jarringly, additional research cited by NASA has found a 12 percent chance that a massive solar storm like the one we avoided two summers ago could strike the planet in the next decade. “Why are we writing about this topic? Because in

…And Finally – U.S. obesity trickles down to cats and dogs... [more]From Newsoftheweird.com: U.S. obesity continues to grow -- for pets as well as people -- and exercise innovations for humans seem to trickle down to dogs. A July Associated Press report noted that fat Labradors and poodles now have Pilates ("pawlates") and yoga ("doga") and even play "Barko P