(Bloomberg) -- The deluge of debt sold around the world is raising risks for bond buyers, according to Man Group Plc, the world’s largest publicly listed hedge fund firm.Companies around the globe have sold over $2 trillion of bonds this year, a 56% jump - SHARE ARTICLE

Many in the hedge funds industry, which is among the most relationship-based in finance, realise that life may be slow to return to normal - SHARE ARTICLE

A new report by two analysts at Robeco discusses sustainability trends in energy credits, especially in the era of Covid 19. The analysts acknowledge the demand collapse that is keeping crude oil, and accordingly alternatives fuels, at very low values. Th - SHARE ARTICLE

Satori Capital Invests in Mountain Cove Capital ManagementOdessa American - SHARE ARTICLE

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Alden Global Capital has emerged as a potential bidder for McClatchy’s newspapers, an acquisition that would add some of the nation’s most prominent daily publications to the New York hedge fund’s existing collection of local news outlets. - SHARE ARTICLE

The remaining fund — Discovery Global Opportunity — was solidly back in the black after the second quarter. - SHARE ARTICLE

A group of current and retired public workers in Kentucky lost their lawsuit challenging alleged mismanagement of the state’s pension system, when the state’s highest court ruled Thursday that they hadn’t suffered an injury giving them standing to sue. - SHARE ARTICLE

Griffin Urges Cooperation Toward Uniform U.S. Listing StandardBloomberg - SHARE ARTICLE

Sure, the final version was way more damning to the hedge fund managers it helped send to jail, but, like, pretty please?Last year, hedge fund founder Neil Ahuja was convicted of ripping off Anthony Scaramucci (among others) and sentenced to three-and-a-h - SHARE ARTICLE

Energy groups rail against controls; Lansdowne Partners is down, not out; FRC takes its time - SHARE ARTICLE

While prosecutors are having a look around the place, you never know what might turn up.German payments company Wirecard appears to have just made up or otherwise invented $2 billion it pretended to have in the bank, along with some fake revenue for good - SHARE ARTICLE

Contra Costa County Employees' Retirement System, Concord, Calif., invested $130 million in the Acadian Multi-Asset Absolute Return Fund.The $8.9 billion pension fund's board approved the investment in the multistrategy hedge fund managed by Aca - SHARE ARTICLE

Most Hedge Funds Down In H1 But Some Stellar Performers Buck The TrendAlphaWeek - SHARE ARTICLE

Capital-raising easier than ever, but no one wants the Fed’s Main Street money; and more!Companies Raised Record Amounts by Selling Stock During Covid-19 Crisis [WSJ]Companies raised nearly $190 billion from the end of March through the end of June, the m - SHARE ARTICLE

Pricing dislocations across a broad range of industries and geographies, coupled with an increasingly fragmented macroeconomic landscape stemming from divergent emergency central bank measures, will throw up a wealth of investment opportunities for macro, - SHARE ARTICLE

The Cannabis Law report has confirmed from HighTimes Holding Corp. lawyer Stephen Weiss and Megan Penick of L.A. based Michelman Robinson LLP that the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has halted sales of shares in the company. The story as repo - SHARE ARTICLE

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Hedge funds lost a record 7.9% on an asset-weighted basis in the year's first half, according to data from Hedge Fund Research. None of th... - SHARE ARTICLE

Hedge funds lost a record 7.9% in the first half of the year on an asset-weighted basis, according to Hedge Fund Research. - SHARE ARTICLE

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Three Nordic hedge funds – Accendo Capital, CABA Hedge and Elementa – have won awards at the HFM European Performance Awards 2020. This annual award ceremony recognises and celebrates the best performing hedge funds and funds of - SHARE ARTICLE

Alden Global Capital’s emergency motion challenges the attempt by a likely suitor, Chatham Asset Management, to buy the publisher of The Sacramento Bee and more than two dozen other papers. - SHARE ARTICLE

Sucden Financial, a global multi-asset execution, clearing and liquidity provider, has appointed Alan Burr for LME metals and options trading at its Hong Kong subsidiary. - SHARE ARTICLE

A number of hedge fund strategies, including discretionary macro managers and specialist technology and healthcare-focused equity long/short funds, have taken profits in the first half of 2020, as the wider industry continues to claw back losses following - SHARE ARTICLE

London-based Heptagon Capital (Heptagon) has successfully launched two additional sub funds for its USD3.7bn Irish UCITS Fund company, the Summit Partners Sustainable Opportunities L/S Equity Fund, and the Levin Easterly US Equity Fund. - SHARE ARTICLE

Gregg Fisher, a portfolio manager and factor investing specialist, has launched Quent Capital, a New York City-based investment firm which will focus on a global small cap long/short strategy. - SHARE ARTICLE

Glue42 and LodeStar Ecosystems form partnership Submitted 09/07/2020 - 9:06am Glue42, a provider of integrated desktop solutions to financial institutions globally, andLodeStar Ecosystems, a fintech startup behind Lod - SHARE ARTICLE

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Accendo Capital may have started off 2020 on the wrong foot after suffering its worst month on record in February, but that performance dip was soon forgotten. The activist fund ended the first half of 2020 up 25 percent after en - SHARE ARTICLE

Morning Coffee: Banking's digital nomads are being called home. The new hot team at CitieFinancialCareers - SHARE ARTICLE

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Swedish renewable energy-focused asset manager Proxy P Management is shutting down its market-neutral equity fund, Proxy Long/Short Energy, to fully concentrate on its strong-performing energy transition-focused long/short fund, - SHARE ARTICLE

(HedgeCo.Net) The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed a civil enforcement action in the Eastern District of California charging a number of individuals and entities with operating a $14.5 million binary options and retail foreign currency (fore - SHARE ARTICLE

(CNBC) Companies struggling to get through the coronavirus slashed the amount of money they returned to shareholders through dividends in the second quarter. The net change in Q2 payouts, or the difference between increases and decreases, for all domestic - SHARE ARTICLE

(CNBC) Brooks Brothers files for bankruptcy as coronavirus claims another storied retail brand The coronavirus pandemic has now claimed one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious retailers. Brooks Brothers — pioneer of the polo and uniform of the po - SHARE ARTICLE

That’s Marc Lasry, hedge-fund manager and billionaire co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, explaining his stance on the investment landscape in a chat on 8 July on Yahoo Finance. While stocks should also ... - SHARE ARTICLE

(CNBC) Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes held steady during the overnight session Wednesday evening just hours after the Nasdaq Composite clinched its 25th record close for 2020. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 27 points, im - SHARE ARTICLE

As per Marc Lasry, while the economic situation has caused “misery for employees and business owners”, debt investors can “do extremely well making loans to companies that falter.” - SHARE ARTICLE

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors raised more than $1 billion for its flagship hedge fund, double expectations, attracting fresh money from new and existing investors following the March selloff, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. - SHARE ARTICLE

COVID-19 Updates 7/9 on Managed Funds Association. - SHARE ARTICLE

Menga joins most recently from Alternative Investment Group, where she co-managed two fund of hedge fund strategies - SHARE ARTICLE

Hedge funds lost a record 7.9% in the first half of the year on an asset-weighted basis, according to Hedge Fund Research Inc. - SHARE ARTICLE

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: This is our regular report on hedge funds and alternative asset managers who are successfully protecting assets and outperforming the markets during the first months of 2020. An options strategy pays off In 2019, Quadr - SHARE ARTICLE

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Private equity portfolio companies are largely weathering the storm caused by the coronavirus crisis, new research from risk management firm Willis Towers Watson shows. The report revealed that despite a subdued environment for - SHARE ARTICLE

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Private-equity giant KKR agreed to acquire retirement and life insurance company Global Atlantic Financial Group for roughly $4.4 billion. According to the New York-based PE firm said it would pay the amount of Global Atlantic - SHARE ARTICLE

Their donations to Democratic candidates amount to more than seven times the amount given to Republicans. - SHARE ARTICLE

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Hedge funds advanced in June for the third consecutive month, concluding a volatile 1H20 defined by a steep 1Q global equity market decline driven by the global coronavirus pandemic followed by a mixed 2Q recovery despite ongoi - SHARE ARTICLE

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Canadian private equity firm Walter Global Asset Management has acquired a minority interest in Auspice Capital Advisors, a Calgary-based asset management firm that specializes in alternative and non-correlated investment strat - SHARE ARTICLE

Schonfeld raises more than $1bn for flagship hedge fund From Bloomberg: Schonfeld Strategic Advisors raised more than $1 billion for its flagship hedge fund, double expectations, attracting fresh money from new and existing investors following the March - SHARE ARTICLE

Nordea Life Pensions commits to emerging markets loans strategy From PIonline.com: Retirement savings provider Nordea Life Pensions selected impact manager Developing World Markets to run an allocation to an emerging and frontier markets loans strate - SHARE ARTICLE

From Bloomberg: Bill Ackman is putting a modern-day spin on a centuries-old financial innovation with the special purpose acquisition company he plans to take public. His new SPAC -- Pershing Square Tontine Holdings Ltd. -- will reward investors who hang - SHARE ARTICLE

JPMorgan's market guru says stocks can hit new records this summer as hedge funds and quants put $400bn to work From Business Insider: Stocks' price-earnings ratios remain at historic highs, but their value compared to bonds suggests a market booster cou - SHARE ARTICLE

Peak Rock Capital adds managing director for credit investments Peak Rock Capital, a middle-market private investment firm, announced that Nicholas Basso has joined as a Managing Director focused on credit investments. Basso will help to lead Peak Rock's - SHARE ARTICLE

From WSJ: Nearly $40 billion flowed into gold-backed exchange-traded funds in the first half of the year, topping the previous annual record and highlighting robust investor demand for precious metals during the coronavirus pandemic. The flood of money in - SHARE ARTICLE

Texas securities regulator accuses South African trading pool of crypto fraud From Coin Desk: The Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) on Wednesday ordered Mirror Trading International (MTI) to cease operations immediately, alleging the South African bitc - SHARE ARTICLE

From Free Malaysia Today: Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd plans to increase its exposure to developed markets as the impact of the pandemic has pressured valuations. "In the depths of the crisis there was some real good opp - SHARE ARTICLE

Investors commit more capital to global real estate funds in Q2 From PIonline.com: Real estate investors committed more capital to global funds but to fewer managers in the second quarter of 2020, said a report by Preqin. Although the number of global re - SHARE ARTICLE

From WSJ: Billionaire tech entrepreneur Tom Siebel said last month that his software company, C3.ai Inc., is growing sales 80% annually. It has raised hundreds of millions of dollars from big name venture capital investors including early Facebook Inc. ba - SHARE ARTICLE

Hedge funds are long Democrats this year From Institutional Investor: Eight hedge fund honchos, or their spouses, so far have donated almost $70.5 million to Democrats and liberal groups in the 2020 election cycle - more than seven times the amount donat - SHARE ARTICLE

Sunak pledges $3.8bn green investment package From City Wire: Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a pound;3bn ($3.8bn) package of green investment for homeowners to implement energy efficient upgrades. Under the plans, homeowners will receive vouchers - SHARE ARTICLE

Premium Point founder Anilesh Ahuja wants the federal government to provide more details on how it has interacted with witnesses. - SHARE ARTICLE

The news, while not exactly all bad, is also not particularly good.Regardless of what you may have heard from some people (the president, the vice president, the Secretary of Education, the broader markets), it seems this coronavirus thing is still a wee - SHARE ARTICLE

Were Hedge Funds Right About Piling Into Square, Inc. (SQ)?Wall Street Reporter - SHARE ARTICLE

Which is good (for it, and for payday lenders), because it’s probably running out of time.In spite of President Trump’s ostensible Supreme Court victory in asserting his authority over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, some of his allies have lame - SHARE ARTICLE

Tail risk funds are able to normalize the returns of an entire portfolio by making up for steep declines when there is a sudden correction - SHARE ARTICLE

The spirit of the PPP was for businesses like this. Well run businesses that, not for a management error, had to close. The Govt response - SHARE ARTICLE

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“You’ve got a lot of companies that are in trouble,” Marc Lasry explained, comparing what we’re seeing now to what happened in the Great Recession in 2008.... - SHARE ARTICLE

SAVED From Bankruptcy: Fisker Secures $50 Million From Hedge FundAutoSpies.com - SHARE ARTICLE

Brooks Brothers bankruptcy; Buffett’s billions; Odey’s awful annus; Facebook fascism; and more!Brooks Brothers files for bankruptcy, as coronavirus and casual Fridays take a toll [MarketWatch]Brooks Brothers was facing challenges before the health crisis - SHARE ARTICLE

Crispin Odey's main fund tumbled 17.9% in the first half of 2020, significantly underperforming the 3.5% loss seen throughout the hedge fund ind... - SHARE ARTICLE

The world's most popular hedge fund strategy no longer works, with Lansdowne Partners closing the long/short equity fund that made it famous. - SHARE ARTICLE

The world's most popular hedge fund strategy no longer works, with Lansdowne Partners closing the long-short equity fund that made it famous. - SHARE ARTICLE

Just out of college, Christina Qi was trading billions a day at Domeyard. Then she had a different idea. - SHARE ARTICLE

Hedge funds employing this strategy have captured most of the market’s downside in recent years, but very little of the upside. - SHARE ARTICLE

Lansdowne Partners shuts flagship hedge fund as it pulls back from...Portfolio Adviser - SHARE ARTICLE

Lansdowne Partners shuts flagship hedge fund as it backs away from...Portfolio Adviser - SHARE ARTICLE

Lansdowne Partners retreats from short-selling and shuts flagship...Portfolio Adviser - SHARE ARTICLE

Stock index futures were mixed amid choppy trading early, plus stocks to watch today in Wednesday's Opening Bell on Money & Markets. - SHARE ARTICLE

Stock index futures were mixed amid choppy trading early, plus stocks to watch today in Wednesday's Opening Bell on Money & Markets. - SHARE ARTICLE

Rossari Biotech Ltd, which will open its initial public offering next week, raised fresh capital from a hedge fund and homegrown - SHARE ARTICLE

"Short the losers" is a classic strategy that backfired for many hedge funds this year, forcing a few storied firms out of business. - SHARE ARTICLE

TriOptima, an infrastructure service that helps to lower costs and to mitigate risk in OTC derivatives markets, has extended data connectivity between The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) Global Trade Repository (GTR) service and TriOpti - SHARE ARTICLE

Seeking reduced correlation to other strategies such as equities, AMP Capitals’ Anastassia Juventin says co-investment aims to enhance the idiosyncrasy of hedge fund return streams. - SHARE ARTICLE

US-based hedge fund Route One Investment Company has reportedly initiated talks to increase its stake in IndusInd Bank.Route One Investment currently holds 5.41% stake in IndusInd Bank through two entities - SHARE ARTICLE

London-based Prime Broker Forte Securities has selected Profile Software's Asia platform for its investment management and custody operations. - SHARE ARTICLE

OneChronos is to launch a new AI-powered dark pool/alternative trading system designed to provide fully customisable solutions for traders who want to minimise information leakage and maximise opportunities for price improvement. - SHARE ARTICLE

Transaction Network Services (TNS) has signed a new agreement with Cboe Europe, one of the largest pan-European equities stock exchange operators by value-traded, to become a registered vendor for its European equities market data. - SHARE ARTICLE

Jarden hires Morgan Stanley hedge fund specialistThe Australian Financial Review - SHARE ARTICLE

Lansdowne to shutter flagship hedge fund on coronavirus woesCitywire Financial Publishers - SHARE ARTICLE

Industry Global News24 - News solution that helps you connect and engage with target audiences in Business, Healthcare, Technology, Industry Latest News, Updated News, Latest trending News on industry across the world. - SHARE ARTICLE

A few other investors may also join Route One and participate in what could potentially be a wider fundraising round through the preferential allotment routeGet latest Business online at cnbctv18.com - SHARE ARTICLE

(CNBC) Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing conceded his firm should never have taken accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein as a client in 2013, but said that it has since learned its lesson. While Epstein died in a Manhattan jail cell last year, the - SHARE ARTICLE

(HedgeCo.Net) The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued two orders resolving charges for fraud, unauthorized and fictitious trading, and failing to diligently supervise the handling of a customer account against Mark Miller and registered introducin - SHARE ARTICLE

(CNBC) AMC Entertainment shares jumped as much as 21% after the close of regular trading on Tuesday following a story in the Wall Street Journal that the movie theater company is nearing a deal to avoid near-term bankruptcy. The Journal, citing people fam - SHARE ARTICLE

(Marketwatch) Warren Buffett once said that “diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing.” The takeaway: Load up on what you know. Even if it’s a tech stock, apparently. A recent peek into Buffett’ - SHARE ARTICLE

(CNBC) The denim maker Levi Strauss & Co.’s sales fell 62% during its fiscal second quarter, the company announced Tuesday, as its online sales weren’t enough to make up for its stores being temporarily shut for roughly 10 weeks during the Covid-19 cr - SHARE ARTICLE

(CNBC) Walmart’s answer to Amazon Prime will launch this month, according to a report by Vox’s Recode.The big-box giant confirmed in February that it plans to roll out a subscription-based service called Walmart+, but it hasn’t revealed details or its str - SHARE ARTICLE

Convicted Former Premium Point Investments CEO Anilesh Ahuja says that a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York drafted a cooperator's guilty plea and then told a judge he didn't — a fact Ahuja claims casts doubt on the fairness o - SHARE ARTICLE

Women-Led Activist Firm Bets on ESG Reforms in Emerging MarketsBloomberg - SHARE ARTICLE

Quent Capital will be based in New York City and will focus on a global small cap long/short strategy - SHARE ARTICLE

By Debbie McLean, Managing Director of Global Relations at CAIA Association I’m one of five women in my family who attended an all-women’s college. Mount Holyoke was established 183 years ago to be the “Harvard equivalent” for women who were not allowed t - SHARE ARTICLE

London-based Lansdowne Partners is closing its main hedge fund, a long-short strategy that manages $2.8 billion in assets under management, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. - SHARE ARTICLE

‘Ineligible For PPP’ Has As Much Meaning To Hedge Funds, Private Equity Firms As ‘Alpha’Dealbreaker - SHARE ARTICLE

Pity Todd Ficeto, for he is an American citizen. And also for the whole going to jail during the whole coronavirus thing.Barring an exceptional lapse in judgement or an ill-timed wrong turn into France, Florian Homm will never see the inside of an America - SHARE ARTICLE

Chances are, he’s done it before—and those people didn’t get their $1 million a week, either.Hedge fund frauds come in all shapes and sizes. Some guarantee modest but literally unbelievably steady low double-digit annual returns. Others offer the same res - SHARE ARTICLE

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: This is our regular report on hedge funds and alternative asset managers who are successfully protecting assets and outperforming the markets during the first months of 2020. 2020 has been a good year for short-term CTA - SHARE ARTICLE

A New York startup is developing an auction and trading service that promises to make infrastructure loans available to a broader set of investors, including hedge fund operators.The firm, Pontoro, aims to offer an initial loan pool in the vicinity of $30 - SHARE ARTICLE

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Private equity firm Charlesbank Capital Partners smashes its $500m target by raising $700m for its Credit Opportunities Fund II (COF II). "The Fund had a $500 million target and received limited partner commitments ab - SHARE ARTICLE

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: North America experienced the sharpest fall in M A performance by some margin, said a report. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on deal-making in the first six months of 2020 was significant but not unexpected, yet regional d - SHARE ARTICLE

Hedge fund that bet early on Workhorse surged 25% in June From Bloomberg: Formidable Asset Management LLC, which took an early position in electric-vehicle maker Workhorse Group Inc., rallied about 25% in June and beat the S P 500, which was up about 2% i - SHARE ARTICLE

Louis Bacon's Moore Capital to seed equities hedge fund with $1bn From FT: Louis Bacon, the billionaire founder of hedge fund manager Moore Capital who last year announced he would return money to outside investors, is investing $1bn of the firm's capital - SHARE ARTICLE

Hedge fund Lansdowne to shut $2.8bn main long-short strategy From Reuters: London-based Lansdowne Partners is closing its main hedge fund, a long-short strategy that manages $2.8 billion in assets under management, a person familiar with the matter told R - SHARE ARTICLE

Taiwan's BLF seeking managers for $2.3bn global bond allocation From PIonline.com: Taiwan's Bureau of Labor Funds, Taipei, is looking for managers to run a combined $2.3 billion in allocations to enhanced global U.S. dollar corporate bonds. The BLF is se - SHARE ARTICLE

GMO, long bearish, finds a sector it loves From Institutional Investor: U.S. bank shares, weighed down by fears over the Covid-19 pandemic, look good to GMO. With price-to-book valuations close to lows during the global financial crisis, stronger U.S. ban - SHARE ARTICLE

GAM hires Blackrock banker From Portfolio Adviser: Gam Investment's incoming global head of distribution Jeremy Roberts faces a tough task selling the firm's funds given recent negative headlines, but fund selectors believe he is a solid hire for the fund - SHARE ARTICLE

From Reuters: Israel has pushed back the creation of a sovereign wealth fund because tax revenue from natural gas has not yet hit the minimum needed to begin investing, and fund managers have not yet been chosen, Bank of Israel Deputy Governor Andrew Abir - SHARE ARTICLE

Survey finds 71% of crypto asset investors prefer institutional custody From Benzinga: As Bitcoin prices continue to move towards the $10,000 price mark, many investors are putting more thought into how to safely store their crypto assets. A recent survey - SHARE ARTICLE

From Institutional Investor: In recent years, investors have poured cash into low volatility stocks, hoping to soften the blow of the inevitable market correction on their portfolios. But these stocks have done little to protect investors from the wild ma - SHARE ARTICLE

Pennsylvania State Employees returns 18.8% in 2019 From PIonline.com: Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System, Harrisburg, returned a net 18.8% for the year ended Dec. 31, according to its comprehensive annual financial report released Tuesday. T - SHARE ARTICLE

Equity fund investors take June profits From Funds Europe: Fund investors sold off equities in June to take advantage of large gains and parking their cash in fixed income for safety, data shows. pound;1.2 billion ( euro;1.3 billion) was sold off across e - SHARE ARTICLE

UBS AM bullish on Asian high yield From Fund Selector Asia: Asia sub-investment grade bond yields trade at a premium to US and European high yield, despite better credit fundamentals and a more stable market structure, says UBS AM 's Apac fixed income hea - SHARE ARTICLE

Venture fund backing firms worth $206bn eyes China From Bloomberg: David Chao, a venture capitalist who has been on the ground floor of Asian companies worth a combined $206 billion, has raised money for a new fund with a China focus, a sign that rising U - SHARE ARTICLE

Aon: Canadian pension funding ratio rises to 95.4% in Q2 From PIonline.com: The median funding ratio of Canadian pension plans rose to 95.4% as of June 30 due to the rebound of equity markets in the second quarter, according to a survey from Aon. Aon's M - SHARE ARTICLE

Amundi pilots new forward-looking 'temperature ratings' From IPE: Amundi is piloting the use of new metrics for measuring and communicating the global warming trajectory of companies and investments. CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project, h - SHARE ARTICLE