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Investors pull $4 billion from hedge funds amid lacklustre returns

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 08:47

Wealthy investors protested the hedge fund industry`s recent lacklustre returns and high fees by pulling a net $4 billion out of the $2.5 trillion industry during the first two months of 2015, data released on Tuesday show.

Ex-Citi exec's hedge fund delays launch over UK probe

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 00:18

"There has been a delay to our launch due to the FCA. We have informed our prospective investors," said Silver Ridge Asset Management cofounder Farhang Mehregani.

Rajaratnam, Gupta seek to void US insider trading penalties

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 10:27

The men are the highest-profile defendants convicted in a US insider trading crackdown, focused mainly on hedge funds, unveiled in 2009.

Buffett way ahead in $1 mn wager against hedge funds

Last Updated: Thursday, February 12, 2015, 23:24

On the eve of the 2008 financial crisis, a US hedge fund chief bet $1 million that his complex, high-cost strategies could beat the plodding approach of investment guru Warren Buffett.

India-focused hedge fund gives 61% return in 2014

Last Updated: Friday, January 16, 2015, 13:15

Kuwait-based Global Investment House (Global) has announced that the Mayur Hedge Fund, a growth oriented fund with a net long bias, has reported 61 per cent return for the year 2014.

Investor presses for overhaul of Dow Chemical

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 07:43

Activist hedge fund Third Point today said it built an unspecified stake in Dow Chemical and pressed to overhaul a company that it argued has "woefully underperformed" peers.

China proves a better bet than Japan for Asia hedge fund investors

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 06:07

The outperformance helped encourage Chinese capital to emerge as a growing force in an industry that is dominated by U.S. and European institutions such as pension funds and endowments.

US to put SAC hedge fund out of business over insider trading

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 09:15

Steven A. Cohen faces an abrupt end to his career as one of the world's most successful traders.

Hedge fund SAC fined record $1.8 bn for insider trading

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 23:42

Giant hedge fund SAC Capital has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges of insider trading and pay USD 1.8 billion to settle them, the US Attorney`s office announced Monday.

Sony boss says no acrimony with hedge fund billionaire

Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2013, 18:34

The affair was widely portrayed as a clash of corporate cultures, pitting a hard-charging foreign billionaire against one of the bedrocks of Japan's staid corporate sector.

Corporates should have consistent policy on hedging: Experts

Last Updated: Monday, July 22, 2013, 22:39

Corporates should have a consistent policy on hedging to protect their balance sheets from adverse forex impact, according to experts.

Yahoo buys back shares from hedge fund

Last Updated: Monday, July 22, 2013, 20:22

Yahoo! said today it agreed to buy back 40 million shares from a hedge fund which sought a shakeup of the Internet giant last year.