Better guide to risk than VaR. According to some hedge fund industry participants, stress testing is becoming a more widely used measure of risk among prime brokers and managers. “We’re seeing a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Hedge funds unwound positions in single stocks on Friday at the largest amount in over two years, with some activity comparable to March 2020, when portfolio managers cut market ...

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CQS founder Michael Hintze’s new hedge fund is at risk of footing the bill for historic taxes at his former firm, with an ...

Hedge fund Balyasny Asset Management's managing partner said on Tuesday that the largest tail risk for the year ahead is if ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Hedge funds have crowded into debt-fuelled bets on UK government bonds, increasing the potential for instability in the gilts market, a benchmark for borrowing costs in Britain ...

R. Scott Arnell is Founding Partner of Geneva Capital S.A. in Geneva, Switzerland and host of the SRI 360º Podcast. In global markets, few themes have generated as much capital, and controversy, as ...

Hedge fund conversions—mutual funds that were once hedge funds—are a response to investor demand for better portfolio management tools. For years, investors needed options beyond traditional long-only ...

We examine hedge fund risk management practices and their association with left-tail risk during the 2008 financial crisis. Consistent with risk management practices reducing left-tail risk, funds in ...

She expects 2026 to be a good year, and added that she wishes the 5% drawdown we experienced a month or so ago had been a ...

Hedge fund managers were once the kings of Wall Street. But the 2010s weren’t kind to active portfolio managers: Hedge fund returns trailed indexes, while institutional investors poured their cash ...