These alternative investment managers sit a cut above the rest in terms of assets under management and reputation.

Long-short equity hedge funds try to beat the market by taking long positions in their favourite firms and going short or ...

Discover how hedging strategies help investors manage risk and protect investments from market fluctuations with practical ...

The booming stock market of the past three years has produced a lot of big winners. Most hedge funds have lagged behind the AI-fueled stock market surge of the past three years, opting for lower-risk ...

Equity long/short hedge funds triumphed in 2025, with healthcare-focused managers the standout performers. But industry data provider PivotalPath warns of continued correlation between hedge funds and ...

Hedge funds entered 2025 with momentum and optimism. After a banner year in 2024, Goldman Sachs' February outlook report found "buoyant sentiment" among investors following "unequivocally one of the ...

Hedge funds are known for their high-risk and high-return approach to investment. Due to these practices, some funds are bound up to lose money. In other cases, investors plan a deliberate scheme to ...

NEW YORK, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Hedge funds are using near-record levels of leverage to trade equities and betting on debt-backed strategies in efforts to juice returns, making the most of markets buoyed ...

As the hedge fund industry hovers near an all-time high of roughly $5 trillion in assets, up from about $600 billion at the turn of the century, it has recently experienced a moderate drawdown across ...

There are important questions to be asked about what constitutes a reasonable performance fee in funds management.

Laurence wrote breaking news and features on hedge funds in Europe for The Wall Street Journal. He was focused on investigations into frauds and scandals in the financial industry, looking at areas ...