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Growth 'survivors' now define emerging markets

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LONDON - Headline growth numbers are no longer enough to attract foreign capital to emerging markets as discriminating investors home in on countries with the most sustainable economic models.

Commodity hedge funds suffer longest losing streak on record

LONDON - Funds betting on commodity price moves have lost money every month since January, their joint longest losing streak on record, raising more doubts about their ability to make money at a time when the commodity "supercycle" may be over.

19 Jul 2013

Bruised FX hedge funds tiptoe back into bets on weaker yen

LONDON - Hit by a whipsawing yen in the last two months, many FX hedge funds are still determined to bet the Bank of Japan will succeed in weakening the currency over time while the dollar climbs as the Federal Reserve withdraws its stimulus.

18 Jul 2013

Activist investors keep lower profile in Europe

LONDON - As activist investors launch more high profile corporate battles in the United States, in Europe they are eschewing public hectoring for private talks.

10 Jul 2013

Exclusive: BlueCrest's BlueTrend hedge fund slumps 16.9 percent

LONDON - BlueCrest Capital Management's BlueTrend fund, one of the world's biggest computer-driven hedge funds, has suffered one of its worst ever peak-to-trough losses over the past six weeks.

04 Jul 2013

Brevan Howard trader linked to Libor probe leaves hedge fund

ZURICH - A trader allegedly connected to a global rate-rigging scandal has left hedge fund Brevan Howard, the company said on Thursday.

28 Jun 2013

Hedge fund firm Lansdowne names new CEO

LONDON - One of London's largest hedge fund firms, Lansdowne Partners, has named Alex Snow, the former head of UK Investment Banking at Investec, as its new chief executive officer.

27 Jun 2013

Turning market hits "trend-following" quant funds

LONDON - The global equity pullback over the last month hit "trend-following" quantitative funds the hardest, but the strategy could remain the most profitable in the longer run, delegates at a leading industry event said on Wednesday.

27 Jun 2013

Ex-Bank of America trader launches credit hedge fund - source

LONDON - Veteran credit trader Iftikhar Ali is launching his own hedge fund firm, a source close to the new company told Reuters, as traders look to cash in on turbulent bond markets.

25 Jun 2013

Odey cuts stake in Man Group after share price slump

LONDON - Odey Asset Management has reduced its stake in Man Group after a slump in the hedge fund company's share price over the past month.

25 Jun 2013
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